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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Robbie Parker lost his daughter Emilie in the Sandy Hook School shooting more than a decade ago. Parker is still battling Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who claimed the shooting was staged.
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0:43.4 | This month marks 12 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting |
0:48.3 | that killed six adults and 20 children. |
0:52.0 | Among them was six-year-old Emily Parker. |
0:54.9 | Her father, Robbie Parker, was the first parent to publicly speak about the tragedy, |
1:00.2 | a decision that has haunted him ever since. |
1:03.3 | His public appearance attracted conspiracy theorist broadcaster Alex Jones, |
1:07.9 | who questioned Parker's grief and claimed the shooting was staged in an effort |
1:13.0 | to promote gun control. |
1:15.2 | Robbie Parker is among the Sandy Hook parents who won a defamation suit against Jones. |
1:20.6 | Now, Parker has written a book that tells the story of his devastating loss and how it was |
1:26.7 | compounded by threats and harassment based on |
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