桑迪胡克小学的母亲斯嘉丽·刘易斯(COM ' 90)说:“我原谅亚历克斯·琼斯”,但认为阴谋论者要为声称大屠杀是骗局负责
斯嘉丽·刘易斯(COM ' 90)赢得对阴谋论者的诽谤诉讼

斯嘉丽·刘易斯(毕业于1990年)在儿子杰西死于桑迪·胡克学校枪击案几个月前和他一起打赢了对阴谋论者亚历克斯·琼斯的诉讼,后者声称枪击案是伪造的。 照片由斯嘉丽·刘易斯提供
六岁桑迪胡克小学受害者的母亲:“我原谅亚历克斯·琼斯”声称大屠杀是骗局
斯嘉丽·刘易斯(COM ' 90)赢得对阴谋论者的诽谤诉讼
After grieving for her six-year-old boy murdered in Connecticut’s 2012 桑迪 Elementary School shootings, 斯佳丽刘易斯 (COM’90) had her anguish scraped raw by a conspiracy theorist 声称整个屠杀都是她编造的.
Now Alex Jones, creator of the Infowars fake news website and media system, will pay Lewis and other parents for his comments, which he retracted seven years after the 2012 killings, blaming them on “精神病的一种形式.”
刘易斯和其他桑迪胡克小学的家长——其中一些人在琼斯撒谎后收到了死亡威胁——起诉琼斯诽谤,因为琼斯称桑迪胡克小学是演员们上演的“一个巨大的骗局”。 On Monday, November 15, after Jones had refused to provide information on whether he’d profited from talking about the slaughter, a Connecticut judge 判他赔偿损失. (In Texas, where Infowars is based, courts last month also held Jones liable for failing to provide information to suing parents, including Lewis.)
Lewis’ six-year-old son Jesse was among 20 first-graders and 6 educators murdered by gunman Alex Lanza, a former student at the 桑迪 Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Jesse died standing by his teacher, 对着其他孩子大喊大叫,让他们逃命. Lewis channeled her grief into a foundation, the 杰西·刘易斯选择爱运动, to teach social and emotional learning (SEL), which, she’s convinced, might have prevented Lanza from committing the deadliest K-12 school shooting in US history. (兰扎是一名患有感觉障碍的隐士,他的母亲让他接触了枪支,他在第一批救援人员赶到现场时自杀了。)
康涅狄格州和德克萨斯州的判决意味着法院现在将决定琼斯必须向原告支付多少钱。 但是今天 询问刘易斯对这些裁决和她正在进行的教育工作的看法。
Q&A
斯嘉丽·刘易斯
今天部: 损害赔偿是由于未能向原告提供重要信息。 Still, do you see this as vindication after Jones’ false claims that the attack was all a hoax?
红色刘易斯: 现在康涅狄格州和德克萨斯州的所有案件都有缺席判决。 我希望它发出一个强烈的信息,即你不能传播谎言,特别是如果它危及相关人员的生命。 校园枪击案在美国是一个真实的问题; 这种事发生得太频繁了。 你要么是解决方案的一部分,要么是问题的一部分。 亚历克斯·琼斯是问题的一部分,他当然没有致力于解决问题,以保证我们的孩子和教育工作者在学校的安全。
我原谅亚历克斯·琼斯。
今天部: 我知道宽恕是你的SEL教育的关键部分; 你提到原谅亚当·兰扎。 你能原谅琼斯吗?
我原谅亚历克斯·琼斯。 我选择宽恕,并继续宽恕的过程,是为了拿回我个人的力量。 然而,宽恕并不意味着你不需要对别人的行为负责。 这就是我们做出积极改变的方式。
今天部: What’s the status of your SEL curriculum—are more schools continuing to adopt it or has the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down negotiations with schools?
大流行病增加了对我们免费编制节目的需求和兴趣。 During the quarantine, we upgraded our program to align with educators’ and their students’ needs and focused even more on mental wellness and coping skills. We added another section, called “Choosing Love in Our Brave New World” for all grade levels in order to address trauma, that helps students self-regulate and become present and ready to learn.
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