Michigan DA politicizing school shooting tragedy by charging parents

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Originally Posted by ClydeR

If a child steals a pack of gum at the grocery store, should the parents go to jail for shoplifting?

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Child lives =/= Gum

You ignorant fuck.

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Originally Posted by Methais

Kids have gotten suspended or expelled for much less. Like making a finger gun with your hand, eating a Pop Tart to where what’s left is kind of shaped like a gun a little bit, etc.

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I suspect most of those examples are rather dated and are from the time of “zero tolerance” policies. Schools started getting away from those about 15 or so years ago because they allow for no discretion and absurd results.

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Originally Posted by Sighisoara

I suspect most of those examples are rather dated and are from the time of “zero tolerance” policies. Schools started getting away from those about 15 or so years ago because they allow for no discretion and absurd results.

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It was in 2013

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Originally Posted by Methais

It was in 2013

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Apparently they are a little slower to catch on in the DC area … shocking.

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Originally Posted by Sighisoara

Apparently they are a little slower to catch on in the DC area … shocking.

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Someone is a little slow, that's true.

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Originally Posted by Clunk

Did anyone else see an article about the Mother posting (or tweeting) something the Friday before about spending time with her son "Playing" with his new Christmas toy?
Or - a teacher's snapshot of a note found on his desktop (the day before or the day of?) showing some sort of gruesome scene with the written words "Help Me?"

If true, could either be indicative of intent?

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Unless there was another image I am unaware of the image you are referring to was found by the teacher the day of the shooting and the school counselor said they didn’t think the shooter was a danger to himself or others which is why he was allowed to go back to class.

This school shooting story, while unrelated, is getting zero media attention. The parents are not facing any charges as far as I know.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/10443...oting-released

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Originally Posted by rolfard

This school shooting story, while unrelated, is getting zero media attention. The parents are not facing any charges as far as I know.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/10443...oting-released

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The student himself is hardly being charged. I mean shit aggravated assault with a deadly weapon? Why not attempted murder? Or maybe those charges are considered the same in that same.

He brought a gun to school and shot two people, how can he just get away with aggravated assault?

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Originally Posted by Astray

Child lives =/= Gum

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That's why the punishment for shoplifting is much less than the punishment for murder. But it doesn't explain why parents should be criminally liable for one crime but not the other.

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Originally Posted by rolfard

This school shooting story, while unrelated, is getting zero media attention. The parents are not facing any charges as far as I know.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/10443...oting-released

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Uh, it was all over the news two months ago when it happened. Everyone from Fox News, to CNN and the NY Times ran articles for a couple days. Can't really expect a story about a shooting with injuries that's two months old to still be covered with all that's going on.