Thread by @AaronWorthing

So she is suggesting that this was a straw purchase. I think that does elevate that above simply “you didn’t lock your gun up well enough.” Cc @PolitiBunny

https://twitter.com/abc/status/1466821595071193095

Of course the problem is it isn’t a crime in Michigan for a minor to possess a gun—only to posses it in public and with other exceptions. Which I suppose that’s why they’re not charging them with some kind of straw purchase statute cc @PolitiBunny

Yeah, listening to the entire thing this seems really thin and it just smells like a prosecutor just trying to look like they’re doing *something.*!For instance there’s no evidence that some of the warning signs even was communicated to the parents. 1/

2/ The teacher found a note the day of with various drawings and she indicates that the shooter change the drawings before the parents saw them. She does not clearly indicate that the parents saw the unaltered version.

3/ she complains that the parents resisted efforts to search the shooter’s bag, but if the evidence that this young man was dangerous was so clear, why didn’t they get a cop to help? To be blunt, it makes you wonder why school officials aren’t being charged.

4/ maybe they know more than they are letting on, but this presentation does not convince me that these parents were reckless, especially because we just have to recognize that sometimes parents don’t see their kids as they are.

5/ and frankly after the Rittenhouse debacle, where it was clear the prosecutors had no evidence that came close to overwhelming reasonable doubt, I don’t trust that the prosecutors are holding back something that justifies these charges

6/ is there a probable cause? Barely, but probable cause is one of the lowest standards in the law. The ABA holds that a prosecution should not occur unless the prosecutors are confident of winning. I’m not sure we’re there.

7/ at least that’s how I’m looking at it, I’d be happy to hear another perspective. I could be wrong, especially because I might not be privy to all the evidence. But this presentation didn’t impress me. /end