Thread by @FreedomFriesInc

Thread: Ethan Crumbley's parents

Everyone should read the details of what they did & said when there was a chance to prevent the mass murder.

thedailybeast.com/ethan-crumbley…

I also believe the school administrators erred in allowing him back to class that day.

Telling the parents to get him into counselling within 48 hours was a criminally inadequate response.

There are so many things they should have done instead.

And since day one I've asked myself why this high school didn't have metal detectors. I know that other schools do.

Public alarm at the number of school shootings this year is justified, but let's remember that many schools have effective prevention policies. Others should too!

As for a bag search while the parents were in the room with him during that meeting, yes of course the staff could have asked the parents to require him to empty the backpack there and then. Just make it a condition of return to class. Total incompetence.

Our anger at the mass murderer and his parents is justified. But we have got to start holding accountable those with a duty of care to others when they fail to run a school properly.

"Counselling" this kid would've been about as effective as counselling Nikolas Cruz.

Early on I didn't have much evidence about the backstory of the parents. But just from her "letter" to T**** in 2016, I could tell the mom is not that bright. Also, both parents have a criminal record across more than one state.

Their politics aren't a central issue IMO.

I think it's a waste of time to attack T****ers over this. They will just agree that the parents were not responsible gun owners, distancing themselves from the case. Red or blue voters could've done what they did.

These deaths resulted from several adults failing.

We have all known, since Parkland in 2018 at least, that mentally disturbed children are often not given adequate professional help, despite clear alarm bells, for years in some cases.

Schools CAN act in spite of parental denial. Even in the US. It's just that it takes courage.

This case reminds me of the "spa shooter" in GA who claimed the non existent illness of "sex addiction" made him do it.

I spent two days doing a deep dive search into his "treatment" b/g before deciding not to write a thread about it & moving on.

cbs46.com/news/trial-dat…

See, I always want to find answers to my questions about mass casualty events. Once I've found them I often write a thread so others get the benefit of that work. I insist on proper sourcing & careful wording; if I don't have time to do that I move on.

apnews.com/article/us-new…

Robert Long didn't get effective mental health treatment, bc he didn't go to a proper "rehab" clinic. He went to the equivalent of Jesus Camp.

The scam such centers run is evil, bc future killers slip through their fingers.

Light on "credentials":

hopequestgroup.org/meet-the-staff/

I was raised in a Christian home, & later worked in the regulation of health & social care services & facilities.

They mean well, but they cannot provide adequate oversight & treatment for some clients.

Deep inside a Bible Belt state like GA, it's a ticking time bomb.

So by all means, focus on Ethan Crumbley, his inadequate parents, & the equipment he used to kill.

But also pls consider the actions & omissions of the school administrators that the community entrusted with their now deceased children.

School Board mtgs should focus on THIS.

And yes, that was my dig at the chronological adult morons who screech about "CRT" at school board meetings.

Other parents should occupy boards so throughly with violence prevention that there's no time for partisan politics.

Source for graphic above: violence.chop.edu/types-violence…

Oh, great.

BTW, law enforcement had the means to keep them under 24/7 surveillance. Flight risk was super obvious.

This is the very point of my thread: Criminals are gonna criminal. It's up to US to hold institutions like our PDs and schools to account.

IMO there's a real chance they'll end up dead; "suicide by cop" or another means. Whatever. I value their lives as much as they valued others.

Vent your partisan anger all you like, but some of us focus on the practical lessons to be learned, that would prevent future crime.

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