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HEADLINE: ‘Death Dealer’ statue at heart of Frazetta dispute by Howard Frank

• Artist Frank Frazetta Sr. is locked in a bitter legal dispute with his oldest son over the rights to use his artwork and the money the son received for it.
• The statue depicts an armored 6-foot-6-inch warrior wielding a menacing hatchet and astride an imposing Shire draft horse. The art became the adopted symbol of the Army’s III Corps in 1985.
• And at the center of it: a life-size statue of Frazetta’s menacing “Death Dealer,” commissioned for the U.S. Army and delivered to Fort Hood just three weeks before a massacre there killed 13.
• I get the different divisions have their own mascots. 
• What about the 2 Divine Natures?
• This is Corp III
• They chose this demonic creature instead.
• The “Death Dealer” statue was unveiled at a ceremony at Fort Hood on Sept. 15, 2009 — just three weeks before an Army psychiatrist opened fire on the base, killing 13 and injuring 30. 
• 3 weeks after statue, kills 13 and injures 30 – at the III Corps

HEADLINE: Hero: Katherine Koonce, Head Of Nashville Christian School, Ran Toward Transgender Murderer’s Gunfire by Elle Purnell 

• This principal or headmaster stopped her Zoom call and confronted Audrey Hale in the hallway.
• This gave the teachers time to get the students to safety.
• She is a true hero much like the 9 year old Evelyn Dieckhaus that ran into the hallway to pull the fire alarm?
• QUESTION: What defines a Mass Shooting?
• ANSWER: killing 4 or more
• 2019 number of Mass Shootings was 146
• 2021 number of Mass Shootings was 244
• Today self mutilators are called heroes. 
• Self harm and self mutilators were kept in mental institutions. 
• We no longer have those facilities. 
• QUESTION: Who was keeping and taking care of all these patients back then?
• ANSWER: Nuns