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Disturbing Video Shows Students Recording Brawl at Parkland High School
After being brutally beaten, the teen lay limp on the ground while his peers recorded.
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A Thing I Wrote About Guns and Loopholes
I should begin with the hole in my sister’s face. I should describe how surprisingly clean a hole a bullet bores into a skull—as if her head was a watermelon or a piece of wood or a thing we did not love. I should probably detail how surprisingly sturdy my knees felt as I stood…
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Betsy DeVos to Pull Back Civil Rights Protections for Black Students Under the Guise of 'Safety'
Betsy DeVos continues her methodical dismantling of civil rights protections for vulnerable students, this time setting her sights on Obama-era guidelines put in place to protect black students from being disproportionately disciplined at school. As the Washington Post reports, a school safety commission formed shortly after February’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., is expected to…
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Accused Parkland, Fla., School Shooter Wants to Donate Inheritance to Victims, Lawyers Say
After the shooting and killing of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the accused gunman now wants to donate his six-figure inheritance to the victims to help “heal the community.” A lawyer for accused Parkland, Fla., gunman Nikolas Cruz said that any of the money that his client receives would go to the…
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Brother of Accused Parkland, Fla., High School Shooter Pleads Guilty to Trespassing at the School
Zachary Cruz, the brother of Parkland, Fla., school shooter Nikolas Cruz, pleaded guilty Thursday to trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the scene of his brother’s alleged horrific crime. Zachary Cruz pleaded no contest and will serve six months of probation, and he will be prohibited from having firearms or ammunition, the Palm Beach…
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Alleged Parkland, Fla., Shooter Has Received Sexual Photos, Fan Mail and Hundreds of Dollars in Donations While Awaiting Trial: Report
Broward County, Fla., Public Defender Howard Finkelstein says in his 40 years as a public defender, he has never seen anyone receive as much mail as Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people last month in Parkland, Fla. As the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports, Cruz has been receiving scores of mail from…
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White Supremacist Who Claimed He Trained the Parkland, Fla., Shooter Is Arrested, Cries He’s ‘a Good Person’
The FBI led an avowed white supremacist away in handcuffs as agents searched his Florida home for evidence connecting him to misinformation he allegedly gave to authorities regarding the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in February. The Tallahassee Democrat reports that FBI agents swarmed the Tallahassee, Fla., residence of 22-year-old…
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Brother of Accused Parkland, Fla., High School Shooter Held on $500,000 Bond, Charged With Trespassing on School Property
Zachary Cruz was arrested and held on $500,000 bond after authorities say he trespassed at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where his older brother Nikolas Cruz is accused of killing 17 people on Valentine’s Day. According to the Palm Beach Post, Zachary was warned by school officials to stay away from…
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Republican Florida Lawmakers Care More About Guns Than They Do About Children
If you needed further proof that the lawmakers in this country care more about their damn guns than they do about the children who keep getting killed by them, read this story. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., have made it their mission to lobby lawmakers in their state to change…
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Florida Killer Not in White-Power Group After All
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