Episode 28: Tucson, AZ Mass Shooting in July — Another Man Chooses Violence to Deal with Trauma
Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star
In July 2021, a man named Leslie Scarlett opened fire on two paramedics, then on firefighters trying to put out a house fire he started, as well as the neighbors who ran over to help. Inside the house, police would later discover his girlfriend's body. Local police say Scarlett was suffering from "a mental health crisis" and once again, accountability for one's actions is deflected with the I-couldn't-help-it excuse. Mental health disorders can perpetuate domestic abuse but do not cause them, and the risk of a partner being killed by an abuser increases 500 percent when that abuser has access to a gun, so let's chat about that. Also discussed: the ol' no-spaghetti-straps-rule is back in schools, Mayim Bialik made a feminist faux pas and R. Kelly's trial has finally begun (after way too many years of running a bonafide sex cult).
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
“R. Kelly’s Sex Cult is Domestic Violence” (DomesticShelters.org)
Jacob Dindinger’ GoFundMe (the EMT)
Cory Saunders’ GoFundMe (the neighbor/dad)