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A column by Abby Zimet
A column by Abby Zimet

So The Whole World Will Listen To Joaquin Today

In furious tribute to the anniversary of the murder of his son Joaquin and 16 others in the Parkland, FL school massacre, Manuel Oliver just scaled a soaring construction crane near the White House to remind its occupant 45,000 people, still and all, had "died of gun violence on your watch." "Today Guac is with me," he said of a huge banner he hung, "making (his) own statement." In a video last year, Guac also spoke - literally, hauntingly, virtually via AI technology - with the same message. "Yo, it's me, it's Guac," he said. "People are still getting killed...We've got to end this."

Abby Zimet · Feb 14, 2022

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