Sandy Hook families testify about threats, fear of deniers

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In often emotional testimony at a civil trial involving conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, family members of some of the Sandy Hook massacre victims described enduring death threats, in-person harassment and abusive comments on social media.

Erica Lafferty said the general harassment began soon after the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, with people telling her it was a hoax and that her mother never died. But soon, she said, it got scary and more graphic.

Last month, a jury in a similar case in Texas ordered Jones to pay nearly US$50 million in damages to the parents of one of the slain children. The harassment has continued ever since, Hensel testified. In 2019, after Jeremy Richman died by suicide, friends called Hensel to tell her people were at the cemetery where Avielle was buried looking for evidence her husband had died.

The trial is being streamed live by the website Law & Crime, which disabled the comments section Tuesday of its YouTube stream, citing threatening posts and harassment targeting the victims' families.

 

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Everyone has a right to deny anything they want. If not, we dive into a world of fascism. Threats on the other hand are against the criminal code.

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