The following article by Mehreen Kasana was posted on the AlterNet website March 16, 2018:
Although there have been three reported bombings in Austin, Texas, the current administration under Donald Trump has issued zero official comments on the incidents. In fact, there’s a peculiar silence surrounding the heinous explosions that led to the horrific deaths of three people, all of them people of color. Two of the victims were Black while one was Latina.
The bombs took place on Mar. 2 and Mar. 10, and two bombs detonated on the latter day. Local police authorities have now identified the victims, including a 17-year-old Black student named Draylen Mason. The other two victims are 75-year-old Esperanza Herrera and 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House. While speaking with NBC News, one of House’s neighbors Sean Philips said, “It didn’t sound like an explosion or what I think of an explosion. It sounded like a metal dumpster getting hit by a truck—like a very metallic, hollow sound.” Philips tried to save House by giving him two rescue breaths but it was too late. Continue reading “Why Has Trump Been Silent on the Texas Bombings”