The Ruston Daily Leader staff, along with much of the rest of the country, watched in horror and disbelief on Wednesday as a rally to protest certification of the presidential election results in Washington D.C. spiraled into a mob thousands strong swarming the U.S. Capitol unchecked.
The numbers are startling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every 12 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies by suicide with nearly 45,000 Americans taking their lives each year.