School shooting this morning

[2165 Turbo Rail]

NEWTOWN, CT -- Claiming that the state failed to protect Sandy Hook Elementary School from "foreseeable harm," a New Haven-based attorney is seeking permission to file a $100 million lawsuit on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the Dec. 14 shooting.

The action comes two weeks after 20 children and six educators were gunned down at the school by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, a Newtown resident who police said ultimately turned the gun on himself. Lanza reportedly shot and killed his mother, Nancy, before driving to the nearby school.

The attorney, Irving Pinsky, filed the request Thursday with Claims Commissioner J. Paul Vance Jr., according to an article by the Hartford Courant.

Because Connecticut has sovereign immunity, the Claims Commissioner must grant permission before the lawsuit could be filed, Pinsky told Patch in a telephone interview Saturday morning.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen here,” he said. "They [claims to the commissioner] generally take a long time."

“There’s plenty of history of them granting permission, but I’m not going to guess out loud what they’re going to do,” he added.

Pinsky is representing a 6-year-old girl identified in the claim as "Jill Doe." The claim says "the state Board of Education, the state Department of Education and the education commissioner failed to take steps to protect the minor children from foreseeable harm," the Courant reports.

It further states that the girl suffered emotional and psychological distress as a result of the things she heard and saw that day.

There are more than 600 students enrolled at Sandy Hook School, which is still closed off as a crime scene while state police continue their investigation. Sandy Hook students will be attending Chalk Hill School in neighboring Monroe for the foreseeable future.

“I’m pretty sure there’s many people who have attorney’s lined up,” Pinsky said.

He is still building evidence for the claim, he said, through interviews with witnesses and looking into any potential prior acts of Adam Lanza. “That’s a big part of figuring what to do with any case,” he noted.

Pinsky, who was born and raised in Connecticut, said he hopes the state and country will take the Newtown tragedy as an opportunity to effect positive change and put in place new measures to protect against future school shootings.

"Society should be on edge," Pinsky said. "Something terrible happened."

He says there seems to be concensus that something needs to be done, but the "ways we do that is what people are arguing about” — whether it's more proactive relations with youngster, gun control, improved mental health treatment or a myriad of other related issues.

"We’ll never have a perfect society in my lifetime," Pinsky said, "but I want to make it better.”

Already, in the days following the shooting, President Barack Obama spoke of the need to do more to protect the country's children during a visit to Newtown. He also appointed Vice President Joe Biden to oversee the policy response to the tragedy.

Recognizing the need for a multi-prong approach and looking to ride the building momentum to effect change, the group Newtown United was formed in the wake of the tragedy. A cross-section of the community, the group has the support of elected officials and is at work refining its mission.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

This irritates the piss out of me. There's always someone jumping on a chance to sue for anything they can

Yes I feel bad for the kid. Yes I know she may very well have a hard time dealing with this, but it is ridiculous to this she needs 100M

http://http://newtown.patch.com/arti...e_name.website

[4eyedwillie]

The video footage I have seen it looks to be a tactical shotgun. The video is not clear at all. When the officer clears the gun the charging handle is on the right side and pretty far forward. An AR-15 has it centered at the rear.

I'm not a huge gun nut and there's no doubt to me that the gun being taken out of the trunk in the video is a Shotgun with a "tactical" (whatever that really means) stock.

Don't you doubters think that by now if there was a video of the Bushmaster being taken out of the trunk during the day it would have surfaced? The government couldn't get to EVERYONE that DVR'd it if that is what happened.
The media was pulling their reports out of their ass in a desperate attempt to say something. I never saw a video of the gun during the day but I did hear them talking about rifle casings scattered on the floor.

[03trubluGT]

This administration controls the media. They own it. The liberal media would LOVE to report that an assault rifle was used, it makes them salivate. However, for the first day they reported the complete opposite. Then, suddenly, the whole narrative changes since it didn't meet the requirements for an assault weapon ban. So very convenient. Now, I'm not going to put it past the media to completely F up reporting the facts and they were wrong, however I find it extremely convenient and counter-intuitive that they didn't in the time before their narrative could be written.

Just look how the govt is controlling the Zimmerman case.

[red89notch]

What is even more interesting is I clearly remember seeing live footage of the police removing the bushmaster from the trunk of the car that was supposed to be the shooters. The whole thing stinks.

The video footage I have seen it looks to be a tactical shotgun. The video is not clear at all. When the officer clears the gun the charging handle is on the right side and pretty far forward. An AR-15 has it centered at the rear.

