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[Link] Man Who Shot Store Owner for Flying Pride Flag Was a Far-Right Conspiracist

Read: 22/8/2023 www.vice.com

The man who shot and killed the store owner last week over her display of a pride flag outside her store was a far-right conspiracy theorist who shared deeply anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic content on his social media accounts.

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[Link] Alleged Club Q Shooter Changed Their Name After Edgelord Harassment Campaign

Read: 23/11/2022 www.vice.com

On Saturday night, Club Q, an LGBTQ dance club in Colorado Springs, erupted into violence as a person armed with a rifle entered the establishment and began firing. At the end of the bloodshed, five people were dead and dozens more were injured.

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[Link] Virginia Walmart manager opened fire in break room before killing six, witness says

Read: 23/11/2022 www.abc.net.au

Officers in Virginia responded to the mass shooting at the supermarket on Sam's Circle on Tuesday shortly after 10pm local time, Chesapeake Police spokesman Leo Kosinski said in a briefing. There was no clear motive for the shooting, which also left four people in the hospital.

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[Link] Far-right InfoWars website files for bankruptcy protection

Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Facing multiple defamation lawsuits, the far-right website InfoWars on Sunday voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court in Texas.

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[Link] Multiple People Shot and Explosive Devices Found in Brooklyn Subway Stop

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates. Emergency responders answered a call about reports of smoke in the subway station at 36th Street and 4th Avenue servicing the D, N and R lines, the email continued.

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[Link] NYPD Have Named a ‘Person of Interest’ in the Brooklyn Subway Mass Shooting

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

The individual is Frank R. James, 62. James rented a U-Haul vehicle in Philadelphia that officials have connected to the shooting, and vehicles’ keys were found at the incident.

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[Link] Gun Owners in San Jose Outraged They’ll Have to Buy Insurance, Like Drivers

Read: 27/1/2022 www.vice.com

Owning a gun in the city of San Jose will soon have a lot in common with owning a car. In two landslide votes Tuesday night, the San Jose City Council approved a first-of-its-kind law that mandates gun owners buy and maintain liability insurance and pay an annual feee.

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[Link] Republican Tweets Grossest Christmas Card of All Time

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

On Saturday, the Kentucky Republican tweeted a photo of himself and his family all holding firearms with the message, “Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo.”

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[Link] Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Are On Suicide Watch

Read: 6/12/2021 www.vice.com

James and Jennifer Crumbley pleaded not guilty Saturday to four counts of involuntary manslaughter, which they were charged with in connection with their son’s alleged mass shooting at Oxford High School.

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[Link] Alleged Michigan School Shooter Made Gun Video, Had Parents Called Into School

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

Ethan Crumbley, who has since been charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism causing death, used a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun belonging to his father and shot 10 students and one teacher during his rampage at the school on Tuesday, according to authorities. . 

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[Link] TikTok Says Being Victim of Mass Shooting ‘Could Result in You Getting Hurt’

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

One student inside the school took their phone out and filmed the scene inside the classroom, where students were locked in. The gunman was outside, asking to be let in and pretending to be a sheriff. The students did not fall for it.

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[Link] Michigan Shooting Suspect’s Parents Could Be Charged for Not Locking Up Gun

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

The father of the 15-year-old charged in Tuesday’s horrific school shooting in Michigan bought the gun suspected in the killings just four days prior. Now, he and the child’s mother might be charged as well, the county’s top prosecutor said Wednesday.

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[Link] US teen shoots and kills three fellow students, wounds six

Read: 1/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

Police said they did not know what the teenager's motives were for the attack at Oxford High School, about 50 kilometres north of Detroit. Officers responded at about 12:55pm to emergency calls about a shooter at the school. A teacher is among those wounded.

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[Link] The Brutal Racism of the Trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers

Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com

Whether the defense likes it or not, the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan is all about race.

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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Were Justified Because Break-Ins ‘Scared’ Them, Defense Says

Read: 22/11/2021 www.vice.com

Travis McMichael had every reason to fear a 25-year-old Black man running through his neighborhood and was justified in attempting to make a “citizen’s arrest” that led to the deadly shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an attorney for the defense said in one final appeal to jurors.

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[Link] Rapper Young Dolph shot dead while buying cookies

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Rapper Young Dolph, who was widely admired in the hip-hop community for his authenticity and fierce independence, has been shot dead at a cookie shop in the US city of Memphis, Tennessee.

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[Link] Travis McMichael Admits Ahmaud Arbery Never Threatened Him Before Shooting

Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com

Ahmaud Arbery did not threaten Travis McMichael or signal that he was armed in the moments before he was killed, but McMichael shot him dead during their struggle anyway, the Glynn County courthouse in Georgia heard Thursday.

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[Link] Defense for Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Doesn’t Want Famous Black People in Court

Read: 12/11/2021 www.vice.com

One of the defense attorneys for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers was in his feelings when he found out Rev. Al Sharpton stopped by the courtroom to sit with the slain young Black man’s family.

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[Link] Father of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killer: ‘I Would Have Shot Him Myself’

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

Had Travis McMichael not shot Ahmaud Arbery in the chest twice with his shotgun and killed the 25-year-old Black man, Travis’ dad Gregory McMichael said he would have done it instead.

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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Dad Walked Out When Jury Was Shown Images of His Dead Son

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

The first time photos of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal injuries were shown during the trial of the three white men accused of killing him, his father Marcus Arbery Sr. stood up and left the courtroom. “If you seen your kid get blown apart with a 12-gauge shotgun, what would you do?” Arbery Sr.

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[Link] NRA Shell Companies Funneled Up to $35 Million to GOP Candidates, Lawsuit Says

Read: 7/11/2021 www.vice.com

The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center and Giffords, the gun safety advocacy group started by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Sen. Mark Kelly, filed the federal lawsuit on Tuesday in D.C.

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[Link] Lawyers for Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Really Want to Stay Away From Race

Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com

During opening statements in the murder trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers, defense attorneys avoided mentioning race almost entirely.

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[Link] Parkland school shooter pleads guilty to 17 counts of murder

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Nikolas Cruz has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people during a rampage at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving a jury to decide whether he will be executed for one of the nation's deadliest school shootings.

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