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Who is Austin Lyle? Denver school shooting suspect found dead

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    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    26% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Officials did not give specific details about why Lyle was searched daily, but Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero said during the news conference that safety plans for students are a response to "past educational and also behavioral experiences" and that it's a common practice in public schools.
48% : In a statement, the school board said it backed Marrero's decision "to work in partnership with local law enforcement to create safer learning spaces across Denver Public Schools for the remainder of this school year."
42% : Wednesday's shooting came after the school's students marched in support of stricter gun laws earlier this month after 16-year-old student Luis Garcia was fatally shot while sitting in a car near the school on February 13.
19% : During a briefing on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to the shooting by repeating President Joe Biden's calls for stricter gun laws, including an assault weapons ban.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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