Oliver Thomas: “Why would our U.S. Congress not give us the resources we need to protect us?”

Everybody should count. We are talking about the people from this community as if we were just hiring a whole new cast in a whole new movie and they don't matter.

There's nothing too extreme to protect an American citizen's life.

We need to figure out how we sustain this. It's about time that we make our schools better, our criminal justice system work, and our streets safe.

I would like to see the city take all of its capital funds, whatever we have, and just spend it. Get together with non-profits, housing agencies, and let them have it. Let them start rebuilding yesterday.