{"id":27158,"date":"2019-11-09T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=27158"},"modified":"2019-11-08T19:33:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T00:33:36","slug":"my-voice-taking-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/opinion\/2019\/11\/09\/my-voice-taking-action\/","title":{"rendered":"My Voice: Taking Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following story is one reporter’s experience following the August shooting in the Oregon District. It does not represent the views of the Clarion as a whole.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe there will never truly be peace until poverty and other major inequalities become eradicated.\u00a0 Right now, the only way peace can be achieved is fighting the people who cause inequalities to thrive. The rampant gun violence throughout America is making peace impossible.\u00a0 So, I did what I believe is necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always been sick of the lies from the White House, but once I heard that Trump would be coming to our mourning city as a PR stunt; I was enraged.  I couldn\u2019t sit idly by while my people were suffering and being fed empty promises from a corrupt businessman. So, I went to protest.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a hot summer day when I arrived outside of Miami Valley Hospital, the hospital where my own life began, the hospital I — in some primal way — felt was under attack.\u00a0 Sweat beaded on my forehead as I joined a decent crowd of people with a sidewalk separating two halves of the crowd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One side, people holding MAGA banners and signs welcoming the president.\u00a0 The other, my side, holding everything from \u201cWelcome to Toledo\u201d to \u201cVeterans Against Assault Rifles.\u201d It was surreal, unlike the KKK counter-protest the crowds were just about the same size.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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