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The circumstances surrounding the '''[[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Connecticut State Police Final Report on Sandy Hook shooting incident December 14, 2012|url=http://cspsandyhookreport.ct.gov/}}</ref> have been disputed by a number of '''[[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]'''. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother, then 20 students and 6 staff members at the elementary school before committing suicide,<ref>{{cite news|author=Vancouver Sun |url=http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Conspiracy+theorists+claim+Sandy+Hook+tragedy+elaborate/7822502/story.html |title=Conspiracy theorists claim Sandy Hook tragedy is elaborate government hoax |publisher=Edmonton Journal|date= January 16, 2013 |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref> but conspiracy theorists question the circumstances of the shooting, whether Adam Lanza was the sole perpetrator, and are using early media reports that included inconsistencies about the identity of the shooter, wrong photos, incorrect location of victims,<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Sydney|title=Media Mess-Ups: Who's Who of Sandy Hook School Shooting Reporting Errors, Part 1|url=http://www.imediaethics.org/News/3663/Media_mess-ups__whos_who_of_sandy_hook_school_shooting_reporting_errors__part_1.php|publisher=iMediaEthics|accessdate=January 17, 2013|date=December 17, 2012}}</ref> and weapons used<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Evans |url=http://freebeacon.com/how-the-media-got-newtown-wrong/ |title=How the Media Got Newtown Wrong |publisher=Freebeacon.com |date=2012-12-18 |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref> as evidence for their claims. Others have suggested the shooting was orchestrated by government officials for political reasons,<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Virtanen |url=http://nation.time.com/2013/01/15/n-y-state-lawmakers-pass-first-u-s-gun-control-bill-since-sandy-hook/ |title=N.Y. State Lawmakers Pass First U.S. Gun Control Bill Since Sandy Hook|publisher=TIME |date=2012-11-26 |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref> similar to some [[9/11 conspiracy theories]], claiming that the shooting was deliberately set up to push stricter [[gun control]] laws.
The circumstances surrounding the '''[[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Connecticut State Police Final Report on Sandy Hook shooting incident December 14, 2012|url=http://cspsandyhookreport.ct.gov/}}</ref> have been disputed by a number of '''[[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]'''. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother, then 20 students and 6 staff members at the elementary school before committing suicide,<ref>{{cite news|author=Vancouver Sun |url=http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Conspiracy+theorists+claim+Sandy+Hook+tragedy+elaborate/7822502/story.html |title=Conspiracy theorists claim Sandy Hook tragedy is elaborate government hoax |publisher=Edmonton Journal|date= January 16, 2013 |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref> but conspiracy theorists question the circumstances of the shooting, whether Adam Lanza was the sole perpetrator, and are using early media reports that included inconsistencies about the identity of the shooter, wrong photos, incorrect location of victims,<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Sydney|title=Media Mess-Ups: Who's Who of Sandy Hook School Shooting Reporting Errors, Part 1|url=http://www.imediaethics.org/News/3663/Media_mess-ups__whos_who_of_sandy_hook_school_shooting_reporting_errors__part_1.php|publisher=iMediaEthics|accessdate=January 17, 2013|date=December 17, 2012}}</ref> and weapons used<ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Evans |url=http://freebeacon.com/how-the-media-got-newtown-wrong/ |title=How the Media Got Newtown Wrong |publisher=Freebeacon.com |date=2012-12-18 |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref> as evidence for their claims. Others have suggested the shooting was orchestrated by government officials for political reasons,<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Virtanen |url=http://nation.time.com/2013/01/15/n-y-state-lawmakers-pass-first-u-s-gun-control-bill-since-sandy-hook/ |title=N.Y. State Lawmakers Pass First U.S. Gun Control Bill Since Sandy Hook|publisher=TIME |date=2012-11-26 |accessdate=2013-01-17}}</ref> similar to some [[9/11 conspiracy theories]], claiming that the shooting was deliberately set up to push stricter [[gun control]] laws.


