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• “People like to say that wouldn’t have stopped Pulse from happening. That wouldn’t have stopped the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School,” said Brandon Wolf, a Pulse survivor. “Well nobody ever said one law in particular is going to end gun violence in this country. We have to take a comprehensive approach, and that’s why you’re going to hear several pieces of legislation talked about.”
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• A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit filed by more than 50 survivors and victims’ families in the Pulse nightclub shooting.
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• The onePULSE Foundation will hold a town hall forum Thursday on hate.
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• The National Police Foundation has issued an independent review of the Orlando Fire Department’s response to the Pulse nightclub shooting. The report, released Wednesday, largely corroborates an investigation by WMFE and ProPublica released in September finding the Orlando Fire Department failed to prepare adequately for a mass shooting, despite people within the organization sounding the alarm.
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• Orange County commissioners Tuesday approved $10 million for a Pulse memorial and museum.
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• First responders in more and more cities across the US are being forced to confront the question of how well prepared they are for a mass shooting. Today on Intersection – how Pulse changed the conversation about responding to mass shootings, how the ‘rescue task force’ model could help save more lives in these tragedies, and what still needs to change.
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• An attorney representing 59 survivors and victims’ families of the Pulse nightclub shooting has refiled a civil rights complain in federal court.
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• A federal judge is asking an attorney to amend a lawsuit filed by 59 survivors and victims’ families of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
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• The onePULSE Foundation is calling for design ideas for a permanent memorial at the mass shooting site.
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• Covering a traumatic event like a mass shootings presents a practical and psychological challenge that can stretch the resources of a newsroom and its reporters. The Orlando Sentinel’s Naseem Miller and the San Antonio Express-News’ Silvia Foster-Frau join Intersection to talk about the support network they formed- Journalists Covering Trauma.
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