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A few reflections from our reporting on the death of Jeremy Richman, Sandy Hook dad who turned his loss into a foundation fostering brain science as a means for understanding violence. nyti.ms/2U0r7jh
Mr. Richman, like many Sandy Hook parents, was targeted by hoaxers who insisted his daughter, Avielle, didn't die on Dec. 14, 2012.
One of these hoaxers, Wolfgang Halbig--whose Twitter account was suspended ONLY LAST MONTH--spent years insisting that Avielle Richman was alive, living in alias as another girl in Newtown, a child he repeatedly named online.
Halbig's naming of this child has terrified her family. He's appeared on Alex Jones' Infowars show multiple times.
He's also requested thousands of pages of documents from Newtown officials, including the identities of Sandy Hook choir kids invited to sing at the Super Bowl after the shooting.
This, again, has terrified the families of Sandy Hook survivors.
Halbig, along with Alex Jones, is being sued by Sandy Hook families, including the Richmans, for defamation in Connecticut. Another suit is moving forward in Texas.
Halbig has appeared multiple times in Newtown, seeking documents that he wrongly insists will prove Avielle and other children killed at Sandy Hook are alive. He has done this at times with an Infowars camera crew in tow.
Lenny Pozner @lenpoz , whose Honr Network fights online hate, has gotten Halbig's websites, and many posts about these children removed from social media platforms. It has taken years of fighting by a man who lost his son, Noah, at Sandy Hook too.
There's no current evidence Mr. Richman's death is linked to harassment by hoaxers. But too few Americans know the hell these families have endured, after the murders of their children. And social media has enabled it. Thanks for reading. cc @shannonrwatts