These conspiracy theories are contradictory, implausible, without evidence, and offensive to those affected.<ref name=Bennett>{{cite news |title=Newtown Conspiracy Theories, Debunked |first=Dashiell |last=Bennett |url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/12/newtown-shooting-conspiracy-theories/60126/ |newspaper=[[The Atlantic]] |date=18 December 2012 |accessdate=15 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Moynihan">{{cite web|last=Moynihan|first=Michael C.|title=Newtown Conspiracy Theories: Obama, Iran, and Other Culprits|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/27/newtown-conspiracy-theories-obama-iran-and-other-culprits.html|work=http://www.thedailybeast.com|publisher=The Daily Beast|accessdate=January 9, 2013|authorlink=Michael C. Moynihan|date=December 12, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Fisher>{{cite news |title=Iran’s state-run news network blames ‘Israeli death squads’ for Sandy Hook shooting |first=Max |last=Fisher |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/12/18/irans-state-run-news-network-blames-israeli-death-squads-for-sandy-hook-shooting/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=18 December 2012 |accessdate=15 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=Parry>{{cite web |url=http://www.livescience.com/18171-contradicting-conspiracy-theories-mistrust.html |title=Contradictions Don't Deter Conspiracy Theorists |last=Parry |first=Wynne |date=27 January 2012 |publisher=[[LiveScience]] |accessdate=16 January 2013}}</ref> ''[[The Washington Times]]'' ran an editorial critical of the conspiracy theories and a "conspiracy culture" in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Editorial: A Conspiracy Culture |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/15/a-conspiracy-culture/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |date=15 January 2013 |accessdate=16 January 2013}}</ref> Several sources also published articles debunking various claims put forward by conspiracy theorists.<ref name=Bennett /><ref name="Snopes Exposed">{{cite web|title=Sandy Hook Exposed|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/newtown.asp#hoax|publisher=Snopes.com|accessdate=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="Huff Post Stuart">{{cite news|last=Stuart|first=Hunter|title=Sandy Hook Hoax Theories Explained: Why Newtown 'Truther' Arguments Don't Hold Up|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/sandy-hook-hoax-theories-explained-debunking-newtown-truther_n_2627233.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Huff Post Sieczkowski">{{cite news|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|title=Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Video Debunked By Experts|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory-video-debunked_n_2487427.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=16 January 2013}}</ref>
''[[The Washington Times]]'' ran an editorial critical of the conspiracy theories and a "conspiracy culture" in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=Editorial: A Conspiracy Culture |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/15/a-conspiracy-culture/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |date=15 January 2013 |accessdate=16 January 2013}}</ref> Several sources also published articles debunking various claims put forward by conspiracy theorists. Many of these articles, however, leave out several important components of the conspiracy theories, such as the official police timeline as well as local resident Gene Rosen's time spent sheltering children during the shooting.<ref name=Bennett /><ref name="Snopes Exposed">{{cite web|title=Sandy Hook Exposed|url=http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/newtown.asp#hoax|publisher=Snopes.com|accessdate=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref name="Huff Post Stuart">{{cite news|last=Stuart|first=Hunter|title=Sandy Hook Hoax Theories Explained: Why Newtown 'Truther' Arguments Don't Hold Up|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/11/sandy-hook-hoax-theories-explained-debunking-newtown-truther_n_2627233.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=11 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Huff Post Sieczkowski">{{cite news|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|title=Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory Video Debunked By Experts|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/sandy-hook-conspiracy-theory-video-debunked_n_2487427.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=20 April 2013|date=16 January 2013}}</ref>


== Conspiracy theorist allegations ==
== Conspiracy theorist allegations ==

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The circumstances surrounding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting[1] have been disputed by a number of conspiracy theories. On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother, then 20 students and 6 staff members at the elementary school before committing suicide,[2] but conspiracy theorists question the circumstances of the shooting, whether Adam Lanza was the sole perpetrator, and are using early media reports that included inconsistencies about the identity of the shooter, wrong photos, incorrect location of victims,[3] and weapons used[4] as evidence for their claims. Others have suggested the shooting was orchestrated by government officials for political reasons,[5] similar to some 9/11 conspiracy theories, claiming that the shooting was deliberately set up to push stricter gun control laws.

