All posts tagged "Sandy Hook Elementary School"

A judge ruled on Friday that far-right conspiracy theorist webcaster Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying out over $1.1 billion in damages to the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, ABC News reported.

Jones, who runs the InfoWars program, spent years claiming that the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school shooting was staged with child actors, inciting his supporters to hound and harass bereaved parents. They ultimately brought lawsuits against him in multiple jurisdictions, and won massive damages awards.

Last year, Houston bankruptcy judge Christopher López ended a stay that prohibited the Sandy Hook families from collecting a judgment. This week, he followed up with a ruling clarifying bankruptcy protections cannot apply to the judgment....

Mass shooter Adam Lanza offered what is likely to be the closest thing to an explanation for his actions when he called a radio program a year before he gunned down 26 people, including 20 children, at a Connecticut elementary school.

Friday night on her show, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow pointed out that the U.S. could make significantly more effort to protect our children from guns.

Families and friends of Newtown victims gather outside the U.S. Capitol for a day-long event to remember the 26 children and educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on June 13.

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