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Movie Theater

Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates, center, looks at the memorial across from the movie theater, Wednesday, July 25, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House: Obama not seeking new gun laws

Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as the issue of guns shifts to the forefront of the presidential campaign, the White House and the Senate's top Democrat made it clear Thursday that new gun legislation will not be on the political agenda this year...
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Alleged shooter James Holmes is pictured in a college photo from the University of Denver (left) and a yearbook photo from his high school in San Diego (right).

Will the Aurora shooter be the new face of 'stop and frisk'?

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Keli Goff, a writer for Loop 21, has made a connection between Holmes and 'stop and frisk', the controversial practice employed by the NYPD...
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Jarell Brooks is acknowledged for saving a mother and her two young daughters during the Aurora mass shootings.

Black teen saves mom, 2 daughters in Colorado theater massacre

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A Colorado teen who survived Friday's mass shooting of the midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises, saved a mother and her 2 daughters although he was injured himself...
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A woman is comforted when she is overcome with grief during a prayer vigil for the victims of Friday's movie theater mass shooting at the Aurora Municipal Center July 22, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado. Suspect James Holmes, 24, allegedly went on a shooting spree and killed 12 people and injured 59 during an early morning screening of 'The Dark Knight Rises.' (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Do we need metal detectors at the movies?

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder
theGRIO REPORT - Friday’s movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado has reignited an ongoing U.S conversation on gun control and public safety...
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President Barack Obama (R) hugs Stephanie Davies (2nd R), who helped keep her friend, shooting victim Allie Young (L), alive during the movie theatre shootings on July 22, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)

Obama visits victims of movie theater shooting

Julie Pace, Associated Press
AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Despair all around him, President Barack Obama on Sunday offered hugs, tears and the nation's sympathy to survivors of the Colorado shooting rampage...
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: In this handout provided by The White House, President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan during the motorcade ride to Palm Beach International Airport July 20, 2012 in Palm Beach, Florida.. The President called Mayor Hogan to offer his condolences and support to the Aurora community. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)

Obama to visit victims of movie theater shooting

Ken Thomas, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will fly to Colorado on Sunday to visit with victims and families from the Aurora movie theater shooting...
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President Barack Obama walks down the steps after speaking about the Aurora, Colo., shooting at an event at the Harborside Event Center in Ft. Myers, Fla., Friday, July 20, 2012.  (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Obama mourns victims: 'Other days for politics'

Michael O'Brien, NBC News
NBC NEWS - The shooting of moviegoers in Colorado 'reminds us all of the ways that we are united as one American family,' President Barack Obama said Friday in remarks mourning the victims of the overnight massacre...
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Conservatives warn of '2nd Amendment attacks'

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theGRIO REPORT - As news broke about an horrific shooting spree inside an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, that right wing blogs began bracing themselves for what they fear will be a liberal assault on the right to bear arms...
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Delaware movie theater sued for quieting black audience

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At a 2007 showing of Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married in a Dover, Delaware movie theater, the manager of the cinema is alleged to have told a large group of patrons to "be quiet and behave."...
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Why some blacks prefer 'whiter' movie theaters

Anthony Calypso
theGRIO REPORT - The stereotype of blacks talking in the theater may have less to do with reality than with perception...
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