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2018-02-16 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Shackled Florida gunman appears in court, ordered held without bond for killing 17 in school massacre

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-16 00:47|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The fact is, you can't spot people like this in advance - because for every shooter who exhibits such behavior, there are hundreds who never progress beyond being unpleasant shits.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-16 02:02|| 2018-02-16 02:02|| Front Page Top

#2 He has also been connected to a white supremacist organization, the Republic of Florida

Tallahassee police say they can find no connection between Cruz and the ROF.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-16 02:40|| 2018-02-16 02:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I think if Florida with local officials could have interviewed him after the 'I want to be a shooter' comment, the police could have gotten a court order to temporarily confiscate his weapons.

Really, if the FBI had brought Florida into it and the State had put out a message to schools, Cruz would have been identified.

Posted by lord garth 2018-02-16 08:13|| 2018-02-16 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 In the meantime, someone needs to bring the best criminologists and psychiatrists in the country together and brainstorm this damn thing. Start with teenage males and go from there. Think family, health, meds, drugs, diet, faith, guns, sex, teevee, bullying, gaming, everything.

Did I mention lifestyle, or the potential of gender confusion ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-16 08:19|| 2018-02-16 08:19|| Front Page Top

#5 The students KNEW it was him as soon as the shooting started. Why didn't any of the adult men have a concealed carry license? So many people knew this freak was a ticking time bomb, yet no one did anything.

Posted by Jumbo Anginens6597 2018-02-16 09:24|| 2018-02-16 09:24|| Front Page Top

#6 ...because as an advanced civilization we believe in human sacrifice*. Wouldn't want to hurt the accused's feelings a priori would we?

* except when duly convicted beyond any reasonable doubt and then the usual suspects will spend inordinate amount of resources to delay or stop justice. Unless you blow up a federal office building with a day care center in it, then the 'wheels of justice' discover relative motion just short of the speed of light.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-02-16 10:15|| 2018-02-16 10:15|| Front Page Top

#7 The Bureau of Precrime Investigation is knocking.

Posted by KBK 2018-02-16 10:35|| 2018-02-16 10:35|| Front Page Top

#8 They have a lot of nerve charging him with premeditated murder if the knew he was premeditating it and never lifted a finger to stop him. How about some law enforcement types losing their jobs for negligence?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-02-16 11:53|| 2018-02-16 11:53|| Front Page Top

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