Last Shot For Parity Came From an Omaha Mall: Robert Hawkins Is an All-Too Typical Story
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Cover Story
I suspected it when I saw the story on CNN. Teenager Goes on Shooting Rampage In Omaha Mall was the lead at the top of the hour. After the immediate shock and awe coverage of devastated family members and traumatized mall employees had run its course on the cable news stations, The New York Times ran a longer piece on a history of the momentarily infamous Robert Hawkins.
In the introduction to the profile, they spoke of . . .