Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

[K.I.T.T.]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

The Infowars host had argued that a judge was wrong to find him liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without holding a trial on the merits of allegations lodged by relatives of victims of the shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut.

The justices did not comment on their order, which they issued without even asking the families of the Sandy Hook victims to respond to Jones’ appeal. An FBI agent who responded to the shooting also sued.

A lawyer who represents Sandy Hook families said the Supreme Court had properly rejected Jones’ “latest desperate attempt to avoid accountability for the harm he has caused.”

Associated Press

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I've never really been able to wrap my head around this... Alex Jones is a twat, but whether Sandy Hook was a hoax or not, free speech is slowly being eroded.

 

[Amalgamation]

 

[DokraOwl]

Alex Jones is a retard, but fining a retard 1.5 billion is also retarded. May as well say infinity plus infinity dollars. The only good thing about Alex Jones is he upset the establishment by shouting so many random retarded things that some were true and it scared some people in power. Honestly if they just ignored him he would have been forgotten by now.

 

[Smooby]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

The Infowars host had argued that a judge was wrong to find him liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without holding a trial on the merits of allegations lodged by relatives of victims of the shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut.

The justices did not comment on their order, which they issued without even asking the families of the Sandy Hook victims to respond to Jones’ appeal. An FBI agent who responded to the shooting also sued.

A lawyer who represents Sandy Hook families said the Supreme Court had properly rejected Jones’ “latest desperate attempt to avoid accountability for the harm he has caused.”

Associated Press

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I've never really been able to wrap my head around this... Alex Jones is a twat, but whether Sandy Hook was a hoax or not, free speech is slowly being eroded.

Yeah it seems pretty clear to me they just want to destroy Alex.

 

[hedgerow]

i feel bad for Insane Alex ... perhaps someone here could organize a fundraiser in his behalf (or is that on his behalf?)

 

[GuanoLoco]

Ha, ha dumbass!!

 

[K.I.T.T.]

Alex Jones is a retard, but fining a retard 1.5 billion is also retarded. May as well say infinity plus infinity dollars. The only good thing about Alex Jones is he upset the establishment by shouting so many random retarded things that some were true and it scared some people in power. Honestly if they just ignored him he would have been forgotten by now.

That's probably the single most intelligent comment in this thread. Besides, I think there is some validity to the so-called conspiracy theories. It's a well-established yet still unexplained fact that one father posted a memorial/obituary of his son the day before the shooting. I actually saw it before it was removed from Facebook. A LOT of people saw it.

 

[DokraOwl]

That's probably the single most intelligent comment in this thread. Besides, I think there is some validity to the so-called conspiracy theories. It's a well-established yet still unexplained fact that one father posted a memorial/obituary of his son the day before the shooting. I actually saw it before it was removed from Facebook. A LOT of people saw it.

There was an episode of the Simpsons where Homer adopts the persona of muckraker exposing high level conspiracies on the internet, the majority of which he just makes up. But he makes up one conspiracy that turned out to be true (mind control through flu shots) that got him censored, abducted, and imprisoned by a shady organisation that secretly controls the world. When Alex Jones was banned from YouTube and subsequently financially ruined, despite never paying attention to him, I immediately suspected something similar had befallen him.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

There was an episode of the Simpsons where Homer adopts the persona of muckraker exposing high level conspiracies on the internet, the majority of which he just makes up. But he makes up one conspiracy that turned out to be true (mind control through flu shots) that got him censored, abducted, and imprisoned by a shady organisation that secretly controls the world. When Alex Jones was banned from YouTube and subsequently financially ruined, despite never paying attention to him, I immediately suspected something similar had befallen him.

I remember the episode. The Sandy Hook event was suspicious from the get-go. I remember seeing footage from a helicopter that was hovering over the the fire department or something, maybe the sheriff's department. Anyway, there was line of people filing into and out of the building in a constantly moving loop. It was surreal. And the crisis actor thing? There's a lot of validity to that claim. What are the odds that over a dozen people on scene at Sandy Hook were also on scene at 911??? Weird shit, to say the least. Guess I should stop discussing it publicly before I get fined, too.

 

[NataSaroundyou]

Fake crap like 9-11 haaa I

 

[DokraOwl]

Fake crap like 9-11 haaa I

Not only was 9-11 fake, but Bin Laden never even existed, he was just an actor (several actors actually) in film studio somewhere. The sooner people wake up to the fact that almost everything they see on TV, and what they're told is happening, is merely a choreographed soap opera, played to stear their minds the better. Ever watch TV and see an advert for pills that promise to make your life better - that company has litterally written the script of whatever program you were watching, and all the anxiety and fear that show generated in you was done deliberately, all to make you go to your doctor and ask for the cure that pill you saw in the advert promised, when the real cure is simply not watching the TV. This is why 1 in 3 people are now on mind altering drugs and why most people self identify, often pridefuly, as having some kind of mental illness.

 

[Ralph666]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors.

The Infowars host had argued that a judge was wrong to find him liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without holding a trial on the merits of allegations lodged by relatives of victims of the shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut.

The justices did not comment on their order, which they issued without even asking the families of the Sandy Hook victims to respond to Jones’ appeal. An FBI agent who responded to the shooting also sued.

A lawyer who represents Sandy Hook families said the Supreme Court had properly rejected Jones’ “latest desperate attempt to avoid accountability for the harm he has caused.”

Associated Press

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I've never really been able to wrap my head around this... Alex Jones is a twat, but whether Sandy Hook was a hoax or not, free speech is slowly being eroded.

Jones is an arch typical fuck up..

I read an article about one of the parents who's daughter was killed, he was bombarded with e-mails, post on any and all social media he had that called him a lair etc etc etc.... All thanks to that Asshole Jones....

Conspiracy Theories are mental heroin for the weak....

 

[averysgorypuke19]

Not only was 9-11 fake, but Bin Laden never even existed, he was just an actor (several actors actually) in film studio somewhere. The sooner people wake up to the fact that almost everything they see on TV, and what they're told is happening, is merely a choreographed soap opera, played to stear their minds the better. Ever watch TV and see an advert for pills that promise to make your life better - that company has litterally written the script of whatever program you were watching, and all the anxiety and fear that show generated in you was done deliberately, all to make you go to your doctor and ask for the cure that pill you saw in the advert promised, when the real cure is simply not watching the TV. This is why 1 in 3 people are now on mind altering drugs and why most people self identify, often pridefuly, as having some kind of mental illness.

are you fucking retarded?

 

[DokraOwl]

are you fucking retarded?