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Preventable tragedies that rarely get national attentionRenee GoodAlex PrettiThese two cases involved individuals who put themselves in direct confrontation with law enforcement, threatened officers, and tragically lost their lives. Those incidents are constantly elevated, politicized, and used to inflame outrage.Now compare that to the following.These are less-known victims, people who were harmed or killed by individuals who were not legally supposed to be in this country, yet were here due to systemic failures. Their names are rarely spoken. Their families rarely get airtime.Brianna KelsonKaren DiamondBilly McKellarZabar McKellarKrishaun McKellarKason McKellarNicole GregoryLarisha Sharell ThompsonJimmy FriesenhahnAva MooreJorge GonzalezAleksandre ModebadzeJim McCammonCamillia WilliamsLesbia Mileth Ramirez GuerraIlias Louie MavrosAdan Lopez LorenzoMatias Roblero EmanuelDebrina KawamGrayson Christopher DavisAngel SamaniegoEvangeline Ubaldo MorenoSebastian Ubaldo MorenoFraime UbaldoMarangely Moreno SantiagoTiger GutierrezRylan OncaleTaliyah CrochetMelody WaldeckerKaitlyn WeaverJocelyn NungarayScott MillerMatthew CarneyAnilson Mauricio Perez GomezKristie ThibodeauxLauryn Ni Kole LeonardLaken RileyShannon Patricia JungwirthMario Alberto Trejo EstradaJorge Alexander Reyes JungwirthRiordan PowellMelissa PowellTravis WolfeCatalina Valdez AndradeMerced Andrade BailonRuperto Mondragon SalgadoJario Hernandez SanchezCarmen Unilda Navas ZunigaMichael KunovichDiana Velazquez AlvaradoJulisa Molina RiveraJose Jonathan CasarezSonia Argentina GuzmanDaniel Enrique LasoDavid BreauxKarim Abou NajmMatteo GarciaErpharo GilbertLimber Lopez FunezDiane Hill LuckettMaria RiosMaris Mareen DiGiovanniBrent Allan HallettMartin Iran Carreon AdameNed ByrdKayla Marie HamiltonSandra Vazquez CejaVictor HuertaTerry AultmanBrenda AultmanErin SimanskisRachel MorinRuby GarciaGeorge LevinLizbeth MedinaMaria GonzalezAiden Antonio Torres De PazLuis Jocsan Nanez LopezHallie HelgesonBrady HeilingIvory SmithAlex AJ Wise JrMustaffa MuhammadNicacio Hernandez GonzalezJon Douglas RatcliffeJacques PriceAmalia Coc Choc de PecEstrella Anastasia Pec CocMaricela Simon FrancoJeremy Poou CacerasSantiago JacoboAnjelica GuadalupeAmaya BricenoAiden ClarkKimberlee GuilloryGloria Stephanie PalomecPaul OsokinAnya VarfolomeevJennifer Ann MortonDania Cruz MejiaDennis BuanDavid HangColby Brice ComptonGretchen GrossCrecensio Rosas De La RosaCorbin WagnerFrancisco Javier CuellarDouglas R ClineIsidro CortesKarina TorresMoussa FofanaAndi Lynn BlairCheston EdwardsCindy GouldingEvelyn FalconMiguel RuizFrancisco ZamoraVictoria Eileen HarwellTwo realities exist.One group made choices that led to confrontation with law enforcement and is endlessly amplified.The other group includes innocent people whose lives were stolen, yet whose stories are quietly ignored.Selective outrage is not justice.Ignoring victims because they do not fit a narrative is morally bankrupt.