![]() The transcript shows that Cruz initially told Curcio the last time he heard the voice was the day before the shooting as he worked as a cashier at the Dollar Tree in Parkland. “What does the voice say to you? What does it tell you to do?” the detective asks. He tells Curcio that he’s heard the voice for years, but that it got worse after his mother died in November. ![]() It’s another voice, the evil side,” Cruz responds. ![]() Zachary's job as a maintenance technician at Nexus pays $13 an hour and he still faces a host of probation restrictions including no possession of weapons or ammunition, no drug or alcohol use and no visits to any school unless he is enrolled there.It is 83 pages into the transcript when Cruz begins talking about the voice he hears in his head. I want to be a part of it,' Donovan said. 'Sometimes from horrific tragedies come solutions. Nexus CEO Mike Donovan said his company would provide up to $1.2million in initial funding and that the first school anti-bullying chapters were like to start in Florida, Virginia and Maryland. It's not entirely clear why Nexus decided to back this particular anti-bullying initiative, although a company press release says its intent it to 'create much-needed awareness for an issue that is all-too-often spoken about in embarrassed and hushed tones.' Nexus Services specializes in helping people adjust after prison or treatment for mental problems or addiction, as well as free legal services and assistance in immigration matters, including paying bail if immigrants agree to use the company's electronic ankle monitors. Zachary was arrested in March for trespassing on a skateboard at the Parkland, Florida, high school (pictured in court in May) The initiative is a marked shift in the life of Zachary, who in March was arrested for trespassing on a skateboard at the Parkland high school and was placed on six months' probation after pleading no contest. 'Our schools all over the country have ticking time bombs,' he said. Zachary Cruz said he had no apologies to make for his brother's actions. 'I had enough of being told that I'm an idiot and a dumbass.' I had enough of being told what to do and when to do,' he says. But the power of my (AR-15 rifle) you will all know who I am. ![]() In cellphone videos prosecutors say were recorded by Nikolas Cruz before the shooting, he makes reference to being bullied and ostracized during much of his life. His lawyers say he would plead guilty if guaranteed a life prison sentence, but prosecutors have not agreed to take the death penalty off the table. Nikolas, 19, is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the Stoneman Douglas shooting. Zachary has said that he bullied his brother and others did so as well. Since we know, it's our responsibility to make changes.' 'At the end of the day, bullying and isolation is a national crisis. 'I cannot sit by and watch another tragedy happen,' Zachary told reporters. Zachary's initiative is receiving financial backing from Nexus Services - a civil rights group that has been helping him over the past few months The WIN initiative, which stands for 'We Isolate No One,' was unveiled at a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. Nexus Services, the Virginia civil rights group that provided Zachary Cruz with a job and living quarters after his own run-in with the law this year, is sponsoring the campaign. Zachary Cruz, 18, said the initiative will establish anti-bullying student chapters at schools across the country, create a 24-hour national telephone hotline for bullying victims to call for help and provide sustained attention to the problem. The younger brother of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz today kicked off an anti-bullying campaign, saying mistreatment of his sibling may have played a crucial role in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Zachary was arrested in March for trespassing on a skateboard at the Parkland, Florida, high school.Nikolas Cruz, 19, is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.Zachary has said he bullied his brother, Nikolas Cruz, and others did as well.Nexus Services, a Virginia civil rights group that has been helping Zachary, has agreed to provide up to $1.2million in initial funding for WIN.Program will include a 24-hour national telephone hotline for bullying victims.Zachary Cruz on Thursday launched 'We Isolate No One,' or WIN, initiative, that will establish anti-bullying student chapters at schools across the country.'Schools all over the country have ticking time bombs': Parkland school shooter's brother, 18, launches anti-bullying campaign saying mistreatment of Nikolas Cruz may have contributed to massacre
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