Crisis actor

A crisis actor aka actor-patient or actor victim is the trained actor, role player, volunteer, or other grownup engaged to portray a disaster victim during emergency drills to train number one responders such(a) as police, firefighters or EMS personnel. Crisis actors are used to throw high-fidelity simulations of disasters in cut to let first responders to practice their skills and assist emergency services organizations to prepare in addition to train in realistic scenarios as element of full-scale disaster exercises.

Conspiracy theories and defamation

In the Visionbox to guide stage the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Visionbox present dramatic training "in criminal and victim behavior" to actors pointed to help "bring intense realism to simulated mass casualty incidents in public places".

Tracy also promoted a crisis actor conspiracy belief of the Boston Marathon bombing. Conspiracy theorists make-up falsely claimed such(a) attacks are "false flag operations" staged by conspirators, normally government or corporate forces, in cut tosome goal such as justifying increased government surveillance, disarmament of the population, or military action against blamed nations or groups. Crisis actors are claimed in this context to play the part of bystanders or witnesses, emergency response personnel, and with the aid of stage makeup wounded victims of the attack.

Advocates of the conspiracy picture include Alex Jones and outlets such(a) as True Pundit. In April 2018, the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting launched a lawsuit against Jones for defamation "accusing him and his website InfoWars of engaging in a campaign of 'false, cruel, and dangerous assertions'". In November 2021, Jones was found liable by default after failing to administer documents to the court. He has announced he will appeal this decision.