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Protocol for Direct Assistance for the Capital Gazette Families Fund
Protocol for Direct Assistance for the Capital Gazette Families Fund BACKGROUND On June 28, 2018 a gunman forced his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis with a shotgun killing five people and injuring two others. Officers responded to the scene within a minute of the rampage and found employees fleeing from the building. The suspect was found hiding under a desk and was arrested. The Annapolis community was shocked and heartbroken. Grieving colleagues began covering the story — some of them immediately upon escaping the building. The following morning, the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) was contacted by the Baltimore Sun Media Group and asked to administer the funds that were being donated to support the victims and their families. The Capital Gazette Families Fund (Fund) was established in coordination with tronc, Inc., to honor the lives of the five employees that were killed during the tragic shooting. While we know financial gifts cannot erase the traumatic impacts of tragedy, we hope that these gifts, given by thousands of people from around the world, will be a symbol of caring and help the employees and their families begin to heal. Through this fund we cannot solve all of the problems arising from this event, we cannot bring back those who were killed, nor erase that which was witnessed and endured by the survivors. The gifts made from this Fund are qualitatively different from other sources of tragedy relief. These gifts are not based on any economic loss or expenses incurred as a result of the incident. Additional assistance may be provided by the Maryland Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and other sources. -
Tennis Courts, One Large Multi‐Purpose Indoor Facility, and Over 9,000 Acres of Open Space Will Also Be Needed
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The contribution of the following individuals in preparing this document is gratefully acknowledged: City Council Robert Cashell, Mayor Pierre Hascheff, At‐Large Dan Gustin, Ward One Sharon Zadra, Ward Two Jessica Sferrazza, Ward Three Dwight Dortch, Ward Four David Aiazzi, Ward Five City of Reno Charles McNeely, City Manager Susan Schlerf, Assistant City Manager Julee Conway, Director of Parks, Recreation & Community Services John MacIntyre, Project Manager Jaime Schroeder, Senior Management Analyst Mary Beth Anderson, Interim Community Services Manager Nick Anthony, Legislative Relations Program Manager John Aramini, Recreation & Park Commissioner Angel Bachand, Program Assistant Liz Boen, Senior Management Analyst Tait Ecklund, Management Analyst James Graham, Economic Development Program Manager Napoleon Haney, Special Assistant to the City Manager Jessica Jones, Economic Development Program Manager Sven Leff, Recreation Supervisor Mark Lewis, Redevelopment Administrator Jeff Mann, Park Maintenance Manager Cadence Matijevich, Special Events Program Manager Billy Sibley, Open Space & Trails Coordinator Johnathan Skinner, Recreation Manager Suzanna Stigar, Recreation Supervisor Joe Wilson, Recreation Supervisor Terry Zeller, Park Development Planner University of Nevada, Reno Cary Groth, Athletics Director Keith Hackett, Associate Athletics Director Scott Turek, Development Director Washoe County School District Rick Harris, Deputy Superintendent 2 “The most livable of Nevada cities; City Manager’s Office the focus of culture, commerce and Charles McNeely tourism in Northern Nevada.” August 1, 2008 Dear Community Park & Recreation Advocate; Great Cities are characterized by their parks, trails and natural areas. These areas help define the public spaces; the commons where all can gather to seek solace, find adventure, experience harmony and re’create their souls. The City of Reno has actively led the community in enhancing the livability of the City over the past several years. -
Farmaci Psichiatrici: Possono Creare Violenza E Suicidio Sparatorie Scolastiche E Altri Atti Di Violenza Insensata
Farmaci psichiatrici: Possono creare violenza e suicidio Sparatorie scolastiche E altri atti di violenza insensata Un rapporto di pubblico interesse edito dal Citizen Commission on Human Rights International Un guardiano sull'industria della salute mentale Marzo 2018 Nel momento in cui gli atti violenti aumentano, le forze dell'ordine dovrebbero considerare un Nel momento in cui gli atti violenti aumentano, le forze dell'ordine dovrebbero I farmaci psichiatrici possono creare violenza e suicidio: Mettendo a rischio la comunità Sparatorie scolastiche e altri atti di violenza insensati “Come agente di polizia veterano, ho trovato questo rapporto una risorsa importante per tutti nell’applicazione della legge. Le statistiche in questo rapporto sono sconcertanti e gli studi e l'opinione degli esperti non possono essere ignorati. È una risorsa informativa che deve essere ampiamente messa a disposizione delle nostre forze dell’ordine, i nostri funzionari militari e governativi.” - Professionista delle forze dell'ordine degli Stati Uniti da 29 anni “In qualità di agente federale veterano delle forze dell’ordine e di esperto di terrorismo globale riconosciuto a livello internazionale, Un rapporto di pubblico interesse edito dal trovo che questo sia un documento Citizen Commission on Human Rights International eccezionale, e sono molto impressionato Un guardiano sull'industria della salute mentale dalla qualità della ricerca investigativa. Lo Marzo 2018 consiglio vivamente come risorsa indispensabile per le forze dell'ordine e il Nota: il termine “CCDU” viene a volte usato in modo governo.” ambiguo con due significati distinti: il nome di una - Incaricato degli agenti speciali interni (R) onlus regolarmente esistente in Italia, e la traduzione Agenzia per il controllo dei farmaci italiana di “Citizen Commission On Human Rights”, l’organizzazione statunitense cui il CCDU onlus si ispira. -
