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Her son was killed in Parkland. She hopes a harrowing picture book will finally cause lawmakers to act

‘Joaquin’s First School Shooting’ borrows the aesthetics and language of children’s book, but its contents are purposely chilling. Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin was 17 when he died in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, tells Clémence Michallon how lawmakers are responding to the book

The Independent UK

Parkland dad calls for national education strike in response to Nashville shooting

Manuel Oliver’s son Joaquin was among 17 victims in Florida mass shooting in 2018

The Independent UK

Democratic lawmaker hails Parkland parents as ‘American heroes’ and slams GOP after arrest outside hearing

Maxwell Frost spoke out after Manuel Oliver was arrested by Capitol police outside of a committee hearing

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Parkland dad detained in DC after being removed from hearing

Authorities on Thursday detained Parkland father Manuel Oliver, who was attending a committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on gun rights, according to U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, who shared footage of the encounter on Twitter.

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Parkland parents forcibly removed, arrested at U.S. House hearing on gun control

The parents of one of the 17 people killed in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, were forcibly removed on Thursday from a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on guns, videos showed.

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Outrage as Parkland father violently arrested on Capitol Hill after hearing protest

‘You took my soon away from me,’ Patricia Oliver reportedly shouted at a Republican committee chair in the hearing room

The Independent UK

Parkland father arrested during House hearing on gun rights - Roll Call

A man whose son was killed in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting was arrested outside a hearing on Second Amendment rights.

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Nikolas Cruz defence lawyer investigated after being filmed ‘flipping the bird’ in Parkland hearing

The inquiry into Tamara Curtis’s behaviour in court was confirmed to The Independent by a Florida bar spokesperson

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Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For the 17 who lost their lives, the gunman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Tribune News Service

‘They did not receive justice today’: Families stunned, angered, disgusted by jury's decision to spare life of Parkland gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It has been 1,702 days since they last looked into the eyes of their child, their spouse, but the families of 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 finally got their moment of reckoning.

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Uvalde protesters hold vigil, demand that school district suspend officers

Brett Cross launched the protest Sept. 27, joined by other Uvalde families who say the school district hasn’t held five of its officers accountable for their part in law enforcement’s delayed action during the May 24 shooting.

The Texas Tribune

Fleet of school buses formed like rifle protests gun violence against children at Ted Cruz’s home

The NRA Children’s Museum aims to spotlight the toll of mass shootings and reduce the association’s influence

The Independent UK

Editorial: Parkland father rudely interrupts President Biden. Was he wrong?

Four years after his son Joaquin was shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Manuel Oliver’s pain is still raw.

Miami Herald

Biden misstates the date of the Parkland mass shooting by 100 years while delivering speech on gun reform law

The Valentine’s Day attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida killed 17 and injured 17

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The Loop: Joe Biden called out on gun laws, 'brutal' Tour de France injury, Boris Johnson's replacement

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Biden heckled by Parkland father during event to celebrate new gun law

Manuel Oliver shouts ‘we have to do more’ as president gives speech marking measure at White House

Salon

Biden heckled by Parkland parent at WH

Speaking on CNN just before the incident, the grieving father said the bipartisan law is not enough

Tribune News Service

Father of Parkland victim shouts objection as Biden ‘celebrates’ new gun law

Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, interrupted President Joe Biden’s speech Monday during a White House event commemorating the new law aimed at reducing gun violence.

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The Independent UK

Biden calls for gun safety advocates to keep up the fight as he celebrates bipartisan compromise legislation

‘Success begets success ... we finally moved that mountain of opposition, obstruction, and indifference that stood in the way and stopped every effort of gun safety for 30 years in this nation. Now's the time to galvanize this movement’

The Independent UK

Biden interrupted by Parkland father at White House event celebrating bipartisan gun legislation

‘This is like giving a green light to Congress to wait another 30 years to do something else’

Miami Herald

At March for Our Lives rally in DC, frustration mixes with optimism amid renewed push for action

WASHINGTON — Serena Rodrigues remembers how she felt four years ago, during her first March for Our Lives rally in Orlando, Florida, when she took a moment to watch a seemingly endless throng of people march together in support of gun control.

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‘Frustrated, angry and heartbroken’: Shevrin Jones, Charlie Crist, Parkland parents voice rage at Sunrise gun control rally

SUNRISE, Fla. — As Florida State Sen. Shevrin Jones stood onstage in Sunrise, reading aloud the names of 31 victims gunned down May 14 at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, he burst into tears. He blamed the influence of gun…

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Uvalde massacre a painful deja-vu for gun victims' families

New York (AFP) - This week's gun massacre at a Texas school has poured salt in the wounds of families forever grieving the death of their own children, as they call in vain for stricter gun control laws in the United States.

The Independent UK

Sandy Hook and Parkland families react to Texas shooting as father shares pain outside Florida court

‘They f*****g failed our kids again, okay? I’m done. I’ve had it. You know, how many more times?’

Miami Herald

Parkland father visits White House weeks after being detained by police for protest

WASHINGTON — Parkland father and activist Manuel Oliver wore the shoes his son Joaquin Oliver had planned to wear to prom to the White House on Monday as he attended President Joe Biden’s speech about new steps to curb gun violence.

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