The Washington Times ran an editorial critical of the conspiracy theories and a "conspiracy culture" in the United States.[6] Several sources also published articles debunking various claims put forward by conspiracy theorists. Many of these articles, however, leave out several important components of the conspiracy theories, such as the official police timeline as well as local resident Gene Rosen's time spent sheltering children during the shooting.[7][8][9][10]

Conspiracy theorist allegations

Allegations of United States government involvement

Some conspiracy theories have alleged that the shooting was a hoax[11] and a false flag operation staged by the United States government.[12] Others claim the attack is being used by politicians to push through new gun control legislation,[13][14][15] or to otherwise persecute gun owners and survivalists.[7]

Lawyer Orly Taitz was quoted as asking "Was Adam Lanza drugged and hypnotised by his handlers to make him into a killing machine as an excuse as the regime is itching to take all means of self defense from the populace before the economic collapse?"[16]

Talk show host Clyde Lewis wrote: "Don’t you find it at all interesting that Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter at Sandy Hook, woke up one day and decided to shoot up a school and kill children at about the same time that Barack Obama told the U.N. that he would sign the small arms treaty?"[17]

There is no credible evidence that suggests that the United States government perpetuated the Sandy Hook shooting. According to Live Science, "No one, regardless of what side of the gun control issue they are on, can deny that guns played a key role in the Sandy Hook killings. So the conspiracy theorists must instead challenge the claim that the attack even occurred. They believe it's all a hoax to scare people into supporting more gun control and a step toward an outright repeal of the Second Amendment." They also found that the vast majority of evidence used by conspiracy theorists to support the concept that Sandy Hook was a hoax is contradictory.[18] Snopes also debunked several claims of alleged United States government involvement in the shootings.[8]

Allegations of Israeli involvement by the Iranian government

Press TV, an Iranian controlled news organization know for the perpetuation of conspiracy theories and antisemitism,[19] published an opinion article by Veterans Today editor Gordon Duff. He quoted Michael Harris, former Republican candidate for governor, who attributed the shooting to "Israeli death squads." The author speculated that the attacks were an act of "revenge" for the perceived cooling of Israel–United States relations under President Obama, especially as a response to Obama's decision to nominate former senator Chuck Hagel, a perceived critic of Israel, for the position of United States Secretary of Defense.[20] The story, which relied on the testimony of an American politician associated with neo-Nazism, written by the editor of an anti-semitic American website, was widely criticized in American media as Iranian propaganda.[7][21]

Professor and philosopher of science James H. Fetzer said on the same program that the massacre "appears to have been a psy op intended to strike fear in the hearts of Americans" that was conducted by "agents of Israel.”[22]

Several other conspiracy theories have suggested Israeli or Jewish involvement. These theories do not generally hold significant credence due to containing perceived elements of anti-semitism.[7][22]

Allegations of additional conspirators

Ben Swann, a Cincinnati news anchor for Fox affiliate WXIX-TV, has suggested on his personal YouTube channel that Adam Lanza was accompanied by another shooter; he has made similar claims about the Aurora shooting and the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting from earlier in 2012.[23][24] Other theories have posited as many as four shooters were present.[25]

There is no credible evidence that any additional shooters were present at the event.[8] Some such reports may have been influenced by confused early news reports of the events.[7]

Allegations of relationship to LIBOR scandal

Other conspiracy theories have focused on the claim that Adam Lanza's father was an executive with GE Energy Financial Services.[7][26] According to these theories, Lanza's father was supposed to testify before the Senate Banking Committee with information about the Libor scandal. However, no such hearings were scheduled. Similar claims had been made about the father of James Holmes, the suspected perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora shooting.[7][27]

Allegations regarding timestamps of memorial sites

Theorists point to timestamps for creation dates, whois records, and Google caches of various memorial websites, fundraising sites, and Facebook as evidence of a conspiracy or cover up. They contend that pages were created before or after the date and time of the school shooting. Opponents of these theories counter that a more likely explanation is the possible unreliability of time-stamping and the possibility for timestamps to be assigned to URLs that are then repurposed.[9][10]

