During a press conference in Texasdedicated to the mass shooting in a Church in Sutherland springs, authorities did not mention the name of the shooter and stated that they intend to continue so to do.
«We don’t want to glorify him and what he did,» said the regional Director of the Department of public safety Texas Freeman Martin.
According to The Associated Press, supported the decision and FBI special agent in charge Christopher Combs. «We are not voiced once again the name of the shooter in the hope that it saves at least some who can be inspired by his terrible act,» said the agent.
This is part of a large-scale movement of the authorities, families of victims and psychologists, who are urged not to promote the names of mass murderers, not to inspire.
The main idea of this movement is this: don’t hide information, but don’t create unnecessary hype. Let the shooter’s name once his identity is established – and stop.
The movement led by the group No Notoriety, which was created by Caren and Tom Teves, whose son Alex was killed protecting his girlfriend in 2012 in Colorado.
«Focus on the heroes and victims, not the killers,» urges No Notoriety.
Some scientists agree with this position. So, Zeynep Tufekci, Professor, University of North Carolina notes: research shows that people who have committed mass shootings, closely followed media coverage of past tragedies.
Stop making rampage mass murderers famous. #NoNotoriety #factsnotfame https://t.co/YS8y1t46RI pic.twitter.com/i7roBed3LZ
— NoNotoriety (@NoNotoriety) November 6, 2017
