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A Florida man has been charged for dumping dead animals at a memorial site dedicated to Parkland shooting victims. According to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, 29-year-old Robert Mondragon is facing two counts of removing or disfiguring a tomb or monument, five counts of violation of probation for battery and indecent exposure, as well as a single count […]
The U.S. Department of Justice has formally announced a $127.5 million settlement with families of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting victims. The settlement, per a report from the Associated Press, includes 40 different civil cases that were spurred by the February 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. In court documents viewed by Complex and available […]
The families of the victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting have just reached a settlement with the Justice Department after suing the FBI for negligence in not preventing the attack after they got an anonymous tip warning them of the shooter, Nikolas Cruz. According to NBC News, the families initially sued the FBI after they […]
Lawyers for Parkland School shooter Nikolas Cruz got into a dispute over language, saying he shouldn’t be referred to as a “killer” during his trial. The New York Daily News reported that on Wednesday, assistant public defender Melisa McNeill contended during a Zoom hearing that phrases like “the massacre,” “the schoolhouse slaughter,” “an execution,” and other […]
Kodak Black has been the recent recipient of a lot of good fortune. Now the rapper is paying it forward in the form of educational opportunities. On Sunday, Kodak visited Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, which was the site of a deadly mass shooting exactly three years prior. The rapper joined community members and local officials as they honored […]
David Hogg is getting into the pillow business. On Thursday, the gun reform activist and Parkland shooting survivor announced he was creating a rival company to MyPillow—a pillow manufacturer owned by Trump supporter/conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell. The 20-year-old tweeted that he and software developer William LeGate were planning to launch the business’ website within a few weeks; however, he […]
XXXTentacion‘s Bad Vibes Forever cut “School Shooters,” featuring Lil Wayne, now has a video from director Eif Rivera. Friday, the XXXTentacion estate released the new video, which references X’s visiting of Parkland, Florida school shooting survivor Anthony Borges at the hospital. The video’s concept centers on a bullied teen, opening with a depiction of being harassed […]
The father of a victim in the 2018 Parkland, Florida mass shooting was escorted out of Tuesday’s State of the Union address. Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was among the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School attack, later said on Twitter that he spoke out in protest after being forced […]
Parkland shooting survivor/activist Emma González called out the music video for Madonna‘s “God Control” in a series of tweets. According to the singer’s tweet, the song/video had been intended as a statement against gun violence. The video initially warns viewers and then goes on to show people, Madonna included, being gunned down on a dance floor. […]
A former Broward County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Tuesday for “his complete inaction” during the 2018 Parkland school shooting. The New York Times reports Scot Peterson has been charged with neglect of a child, culpable negligence, and perjury. The officer resigned after he faced heavy scrutiny for failing to confront the gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on […]
