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Alex Jones Sees A New Sandy Hook Conspiracy

By Mark Pazniokas // CTMirror.org • Jun 19, 2019
Norm Pattis, left, and Alex Jones on Friday as Jones attacked Connecticut lawyers.
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It’s war. Alex Jones said so from his Infowars studio in Austin as his Connecticut attorney, Norm Pattis, sat beside him, mouth agape at times. They are coming for him, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy leading the charge, trying to get him off the air. A Barack Obama appointee is their “errand boy,” using the Sandy Hook victims.

Connecticut Supreme Court Grants Stay In Sandy Hook Lawsuit, Pending Appeal

By • May 13, 2019
Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public Radio

The state Supreme Court has temporarily frozen proceedings in the lawsuit brought forward by the families of loved ones killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The families are attempting to sue the manufacturer of the gun used in the massacre. 

Gunmaker To Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court In Sandy Hook Lawsuit

By • Apr 10, 2019
Frankie Graziano / Connecticut Public Radio

Gun-maker Remington Arms is hoping the country’s highest court will make a ruling in a lawsuit over the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Connecticut Judge Orders Deposition of Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Defamation Case

By • Feb 14, 2019
Sean P. Anderson / Wikimedia Commons

A Connecticut judge has ordered InfoWars host Alex Jones to give a sworn deposition in a case brought against him by families of Sandy Hook shooting victims.

Six Years After Her Losing Her Daughter At Sandy Hook, One Mother Spends The Day Working For Others

By • Dec 14, 2018
Frankie Graziano / Connecticut Public Radio

Nelba Márquez-Greene’s daughter Ana Grace was one of the victims killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. On Friday, six years after the event, Márquez-Greene marked the tragic event by giving back to families in the New Britain and greater-Hartford area.

Sandy Hook Shooter's Personal Items To Be Made Public By Connecticut State Police

By • Oct 23, 2018
Frankie Graziano / Connecticut Public Radio

Items belonging to Sandy Hook School Shooter Adam Lanza – including spreadsheets and violent writings – will have to be released by the Connecticut State Police, after a ruling in the state Supreme Court.

'Not Going Anywhere': Hartford Youth Group Finds Voice In Fight Against Gun Violence

By • Oct 12, 2018
Members of the Greater Hartford Youth Leadership Academy take a photo with Nelba Marquez-Greene, kneeling at right, before boarding a bus headed to a rally in Newtown, Conn. Marquez-Greene's daughter Ana died in the Newtown school shooting.
Vanessa de la Torre / Connecticut Public Radio

Gunfire brought chaos to the West Indian Day Parade in Hartford a decade ago. Some parade goers assumed fireworks — until they saw a kid on the ground.

His head was soaked with blood.

When It Comes To Trauma, Who Helps The Helpers?

By & • Sep 25, 2018
Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr. / US Air Force

From veterans returning from Iraq, to survivors of mass shootings, to those putting together the pieces after a hurricane--we know that the emotional and psychological scars of violence and tragedies sometimes last even longer than physical wounds.

But what is the psychological toll on those who help victims of traumatic experiences?

Hartford Students Travel To Newtown

By & • Aug 13, 2018
Vanessa de la Torre / WNPR

Students from Parkland, Florida travelled to Newtown Connecticut—the site of the Sandy Hook massacre—to rally against gun violence this weekend.  But the problem of gun violence is not just confined to mass shootings.

Alex Jones’ Lawyers In Sandy Hook Case Also Representing Neo-Nazi Publisher

By • Jul 6, 2018

A talk show host and conspiracy theorist that claimed the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax has lawyered up. Mounting lawsuits are posing a threat to the future of Alex Jones’s show.

Sandy Hook Families Push To Hold Gun Maker Accountable In Court

By • May 14, 2018

The Connecticut Supreme Court is likely to decide this week whether to allow 10 families of victims in the 2012 Newtown school shooting to sue Remington, the company that manufactured the assault-style rifle used in the massacre. Law experts say if the case moves forward, it would be the furthest a lawsuit has gone involving a gun manufacturer since Congress passed a law in 2005 that broadly protects gun makers from lawsuits.

Newtown Families Ask Bass Pro Shops To Stop Selling Assault Rifles

By • Mar 5, 2018

An attorney for families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has asked one of the nation’s largest sporting goods retailers to stop selling assault rifles. Joshua Koskoff sent a letter on Thursday to Bass Pro Shops founder and CEO Johnny Morris.

Sandy Hook Parents Reject Call For Arming Teachers

By • Feb 22, 2018
The White House

Two parents who lost children in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School joined survivors of the school massacre in Florida to speak with President Donald Trump Thursday about school shootings. 

Five Years After Sandy Hook Shooting, Social And Emotional Learning Programs Thrive In Schools

By • Dec 13, 2017
WNPR/David DesRoches

Justin Rosa wasn't doing so great when he first moved to Connecticut from Florida in eighth grade.