Happy Tuesday and Happy New Hampshire Primary Day! the Second Test of the Presidential Race Begins This Morning and Tonight We'll See Who the Granite State Favors
February 10, 2016 Happy Tuesday And happy New Hampshire primary day! The second test of the presidential race begins this morning and tonight we'll see who the Granite State favors. Political insiders say they believe Sen. Bernie Sanders will top Hillary Clinton -- the polls favor him strongly -- while Donald Trump will get his first win after his Iowa loss. [Politico] Topping the news: Senate President Wayne Niederhauser weighed in on the LDS Church's opposition to Sen. Mark Madsen's medical marijuana bill. [Trib] [DNews][Fox13] [APviaKUTV] -> Carolyn Tuft, a victim of the Trolley Square shooting, pleaded with Utah Lawmakers to expand Medicaid. [Trib] [DNews] -> Some 65 percent of Utahns like the job that Sen. Mike Lee is doing while 59 percent say the same thing about Sen. Orrin Hatch. [UtahPolicy] Tweets of the day: From @JPFrenie: "Hey guys isn't it pretty cool that for once a Republican had a gaffe and it wasn't a sexist, corrupt or terrible thing to say. " From @RyanLizza: "Best detail I've heard from the Sanders campaign trail : one of his two press buses is nut-free" Happy Birthday: To Dave Hultgren. Tune in: On Tuesday at 12:15 p.m., Rep. Mike Noel joins Jennifer Napier-Pearce to discuss his plan to manage federal lands and other developments in the public lands debate. Watch Trib Talk on sltrib.com. You can also join the discussion by sending questions and comments to the hashtag #TribTalk on Twitter or texting 801-609-8059. From Capitol Hill : The Senate passed a proposal to ship $40 million to charter schools, despite objections that it would cut too much out of the public education fund. -
A Call to the Media to Change Reporting Practices for the Coverage of Mass Shootings
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy Volume 60 Gun Violence as a Human Rights Violation 2019 A Call to the Media to Change Reporting Practices for the Coverage of Mass Shootings Jaclyn Schildkraut Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego Follow this and additional works at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy Part of the Law and Society Commons Recommended Citation Jaclyn Schildkraut, A Call to the Media to Change Reporting Practices for the Coverage of Mass Shootings, 60 WASH. U. J. L. & POL’Y 273 (2019), https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol60/iss1/16 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School at Washington University Open Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Washington University Journal of Law & Policy by an authorized administrator of Washington University Open Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Call to the Media to Change Reporting Practices for the Coverage of Mass Shootings Jaclyn Schildkraut * INTRODUCTION Mass shootings continue to be a cause for concern in the United States, fueled in part by the extensive media coverage these events garner. When word of another shooting breaks, the news media often interrupt regularly scheduled programming with reporting or live updates from the scene; newspaper stories are churned out at a rapid pace, expedited by the availability of digital media. Depending on the severity of the attack, the coverage may last hours, days, or, in the most extreme examples like the recent shootings in Las Vegas, NV (2017), Sutherland Spring, TX (2017), Parkland, FL (2018), and Pittsburgh, PA (2018), weeks. -
Analyzing Polarization in Social Media: Method and Application to Tweets on 21 Mass Shootings
Analyzing Polarization in Social Media: Method and Application to Tweets on 21 Mass Shootings Dorottya Demszky1 Nikhil Garg1 Rob Voigt1 James Zou1 Matthew Gentzkow1 Jesse Shapiro2 Dan Jurafsky1 1Stanford University 2Brown University fddemszky, nkgarg, robvoigt, jamesz, gentzkow, [email protected] jesse shapiro [email protected] Abstract 2016) and Facebook (Bakshy et al., 2015). Prior NLP work has shown, e.g., that polarized mes- We provide an NLP framework to uncover sages are more likely to be shared (Zafar et al., four linguistic dimensions of political polar- 2016) and that certain topics are more polarizing ization in social media: topic choice, framing, affect and illocutionary force. We quantify (Balasubramanyan et al., 2012); however, we lack these aspects with existing lexical methods, a more broad understanding of the many ways that and propose clustering of tweet embeddings polarization can be instantiated linguistically. as a means to identify salient topics for analy- This work builds a more comprehensive frame- sis across events; human evaluations show that work for studying linguistic aspects of polariza- our approach generates more cohesive topics tion in social media, by looking at topic choice, than traditional LDA-based models. We ap- framing, affect, and illocutionary force. ply our methods to study 4.4M tweets on 21 mass shootings. We provide evidence that the 1.1 Mass Shootings discussion of these events is highly polarized politically and that this polarization is primar- We explore these aspects of polarization by study- ily driven by partisan differences in framing ing a sample of more than 4.4M tweets about rather than topic choice. -
Active Shooter - What Will You Do?
