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Club Q shooting suspect arrested on suspicion of hate crimes, murder; police lower number of injured victims to 18

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    -64% Medium Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -64% Medium Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -58% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% :"Law enforcement agencies in appropriate situations should take advantage of it and utilize it," Suthers said when asked about the law at the news conference Monday, though he warned against assuming such a petition would be warranted.
39% : Extreme risk protection orders allow loved ones or law enforcement to petition a judge to take away firearms from someone who is a danger to themselves or others and prevent them from buying new guns while the order is in effect.
35% : Allen declined to speak about whether law enforcement should have pursued an extreme risk protection order against Aldrich, under Colorado's red flag law, after the 2021 incident.
34% : They did not answer questions about any previous interactions Aldrich had with law enforcement; why investigators believe the shooting is a hate crime; where Aldrich obtained the gun he used; whether there were previous threats to Club Q; whether Aldrich has made any statements to investigators; or whether Aldrich had visited the club previously.

*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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