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Tausende gedenken in Berlin den Opfern von Orlando

Tausende gedenken in Berlin den Opfern von Orlando

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Tausende gedenken in Berlin den Opfern von Orlando

Rund 5.000 Menschen nehmen in Berlin an einer Trauerkundgebung in Gedenken an die 49 Opfer des Terroranschlages von Orlando teil. Direkt am Brandenburger Tor und vor der Botschaft der USA sprechen neben LGBT-Aktivisten und Bekannte von Opfern auch der Botschafter der USA in Deutschland, John B. Emerson. Eine Aktivistin liest die Namen, ergänzt um einige Worte zur Person, der 49 Opfer vor. Mehrere Songs, darunter “Over the rainbow” werden gesungen.
Nach einer Woche bequemte sich auch der Berliner Senat endlich einmal, das Brandenburger Tor in den Farben des Regenbogens erleuchten zu lassen. Viele Städte weltweit reagierten noch am Tage des Anschlages.

Tausende gedenken in Berlin den Opfern von Orlando

In Orlando

In Orlando

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In Orlando

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden June 16, 2016, after meeting with families of victims of the June 12 mass-shooting in Orlando, Florida. Official White House photo by Pete Souza.

“Today, once again, as has been true too many times before, I held and hugged grieving family members and parents, and they asked, why does this keep happening? And they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage. They don’t care about the politics. Neither do I. Neither does Joe. And neither should any parent out there who’s thinking about their kids being not in the wrong place, but in places where kids are supposed to be.
This debate needs to change. It’s outgrown the old political stalemates. The notion that the answer to this tragedy would be to make sure that more people in a nightclub are similarly armed to the killer defies common sense. Those who defend the easy accessibility of assault weapons should meet these families and explain why that makes sense. They should meet with the Newtown families—some of whom Joe saw yesterday—whose children would now be finishing fifth grade—on why it is that we think our liberty requires these repeated tragedies. That’s not the meaning of liberty.” —President Obama in Orlando: go.wh.gov/udFSuN

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