"That process alone was very difficult, losing all my friends, having to start over, it was such a hard time for me,” he said. “I was very depressed." 

The once-outgoing kid began to retreat into his own head. And that's when the thoughts began.

"To be alone was such a…  a scary point in my life,” he said. “I thought that I would have committed suicide. And it wasn't until the Choose Love Foundation that everything changed."

Gun Violence Vigil Marks 5 Years Since Newtown Shooting

By • Dec 7, 2017

Survivors and family members of victims of gun violence held a candlelight vigil at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening to commemorate the fifth year since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Gunmaker Liability In Sandy Hook Shooting Is Tested Before Connecticut Supreme Court

By • Nov 14, 2017
Patrick Skahill / WNPR

The Connecticut Supreme Court has heard arguments in an appeal on whether a major gunmaker should be held liable in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Newtown Families Angry Over NBC Interview With Sandy Hook Denier Alex Jones

By • Jun 13, 2017
Sean P. Anderson flickr.com/photos/seanpanderson / Creative Commons

Gun control advocates and families of the Sandy Hook tragedy are asking NBC to pull an interview with “Infowars” radio host Alex Jones. The conspiracy theorist has said on numerous occasions that Sandy Hook was a hoax.

Interview: Pat Llodra, Retiring Newtown Official Who Led During Tragedy

By • Jun 5, 2017

The woman who led Newtown, Connecticut, after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School is retiring. First Selectman Pat Llodra served four terms starting in 2009.

Newtown School Board: Trump Should Acknowledge Sandy Hook Shooting

By • Apr 10, 2017

The school board in Newtown, Connecticut, wants Donald Trump to acknowledge the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Trump has praised a radio host who claims the shooting was a hoax. The board sent Trump an open letter in February asking him to repudiate that claim.

The letter says the town has been hurt by the viciousness of people who deny the shooting took place. At least three people have been arrested for harassing parents who lost children in the shooting.

New Documentary Highlights Voices Of Newtown Families, Community Members

By & • Mar 23, 2017
Shannon Hicks / The Newtown Bee

In their new documentary, Kim Snyder and Maria Cuomo Cole provide an eye-opening narrative of life after Sandy Hook -- the deadly mass shooting that thrust Connecticut and gun reform into the national spotlight. This hour, we sit down with the filmmakers and learn about the multi-year journey that brought "Newtown" to the screen. 

Four Years After Sandy Hook Shooting, Strong Emotions, But Little Change

By Heather Brandon • Dec 14, 2016
Chion Wolf / WNPR

Wednesday is the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. A gunman walked into the school and took the lives of 20 children and six educators.

Sandy Hook Promise Builds on a "Culture of Awareness"

By • Oct 27, 2016
Patrick Skahill / WNPR

There are signs.

That's the message Sandy Hook Promise wants to get out to schools -- most teenagers make a warning of some kind before going on a shooting rampage, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Gun Manufacturer by Newtown Families

By & • Oct 14, 2016
Ned Gerard / AP

A Connecticut judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by families of the victims in the Newtown school shooting. They filed a suit against the manufacturer of the rifle used in the massacre.

Newtown Opens Up New Sandy Hook School to Media

By Patrick Skahill • Jul 29, 2016
Patrick Skahill / WNPR

Elementary school students in Newtown will return to a new building next month, and on Friday, media were allowed to tour the facility.

Judge in Sandy Hook Shooting Case Hears Arguments Over Sealing Gun Maker's Records

By • Jul 28, 2016
Ned Gerard / AP

A Connecticut judge heard arguments in Bridgeport on Thursday on whether company documents of gun maker Remington Arms should be sealed from public view as it fights a lawsuit filed by families of some of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Sen. Chris Murphy Is Furious About Gun Control, He Tells Dem Delegates

By Heather Brandon & • Jul 28, 2016
PBS NewsHour

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy gave an impassioned speech about gun control at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia Wednesday night, telling the crowd he has a sense of outrage he's never felt before.

Judge Weighs Newtown Families' Lawsuit Against AR-15 Maker

By • Jun 18, 2016

When 20-year-old Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary — the same school he attended as a child — he was carrying a few guns, but his main one was a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle.

In a span of a few minutes, 20 students and six educators were dead. In one classroom, police recovered 80 expended bullet casings from the gun. In another, 49.

Judge Declines To Dismiss Newtown Lawsuit Against Gun Maker

By • Apr 15, 2016

A Connecticut Superior Court judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit against Remington Arms, the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and 6 teachers.

Judge Rules Newtown Lawsuit Against Gun Maker Can Go Forward

By • Apr 14, 2016
Kuzma/iStock / Thinkstock

A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ruled that the lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School can go forward. 

Judge Rules Against Releasing Newtown Shooter's Documents

By • Apr 12, 2016
State of Connecticut

A Connecticut judge has ruled that state police do not have to release documents belonging to Adam Lanza that were seized from his home after he killed 20 first-graders, six educators and himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.

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