Highland Park and why we need to talk about marijuana

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Are we going to ignore the obvious red flag in a cloud of stinking smoke?

Bobby Crimo III, the suspected mass shooter who gunned down seven people and injured dozens at the Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, was a stoner. Known in his local community as a rapper, Crimo wasn’t known for radical political beliefs. Instead, former collaborators who posted about him online in the aftermath of the shooting describe Crimo as a heavy marijuana user.

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