Other allegations

James Tracy, a professor at Florida Atlantic University who teaches a course on conspiracy theories, has suggested the shooting either did not actually occur or occurred very differently than accounted in mainstream reports, claiming political motives for the coverup.[28][29] His allegations were strongly criticized by Patricia Llodra, a Newtown selectwoman.[30] Additionally, Florida Atlantic president Mary Jane Saunders issued a statement that Tracy's views were "not shared by" the university.[31] In response to his comments, the university has opened an investigation of Tracy, who has tenure.[32] Chan Lowe of the Sun-Sentinel speculated that the comments were a publicity stunt by Tracy.[33] Tracy later declined an appearance on CNN with Anderson Cooper, suggesting that Cooper wanted to bring him and his family members harm by identifying him in a prior broadcast.[34][35]

While Tracy has since withdrawn some of his suggestions, conceding that real deaths occurred in the shooting,[36] other sources have continued to claim that the entire event was a hoax.[37] A video similarly questioning official accounts of the shooting received several million views on YouTube within a week of its posting,[38] although the video has since been modified to display a disclaimer explaining that its creators "in no way claim this shooting never took place, or that people did not lose their lives."[39]

In May 2014, 28-year-old Andrew David Truelove stole a memorial sign from playgrounds dedicated to victims Grace McDonnell and Chase Kowalski.[40] He then went on to call the parents of Grace McDonnell, proclaiming that he stole the sign and that he believed their deaths were a "hoax".[41] He was eventually arrested on May 30, where the signs were found in his home.[42]

On September 12, 2014, during a political debate, Colorado Republican Party candidate Tom Ready was accused by his opponent, Sal Pace, of posting an article on his Facebook page claiming the Sandy Hook shootings "never happened". In response, Tom Ready remarked, "Well, there is some question of whether it happened, Sal." This was followed by more statements of the same manner, prompting outraged yells from the audience. After allegedly receiving a death threat the next day, Ready reportedly apologized for his remarks.[43][44] Other conspiracy theorists have tried to connect the shooting to references in popular culture. These include the fact that The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins lives in Sandy Hook and in her book 22 children are "ritualistically" killed, and 20 children were killed in the shooting, as well as to the fact that "Sandy Hook" can be seen on a map in Dark Knight Rises. This is what some conspiracy theorists refer to as predictive programming.[45]

Some conspiracy theorists have argued that a six-year-old victim of the shooting subsequently appeared in a photograph with President Barack Obama, but the depicted child is the victim's sister wearing her deceased sister's dress.[46][47]

Responses

Writing about the Sandy Hook conspiracy theories, Benjamin Radford argued that most conspiracy theorists who allege contradictions in official accounts ignore contradictions in their own accounts, citing research from the University of Kent that conspiracy theorists selectively focus on or ignore particular details in order to fit their preferred narrative.[48][46] The conspiracy theories have also been called evidence of "the need for a national debate on mental illness."[47]

Internet debunk site Snopes ran an editorial debunking the "Sandy Hook Exposed" video, explaining how many of the theories make little sense, and answered many questions conspiracy theorists wanted answers to.[49]

Harassment by conspiracy theorists

Gene Rosen, a Newtown resident who was reported to have sheltered six Sandy Hook students and a bus driver in his home during the shooting, has been subject to harassment online alleging he was complicit in a government coverup,[50] among other things.[51] Some journalists have cited such incidents as part of a "Sandy Hook Truther Movement" analogous to the 9/11 Truth movement.[52][37][38] A writer for the Calgary Herald reported that the movement self-identifies as "Operation Terror."[47]

Robbie Parker, the father of victim Emilie Parker – after doing a CNN interview on the day after the shooting – became the target of conspiracy theorists, who claimed the interview was staged.[53] Parker has been attacked by theorists who believe he is a "crisis actor" and was "getting into character" before going on CNN to grief over the loss of his child.[54][55]

See also

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