[Mach1]

We must defend against this government tyranny, time for the New American Revolution.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -Thomas Jefferson

[runin90lx]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3lmAD5kXo[/ame]

[Strychnine]

Is there any truth to the two fathers testifying in the same case against LIBOR?

I don't believe in coincidences very much anymore. Much less ones with odds this small.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/newtown-libor-hunger-games-theories.php

“This rumor is 100% false,” a Senate Banking Committee aide, who asked not to be named, told TPM by email. “The Senate Banking Committee does not have any LIBOR hearings currently scheduled, and has never considered either of these men as potential witnesses.”

[KBScobravert]

Is there any truth to the two fathers testifying in the same case against LIBOR?

I don't believe in coincidences very much anymore. Much less ones with odds this small.

[Gtracer]

It has always been known that Gotham is a "fictional" NYC. There is a Sandy Hook, NJ literally right across the water from Manhattan. Any map of NYC would most likely have that Sandy Hook very visible on it.

Your taking all the fun out of it man....come on now

[Strychnine]

the whole conspiracy thing has me really wandering...although im not usually one to go for conspiracy theories. this was posted by a person on my facebook page, i havent verified any of this but it definetly makes you wander with all the other things going on.

Is anyone seeing all this false flag stuff? That this event took place as part of a plan to disarm Americans? They say that there is a sign atop a building in the newest Batman movie that reads "AURORA." Obviously interesting because the CO shooting took place during the movie's opening night. Out of curiosity for a 2nd coincidence, we rented The Dark Knight Rises, and at 1:58, it is as clear as day. The chief points to the map and it says "Strike Zone 1 - Sandy Hook." That's a pretty crazy coincidence. Then, tonight I hear that the author of "The Hunger Games", Suzanne Collins, lives in Sandy Hook, CT. Another very interesting coincidence- that the author of a book about 23 innocent children being sacrificed for the sake of their country lives just a few miles from this tragedy. I am not endorsing this stuff... but you have to admit... it is compelling.

It has always been known that Gotham is a "fictional" NYC. There is a Sandy Hook, NJ literally right across the water from Manhattan. Any map of NYC would most likely have that Sandy Hook very visible on it.

[CJ]

Ok this logic I can understand. Bending the truth/story to fit their needs. Sure.

This administration controls the media. They own it. The liberal media would LOVE to report that an assault rifle was used, it makes them salivate. However, for the first day they reported the complete opposite. Then, suddenly, the whole narrative changes since it didn't meet the requirements for an assault weapon ban. So very convenient. Now, I'm not going to put it past the media to completely F up reporting the facts and they were wrong, however I find it extremely convenient and counter-intuitive that they didn't in the time before their narrative could be written.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

After Fast and Furious, when the government was caught red handed trying to orchestrate murder with assault rifles I no longer have any trust for them. This administration has proven time and time again they lie to the American people. Do I think they are capable of killing a bunch of kids? No. Do I think they are capable of conveniently saying an assault rifle was responsible? Definitely.

Ok this logic I can understand. Bending the truth/story to fit their needs. Sure.

[runin90lx]

the whole conspiracy thing has me really wandering...although im not usually one to go for conspiracy theories. this was posted by a person on my facebook page, i havent verified any of this but it definetly makes you wander with all the other things going on.

Is anyone seeing all this false flag stuff? That this event took place as part of a plan to disarm Americans? They say that there is a sign atop a building in the newest Batman movie that reads "AURORA." Obviously interesting because the CO shooting took place during the movie's opening night. Out of curiosity for a 2nd coincidence, we rented The Dark Knight Rises, and at 1:58, it is as clear as day. The chief points to the map and it says "Strike Zone 1 - Sandy Hook." That's a pretty crazy coincidence. Then, tonight I hear that the author of "The Hunger Games", Suzanne Collins, lives in Sandy Hook, CT. Another very interesting coincidence- that the author of a book about 23 innocent children being sacrificed for the sake of their country lives just a few miles from this tragedy. I am not endorsing this stuff... but you have to admit... it is compelling.

[ceyko]

What is even more interesting is I clearly remember seeing live footage of the police removing the bushmaster from the trunk of the car that was supposed to be the shooters. The whole thing stinks.

Just to be sure (when this all happened I was stuck working and still have not had time to watch videos/etc about this), was it live footage or stock/pre-recorded...etc?

Basically, just trying to make sure what you're saying is fact - so I know. If that makes sense.