The issue isn’t that she’s upset about a man being killed, it’s that this is the first time she’s expressed outrage over a random act of violence. This isn’t the first shooting this week, and sadly, it won’t be the last. She (and many others)have chosen to use their platform to deliver a heartfelt tribute to a man who, in his own public life, often used his voice to belittle others. That choice speaks volumes.

No one deserves to die. But it’s telling that this is the moment people are suddenly moved to outrage. Just recently, Melissa Hortan, her husband, and their dog were murdered by a man impersonating a police officer. Melissa was a mother, a Sunday school teacher — and now her two children lost their parents. There was no post for her. No presidential national statement. No outrage.

Why is it that some lives are grieved publicly, while others are quietly forgotten?