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Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

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A New Jersey man was charged with making terroristic threats after he allegedly posted on Facebook about opening fire at a March For Our Lives rally organized after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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Man arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up March For Our Lives rally on Facebook

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