ACTIVE SHOOTER - WHAT WILL YOU DO? This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA GREGORY M. SMITH Former Assistant Director, Clark County District Attorney’s Office (Las Vegas) Former Chief of Staff, Nevada Office of the Attorney General Former Chief of Investigations 17 years law enforcement officer MA & BA Criminal Justice - UNLV Current CFO, CEO, BOM – Capricorn Consulting, LLC !!! MONEY + EXES + KIDS + GOVERNMENT BUREACRACY + LIFE RECIPE FOR DISASTER CLARK COUNTY D.A.’S OFFICE - FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION Employees – 350 Vendors and clients daily – 250 Three buildings Approximately 100,000 square feet HISTORY 1966 University of Texas - one sniper in the clock tower (17 victims) Texas Monthly reporter wrote “the shooting ushered in the notion that any group of people, anywhere - even walking around a university campus on a summer day – could be killed at a random by a stranger.” In the 50 years before the University Texas shooting there were 25 public mass shootings in which four or more people died. PUBLIC MASS SHOOTINGS For the purpose of this presentation: 154 shootings 4 or more people killed by one or two shooters They occur without warning Generally occur in mundane places Victims are chosen not for what they did, but for where they are January 1, 2018 – August 30, 2018 Mass shooting deaths – 40 Other gun-related deaths – 7075 Source: Washington Post SINCE 1966 – OF THE 154 SHOOTINGS Victims ages ranged 1102 Victims killed 298 guns Source: Washington from: 185 were found Post unborn – children and -
Mass Murder and Spree Murder
Two Mass Murder and Spree Murder Two Types of Multicides A convicted killer recently paroled from prison in Tennessee has been charged with the murder of six people, including his brother, Cecil Dotson, three other adults, and two children. The police have arrested Jessie Dotson, age 33. The killings, which occurred in Memphis, Tennessee, occurred in February 2008. There is no reason known at this time for the murders. (Courier-Journal, March 9, 2008, p. A-3) A young teenager’s boyfriend killed her mother and two brothers, ages 8 and 13. Arraigned on murder charges in Texas were the girl, a juvenile, her 19-year-old boyfriend, Charlie James Wilkinson, and two others on three charges of capital murder. The girl’s father was shot five times but survived. The reason for the murders? The parents did not want their daughter dating Wilkinson. (Wolfson, 2008) Introduction There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the three types of multi- cide: serial murder, mass murder, and spree murder. This chapter will list the traits and characteristics of these three types of killers, as well as the traits and characteristics of the killings themselves. 15 16 SERIAL MURDER Recently, a school shooting occurred in Colorado. Various news outlets erroneously reported the shooting as a spree killing. Last year in Nevada, a man entered a courtroom and killed three people. This, too, was erro- neously reported as a spree killing. Both should have been labeled instead as mass murder. The assigned labels by the media have little to do with motivations and anticipated gains in the original effort to label it some type of multicide. -
Allergy Symptoms Similar to COVID Prince Philip and DMX Dead One Dead After Shooting at Mall
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 | Volume 162, Issue 27 Nebraska’s Oldest College Newspaper the doane Seeking the Truth Without Favor owl Doane’s Baseball team wins five out of six games. See Page 9 for more. One dead after shooting at mall at CHI Health Bergan (KETV). The 18-year-old Two suspects Mercy Hospital. Ja’Keya will be tried for accessory Veland, 22, was injured to homicide and has no taken into but is expected to survive. bail at this time. Two people have Westroads Mall has been arrested in connec- been the location for sev- custody after tion with the shooting, eral shootings in the past, a 16-year-old and an with one in the past year 18-year-old. Police be- on March 12 that left an shooting lieve this shooting was an officer injured. isolated incident, but they Anyone with informa- do not believe that it was tion about the shooting is a random attack. encouraged to contact the ABRIANNA MILLER The two suspects fled Omaha Police Depart- Editor-in-Chief the mall shortly after fir- ment (OPD) Homicide ing, but they were soon Unit at 402-444-5656 or apprehended by the po- Omaha Crime Stoppers On April 17, there was lice after receiving several at 402-444-STOP. Tips a shooting at the We- reports from citizens in can be submitted online stroads Mall in Omaha, the area. at omahacrimestoppers. Nebr., around noon that Douglas County Attor- org or on the P3 Tips mo- left one person dead. ney Don Kleine said that bile app. -
Creighton's Campus Plan Blooms
