The freaks at CNN are proposing that we need an ‘Emmit Till moment’ to get more people on board with gun control. Host Ana Cabrera and pediatric trauma surgeon Dr. Chethan Sathya pushed the idea that Americans need to see images of murdered children to join the left’s narrative.
The Till reference comes from an op-ed in the Washington Post from former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, which Cabrera read from, “in order for change to happen, we need an Emmett Till moment. Johnson writes in part this — and I’m quoting here – ‘I lack the moral standing to tell a parent to accept and approve for the greater good the public display of photos of his or her dead child, nor do I suggest the release of any images in particular, but something graphic is required to awaken the public to the real horror of these repeated tragedies.’”
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ANA CABRERA: In a new op-ed, the former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson argues that, in order for change to happen, we need an Emmett Till moment. Johnson writes in part this — and I’m quoting here — “I lack the moral standing to tell a parent to accept and approve for the greater good the public display of photos of his or her dead child, nor do I suggest the release of any images in particular, but something graphic is required to awaken the public to the real horror of these repeated tragedies.”
Joining us now is Dr. Chethan Sathya. He is a pediatric trauma surgeon at Cohen Children’s Medical Center here in New York. He also serves as director for the Center for Gun Violence Prevention at Northwell Health.
Doctor, thanks so much for being here. This is such an important discussion. You do so much work. You’re in service in so many ways and have great experience.
What do you think about what the secretary there wrote about this idea of people seeing with their own eyes what it looks like, a gunshot wound in a child? Do people need to see what you see?
CHETHAN SATHYA: One hundred percent. This has been something that we’ve been seeing as physicians, trauma surgeons for decades, right? You know, we are talking right now about mass shootings. We’re talking about children being killed. This is something we see on a daily basis.
Just even at our hospital here in New York, we’ve seen more kids with bullet wounds this year than any other previous year in history. So, it’s just devastating. You have to understand that, as trauma surgeons and physicians, we see parents coming in with their kids, bleeding bullet wounds, with their bodies ripped apart. And the devastation that these automatic weapons cause, these assault rifles, is just, you know, — it’s harrowing.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.