UPDATE: A YouTube spokesperson told TheWrap in a statement Tuesday: “With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call. When it’s brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it. We also offer uploaders the ability to appeal removals and we will re-review the content. “
Singer-songwriter Peter Himmelman says he’s flummoxed after YouTube took down a video of a song he wrote about last week’s deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Himmelman, the founder of the popular Minneapolis band Sussman Lawrence who also happens to be Bob Dylan’s son-in-law, said he wrote “Mass Killin’ Gun” after his friend’s niece was forced to hide in a closet while the shooter gunned down 17 of her schoolmates and teachers.