Creighton’s Campus Plan Blooms Welcome to the No Dispute: Werner Institute Vaccine Wars: New Graduate Programs Harper Center Fills Major Role Public Health vs. Private Fears at Creighton Fall 2008 Fall 2008 View the magazine online at: www.creightonmagazine.org University Magazine Welcome to the Harper Center .......................................8 The new Mike and Josie Harper Center for Student Life and Learning opened to students for the first time this fall. The 245,000-square-foot facility serves as Creighton’s new front door and is a dramatic anchor to Creighton’s east-campus expansion efforts. No Dispute .......................................................................16 Creighton University’s Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution has 8 earned national and worldwide acclaim just three years after its official launch. Learn more about the Werner Institute and how it is preparing future leaders for the rapidly expanding profession of conflict resolution. Vaccine Wars: Private Health vs. Public Fears ................20 Fears of possible negative side effects are prompting some segments of the American public not to vaccinate their children, leaving some public health professionals worried about a resurgence of deadly diseases. Creighton experts Archana Chatterjee, M.D., and 16 Linda Ohri, Pharm.D., help separate scientific fact from fiction. New Graduate Programs at Creighton .........................24 A growing number of students — especially adults and working professionals — are plugging into Creighton from work, home or an Internet café, as the newest online offerings opened in the Graduate School this fall. These new programs also cross traditional disciplinary lines, providing students with an array of professional skills that are highly sought in today’s tightening economy. -
Mass Shootings, Mental Illness, and Terrorism
Obas, Alice 2019 Psychology Thesis Title: Mass Shootings, Mental Illness, and Terrorism: The Contextualization of Mass Shooters and Gun Violence in the Media and Public Advisor: Steven Fein Advisor is Co-author: None of the above Second Advisor: Jeremy Cone Released: release now Authenticated User Access: Yes Contains Copyrighted Material: No Mass Shootings, Mental Illness, and Terrorism: The Contextualization of Mass Shooters and Gun Violence in the Media and Public by Alice Obas Steven Fein, Advisor A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Psychology WILLIAMS COLLEGE Williamstown, Massachusetts May 20th, 2019 Abstract Since 1990, there have been 87 recorded mass shootings in the United States. In the year 2017, there were 11 reported mass shootings – the most ever recorded in a single year. How do we discuss these incidents when they take place? We explore the discourse in the media and public following mass shooting incidents. Starting with Study 1, we use a computational program to compare the frequency of the words “mental” and “terror” in newspaper articles as a function of the race of the shooter. In Study 2, we explore how conservatives and liberals might differ in their reactions to and opinions towards mass shootings. In Studies 3 and 4, we investigate how political identification might affect the way people perceive and react to mass shootings, and whether they seek out information about mass shootings and guns that confirm their preferred political narratives. Results suggest that there may be a bias in the way the media reports mass shooters. -
Declaration of Sean A. Brady in Support of Plaintiffs’ 11 Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Defendant’S Expert 12 Witness Lucy P
Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 1 of 62 Page ID #:6574 1 C. D. Michel – SBN 144258 Sean A. Brady – SBN 262007 2 Matthew D. Cubeiro – SBN 291519 3 [email protected] MICHEL & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 4 180 East Ocean Boulevard, Suite 200 Long Beach, CA 90802 5 Telephone: 562-216-4444 Facsimile: 562-216-4445 6 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SOUTHERN DIVISION 12 STEVEN RUPP, et al., Case No.: 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE 13 Plaintiffs, DECLARATION OF SEAN A. 14 BRADY IN SUPPORT OF 15 vs. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY OF 16 XAVIER BECERRA, in his official DEFENDANT’S EXPERT capacity as Attorney General of the State WITNESS LUCY P. ALLEN 17 of California, UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 702 18 Defendant. 19 Hearing Date: July 5, 2019 Hearing Time: 10:30 a.m. 20 Judge: Josephine L. Staton Courtroom: 10A 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 DECLARATION OF SEAN A. BRADY Case 8:17-cv-00746-JLS-JDE Document 103-2 Filed 05/28/19 Page 2 of 62 Page ID #:6575 1 DECLARATION OF SEAN A. BRADY 2 I, Sean A. Brady, am an attorney at the law firm Michel & Associates, P.C., 3 attorneys of record for Plaintiffs in this action. I am licensed to practice law before 4 the United States Court for the Central District of California. I have personal 5 knowledge of the facts set forth herein and, if called and sworn as a witness, I could 6 and would testify competently to the truth of the matters set forth herein.