What gets me about all of these "A Town Reacts" pieces is how the feed and/or prey upon an absurd version of collective identity. I can understand the immediate families having trouble processing this, but it's creepy self-centered view place as an extension of self to exhibit such denial and blame about an event where one's only connection is proximity. For once I'd love if one of these stories would quote someone saying, "7,000 people live here, no one thing represents all of them. Rapists need to be in jail."
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