After the shooting, Rotering, the mayor since 2011, was immediately thrust into a global spotlight while trying to lead her town through an unimaginable crisis.
A woman pauses to visit a memorial in Port Clinton Square in Highland Park on July 11, 2022.
banning assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, and on Monday she and Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined President Joe Biden at the White House to commemorate the passage of new restrictions.Highland Park has 30,000 residents but a small town vibe, so perhaps it’s no surprise Rotering has a connection with the suspect, 21-year-old Robert Crimo III: She was his Cub Scout leader years ago, recalling him only as “a quiet little boy,” and she defeated his father Bob in the 2019 mayoral election.
“There’s so much need right now in our community that I am just working hard to make sure that people who need comforting are being comforted, people who need resources know how to get them and people who are in pain know that they’re not alone,” she said.Q: How are the people of Highland Park doing at this point?
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering hugs Vice President Kamala Harris on July 5, 2022, as she visits the Central Avenue scene of the Independence Day mass shooting.A: Getting information to people who need it. We’ve worked really hard, but people who are so shellshocked are also having a hard time being able to use their usual abilities to get information. I think the biggest challenge is the magnitude of pain. It’s indescribable.
We’re a civilized nation. These guns need to go. We’re not in a battle zone. I was at Stephen Straus’ funeral and his grandson Toby read
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