The Capital Gazette published a letter of appreciation thanking the
local community for its support — in the form of cards, letters, emails, food,
and flowers —after five employees from the Annapolis newspaper were killed in a mass shooting.
However, its staff also wrote that the paper will never forget the influx of
"death threats and emails from people we don’t know celebrating our
loss." And, in an apparent dig at President Trump, the
staff also wrote that they "won’t forget being called an enemy of the
people."
Excerpts from the letter:
- "No,
we won’t forget [being called the enemy of the people]. Because
exposing evil, shining light on wrongs and fighting injustice is what we
do."
- "Every day, the staff of this news
organization will
report on the news of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County. We will never be
the same as we were, now that Rebecca, Wendi, John, Gerald and Rob are
gone."
- "Some day we hope to be as good
again. That’s
all we can do. Until then, keep reading. We’ve only just begun."
- "Our community has rallied around
us to show
they understand who we are, and that we are not the enemy of the people.
We are your neighbors, your friends. We are you."
The impact: More than 800 people subscribed to the
Capital on Friday.
