David Hogg

‘I was just so narcissistic and pretentious’: Siblings, Lauren and David Hogg, discuss their new book about Parkland school shooting tragedy

 ‘I was just so narcissistic and pretentious’: Siblings, Lauren and David Hogg, discuss their new book about Parkland school shooting tragedy
School Crimes

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The polarizing survivor of the Parkland mass shooting has been falsely labeled a crisis actor, vilified by the NRA and called names by TV hosts. And David Hogg isn’t avoiding self-criticism in his new book. In fact, he calls himself “arrogant,” ”skinny” and details his rejection by girls. Eighteen-year-old Hogg …

David Hogg: Prank caller sends SWAT to home of Parkland shooting survivor
Scams
June 5, 2018

David Hogg: Prank caller sends SWAT to home of Parkland shooting survivor

A prank caller reportedly “swatted” Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg Tuesday morning, summoning SWAT teams to the shooting survivor’s Parkland home. Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Gina Carter said an 8:39 a.m. 911 call described someone being at the Florida home with a weapon and holding hostages. Carter went on to confirm that the call …

‘We are fighting for you’: Parkland survivors send messages of support, frustration after Texas school shooting
School Crimes
May 18, 2018

‘We are fighting for you’: Parkland survivors send messages of support, frustration after Texas school shooting

A little more than three months after a deadly school shooting in Florida sparked the student-led ‘Never Again’ movement, another community is grappling with aftermath of an all-too-familiar senseless loss of life. Survivors from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting earlier this year in Parkland have reacted with a range of emotions in the …

Shooting survivors endure new assault from vicious online trolls who accuse them of being ‘crisis actors’, attention seekers
School Crimes
February 22, 2018

Shooting survivors endure new assault from vicious online trolls who accuse them of being ‘crisis actors’, attention seekers

By ALINA HARTOUNIAN, Associated Press One student was teased about being a “brown, bald lesbian.” Another was the target of conspiracy theorists who claimed he was really an actor. When a group of teens posed for a photo, they were accused of lapping up attention from the news cameras and “partying like rock stars.” Just days …