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Editorial: Highland Park mass shooting a horrific stain on the Fourth of July

A year from now, the good people of Highland Park will be wondering whether to hold a parade. There will be a school of thought believing the town must get back to something approaching Independence Day normalcy, if only for the sake of its children; others will worry that a parade will trigger the trauma of 2022, when a hidden assailant fired his assault-style rifle in the direction of ...
Law enforcement officials work the scene along the Highland Park Fourth of July parade route after people fled the scene on Monday, July 4, 2022, after a shooter fired on the northern suburb’ s Fourth of July parade.

A year from now, the good people of Highland Park will be wondering whether to hold a parade.

There will be a school of thought believing the town must get back to something approaching Independence Day normalcy, if only for the sake of its children; others will worry that a parade will trigger the trauma of 2022, when a in the direction of grandparents and kids, community stalwarts and hardworking parents. He killed six and sent 30 more to hospitals that were expecting nothing more of

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