mass shooters
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Good Riddance: Colt Pulls the Plug on Producing AR-15s in the Consumer Market
The day many of us thought we’d never live to see has finally arrived. In recent years, while mass shootings have dominated both headlines and cemeteries, calls for gun reform have escalated to deafening levels. As frustration and fears mount, and as organizations like the NRA have kept a stranglehold on maintaining the status quo,…
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Dave Chappelle, Kanye West Surprise Mass Shooting Survivors With Star-Studded Block Party, Benefit Concerts: ‘We’re Still Standing’
On Sunday, Dave Chappelle and Kanye West descended upon Dayton, Ohio, to deliver a pair of free benefit concerts in honor of those affected by the recent mass shooting on Aug. 4. First up was Kanye’s mythical Sunday Service, which according to Rolling Stone and USA Today boasted contributions from local artists as Kanye and…
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Why Is the Media Afraid to Call Matthew Riehl a Racist, Anti-Cop Terrorist?
He was a racist and a terrorist. He was an Islamophobe. He spread white supremacist memes. He used the terminology of the “alt-right.” He called Barack Obama a “lying piece of shit.” You probably have no idea who I’m talking about, because when Matthew Riehl fired more than 100 bullets at Douglas County, Colo., sheriff’s…
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What If Mass Killers Were Muslim or of Color?
Columnists Say Reaction Would Be Far Different Election Day Produces Diverse Array of Winners Resentment of Black Wealth Seen in Anthem Debate Trump Appears to Pursue Vendetta Against CNN Calderon Becomes First Afro-Latina Evening News Anchor Worldwide, Youth Being Taught News Literacy HuffPost Talks to 13 Asian Americans About Eyes A Random Street Survey on…
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Only White People Are ‘Wolves’: New Report Highlights How Cable-News Media Portrays Mass Killers
As mass shootings become mind-numbingly common in the U.S., clear patterns have emerged in the way the media covers the perpetrators of these violent acts. Not only do shooters command more attention than the lives they’ve taken, but there are clear racial disparities in the way the media—particularly cable news—portrays them. The contrast between the…
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Las Vegas Is Only the Deadliest Shooting in US History Because Black Lives Aren’t Counted
News reporters and anchors have repeatedly referred to the recent tragedy in Las Vegas as the “worst mass shooting in U.S. history.” Like all things that are constantly repeated, the proclamation has become fact. In 2013 a report by the Congressional Research Service defined a public mass shooting (pdf) this way: incidents occurring in relatively…