I
want to say a few words about the tragedy at Highland Park on the 4th of July,
where seven souls lost their lives. On that day, a disturbed and troubled young
man opened fire from a rooftop at crowds below, who were attending a Fourth of
July parade.
Like
many disturbed young men before him, there was a long trail of warning signs.
Police and prosecutors contacted him twice in 2019 when he was still a teen,
including when he attempted suicide.
We
shouldn’t bear to see these predictable signs anymore.
I
again ask this Congress to pass my EAGLES
Act of 2021. This bill will provide the proper training to recognize
the signs of a person mobilizing to violence and intercede.
There’s
a pattern to these tragedies, and we need to pass the EAGLES Act to make more people aware of how to identify these young
men and get them the help they need before another tragedy.
