Juneteenth started as a Texas holiday commemorating the emancipation of the slaves in Texas. Seems it took us here a little longer to get the news, or at least until it couldn’t be contained any longer. Today it has become a national holiday and with good reason. I find it very disturbing that it has become the date of one of the most hideous murders in recent memory.
A car pulled into a parking lot and accidentally struck a small child. The driver got out to see what he could do for the child when he was attacked by a crowd of Juneteenth revelers. His passenger, David Rivas Morales tried to protect him and was killed by the mob. No weapons were used, they simply bludgeoned him to death.
The child was treated for non-life threatening injuries and the driver is in custody cooperating with police to identify the murderers.
Wow! What a way to mark such a joyous holiday? In my previous text I had mused about the possibility of the crowd having racial or hate motives but according to eyewitness reports the celebrants who numbered in the thousands were not part of the mob who killed Morales.
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