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Police Blotter
Stalking
Campus
Aug. 9, 2018
12:55
Referred administratively
Referred administratively
Graffiti
Aug. 13, 2018
9:14
The Pavilions
Criminal Mischief < $100
Aug. 18, 2018
11:43
Apt Bldg 7
Report filed for information only
N/A
Aug. 26, 2018
2:12
Public Intoxication
The Pavilions
Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor
Referred administratively
Aug. 31,2018
9:40
Le Mans Hall
Closed - Unfounded
Sept. 3, 2018
Parking Garage
4:12
Burglary
Time
Incident
Location
Resolution
Date
COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS
Alex Jones, founder of InfoWars, is currently being sued for defamation.
By JOSE FLORES
@JestMortem
of
ha-
and
g
Rubio without his con-
sent.
“These are private com-
panies who can refuse
service to anyone. I'm
not going to lose sleep
over him being banned
from these companies'
Peri-
took
to
come
video
surfaced
Jones
rassing
t o u c h i n
Florida Sen-
ator Marco
sites, but we should still
keep an eye on what's go-
ing on,'' said senior Jacob
Spencer.“Social media is
a platform for ideas and
conversation that can
be used for good or for
bad.''
“fake story.'' Believers
of this conspiracy have
sent the victims families
death threats and even
publicized their home
addresses, causing them
to fear for their safety.
This has forced some
of these families to re-
locate; one of which has
done so at least seven
times.
“I think for these spe-
cific cases it's just ex-
tremely disrespectful
for the people who have
gone through so much.
Like for the families of
the Sandy Hook shoot-
ing, that's horrible,''
said sophomore Glenn
Blade. “Imagine losing
your child and then hav-
ing to worry about death
threats from people on-
line.''
The New York Times
also reports that anoth-
er lawsuit against Jones
is being carried out by
Marcel Fontaine due to
false claims that Fon-
A Travis County judge
rejected motions to dis-
miss defamation cases
against Alex Jones,
founder of alt-right me-
dia platform InfoWars.
Famous for his explosive
personality, Jones is no
stranger to controversy;
over the course of the
last year he has been in
and out of courtrooms
due to actions that he
took as far back as 2012.
According to the New
York Times, the families
of nine victims of the
Sandy Hook shooting
which happened on Dec.
14, 2012 in Newtown,
Connecticut are suing
Alex Jones for defama-
tion. Jones has claimed
that the Sandy Hook
shooting was a hoax per-
formed by crisis actors.
This lead to the families
of victims being targeted
for participating in a
Defamation suit advances for local conspiracy theorist, radio host
taine was the Marjory
Stoneman Douglas high
school shooter in Park-
land Florida. InfoWars
ran a story accusing
Fontaine of the shoot-
ing on the same day that
the shooting happened.
Fontaine reached out to
InfoWars in an attempt
to request a correction
but the correction was
never made. It is now
clear after all the confu-
sion that Nikolas Cruz
is the one being charged
for the shooting, leav-
ing little room for Jones
and InfoWars to defend
their actions. Fontaine
continues to receive ha-
rassment from those
who believe the shoot-
ing is a part of a larger
conspiracy and faces
criticism from those that
still incorrectly believe
he is the school shooter.
“I think that he is put-
ting other people in dan-
ger... By his fans harass-
ing the individuals that
have claims against him,''
said alumnus Veronica
Fuentez.
According to NPR,
these actions and con-
troversial news stories
have caused Alex Jones
and Info wars to be
banned from
websites and
media plat- j
forms such A
as Youtube, fl
Spotify,
Facebook, f
Apple and
now Twit- t
ter as well \
as Periscope.
The actions
that Twitter
and
scope
seem
have
after a
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