mass shootings
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I Played Grand Theft Auto V Nightly for 3 Years. Here’s a List of Things I Never Did as a Result
In trying to shift the blame of white domestic terrorism from the actual white people committing it and the “president” who champions and enables it, there has been a lot of talk about the dangers of video games. Listen. I played one of the most violent video games, Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V online, nightly…
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'This Isn't a Mystery': Dayton Gunman Had Documented Obsession With Violence
Memorials now line the streets of Dayton, Ohio,’s historic Oregon District, just one day after a masked gunman shot and killed nine people early Sunday morning. CNN reports the shooter 24-year-old Connor Betts wore a bulletproof vest and hearing protection the night he stormed the popular nightlife district in downtown Dayton. In a span of…
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Correctional Trainee in Custody After Florida Bank Shooting Leaves Five Dead
Police took 21-year-old Zephen Xaver into custody after they say he opened fire inside a SunTrust bank branch in Sebring, Fla. early Wednesday afternoon. He has been charged with five counts of premeditated first degree murder. Xaver’s is the seventh mass shooting in Florida in less than three years. Wearing black glasses and a tan…
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8 Wounded in Shooting During a Dice Game at San Bernardino, Calif., Apartment Complex [Updated]
Ten people were shot Sunday evening at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, Calif., KABC-TV reports. The injured men and women were transported to three hospitals; three people are listed in “extremely critical” condition, according to Capt. Rich Lawhead, spokesman for the San Bernardino Police Department The shooting was reported around 10:45 p.m. local time.…
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New Evidence Shows the Vegas Shooter Was Probably a Far-Right Extremist, but No One Will Say It
Despite the seemingly overwhelming evidence that the 2017 mass murder on the Las Vegas Strip may have been motivated by extreme-right-wing ideology, law enforcement officials still say they have no idea what caused Stephen Paddock to commit one of the deadliest mass shootings of all time. After losing a court battle to keep them private,…
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Kanye West Calls Emma González His ‘Hero’; She Responds by Calling This Man Hers
It looks like Kanye West is still on his dissociated, rambling run on Twitter, and in addition to dropping new music, he recently called Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma González, a survivor of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., his “hero.” He also bigged her up again minutes later, saying that he was inspired by…
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Accused Waffle House Killer’s $2 Million Bail Revoked; Police Investigate Father Who May Have Given Back Confiscated AR-15
Updated Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 3 p.m. EDT: A $2 million bond set for accused Waffle House shooter Travis Reinking has been revoked by a Tennessee judge. CNN reports that the order was signed by Tennessee state Judge Michael Mondelli today. No reason was given for revoking the bond, which was set Monday after authorities…
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Watch: Trump’s Silence on the Waffle House Shooting Is Deafening; the 4 Victims Killed Were All People of Color
A white gunman is accused of killing four people of color at a Waffle House outside of Nashville, Tenn., early Sunday morning. The gunman was just apprehended by police Monday afternoon. It’s been more than 36 hours since the shooting, and Donald Trump hasn’t said anything about the incident. Instead, he’s tweeting about building a…
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Why Can’t Getting a Gun Be Like Getting a Driver’s License? A Conversation With NRA TV’s Colion Noir
In the 24 hours it takes for this column to be written, edited, copy edited and uploaded to The Root and to end up on your phone, about 318 people across the United States will have been shot (in fact, the shooting at YouTube headquarters happened between writing my first and second drafts of this…
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Watch: Survivors of the Florida School Shooting Are Under Attack Again—This Time From the Far Right
The Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was one of the deadliest school shootings in modern American history. Seventeen people were killed and 15 injured. In the wake of the shooting, many student survivors, including David Hogg, have spoken out. And for that, he and other outspoken survivors have…