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07-03-2018, 06:43 AM
Trump declines request to lower flags for Capital Gazette shooting victims
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President Trump declined a request to lower the American flag in memory of the five victims (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-gazette-shooting-20180628-story.html) who died in a shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis last week, according to the publication (http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/bs-ac-cn-flag-request-denied-20180702-story.html).
Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley asked that the flags be lowered at federal government buildings, but his request was denied. Trump has ordered flags be lowered after other mass shootings.*
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Trump, who has referred to the press as the "enemy of the people" multiple times (https://mashable.com/2018/06/28/trump-annapolis-shooting-attacks-against-media/) in the past, said on Friday (https://www.vox.com/2018/6/29/17518948/trump-capital-gazette-annapolis-comments-media) that journalists "should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job."* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/02/trump-wont-lower-flag-capital-gazette-shooting/)
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President Trump declined a request to lower the American flag in memory of the five victims (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-gazette-shooting-20180628-story.html) who died in a shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis last week, according to the publication (http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/bs-ac-cn-flag-request-denied-20180702-story.html).
Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley asked that the flags be lowered at federal government buildings, but his request was denied. Trump has ordered flags be lowered after other mass shootings.*
SEE ALSO: After Annapolis newsroom shooting, focus turns to Trump's media bashing (http://mashable.com/2018/06/28/trump-annapolis-shooting-attacks-against-media/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
Trump, who has referred to the press as the "enemy of the people" multiple times (https://mashable.com/2018/06/28/trump-annapolis-shooting-attacks-against-media/) in the past, said on Friday (https://www.vox.com/2018/6/29/17518948/trump-capital-gazette-annapolis-comments-media) that journalists "should be free from the fear of being violently attacked while doing their job."* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/02/trump-wont-lower-flag-capital-gazette-shooting/)
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