Holy Mackerel! The Parkland shooter asked for help prior to massacre--was denied

This is what incompetence looks like

In a new report it was revealed that the 19-year-old gunman who shot up the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this past February 14th, that killed 17, had asked for help months before going on his rampage.

The school failed to act on his request, but somehow the NRA still got the brunt of the blame.

The report was released Friday after Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer ordered Broward County Public Schools to release its report on the young gunman.

The Daily Beast reported that the gunman was informed that "he could transfer to Cross Creek, a school tailored for students with special needs; sue the Broward school district; or stay at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School without any special counseling."

So it appears he took the path of least resistance, but that was not the case.

Another newspaper, the Sun-Sentinel, noted the investigation found the school district "did not follow the requirements of Florida statute or federal laws governing students with disabilities" in two specific instances:

School officials misstated [the shooter's] options when he was faced with being removed from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School his junior year, leading him to refuse special education services.

When [the shooter] asked to return to the therapeutic environment of Cross Creek School for special education students, the district "did not follow through," the report stated.

In the Daily Beast article, it said the shooter was identified by age three as having developmental delays and was "reportedly stripped of counseling services and left to fend for himself as a 'regular student' after the school district failed to inform him that he "was still entitled to special assistance at Stoneman Douglas if he chose to stay."

A few months after the school district failed to act on his request for help, the gunman dropped out of school and immediately bought the rifle that he would soon use to carry out one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

Don't blame the NRA; blame everyone involved in this shooter's case who heard the warning signs and refused to act on them.

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Florida school shooter wants inheritance to go to charity says his lawyer

Miami -- The 19-year-old scumcrumpet who is accused of killing 17 people at the Parkland, Florida high school on Valentine's Day had inherited an $800,000 trust left to him by his adoptive mother. Now his defense lawyer is claiming on Wednesday that this piece of garbage wants to donate the money to charity.

It's so nice to hear the shooter had a change of heart [or in this case, actually grew a heart] and wants to pay for his sins.

The accused shooter appeared at a hearing in Broward County Court to determine if he needs a court-appointed lawyer or can afford one through the trust he and his 18-year-old brother received.

"He wants that money donated to an organization that he believes would facilitate healing in our community," his defense attorney, Melissa McNeil told the court. Judge Elizabeth Scherer did not yet make a ruling on the matter.

Perhaps the shooter should leave the money to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of the shooting. 

The funds could go directly to David Hogg, the 17-year-old who, by virtue of being at the school during the shooting, is considered by the mainstream media of being a gun-control genius [in spite of his inability to be accepted to any of the four colleges to which he applied]. The money could fund his transportation across the nation for his profanity-laced TV appearances in which he bullies conservatives and claims victimhood.

I believe the charity offer is a ploy for this heartless shooter to avoid the death penalty and I hope the public isn't fooled by it.

We need to keep their names and photos out of the news of the mass murderers. And when people like David Hogg stand on the graves of his fellow students to push a political agenda, we need to push back. 

If Hogg has an opinion that says, for example,  anyone who disagrees with him wants to see more dead children (e.g., Dana Loesch, an NRA spokesperson) we have the right and obligation to push back on such an immoral and disgusting accusation.



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