We have to start by giving less attention to these events.
We have to start by being kind to the people who need it most and are often the most difficult to be kind to.
You can’t just create a way to think of people who do things as some sort of “other”, we are all human and capable of similar things given the wrong circumstances.
Unfortunately, that would be also great ground for misinformation about those shootings. Which is already large factor - both with regards to concrete incidents and general culture.
A third of the country thinks those protesters probably deserve it (regardless of what they're protesting). I'm not sure the analogy holds for 8 year olds.
We have to start by being kind to the people who need it most and are often the most difficult to be kind to.
You can’t just create a way to think of people who do things as some sort of “other”, we are all human and capable of similar things given the wrong circumstances.