Parents Of Michigan High School Shooting Suspect Charged With Four Counts Of Involuntary Manslaughter

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

The school didn't know the parents would give the kid a gun.

The school knew he was thinking about guns AND causing trouble. If he got a guns somewhere else and we didn't have the shooter's parents to blame, who is the last line of defense? Who has a duty to protect children under their care?

 

[dblack]

So is this the standard we are going to hold all parents accountable? What about those in gangs and as a gang member they kill another person, do the parents go up for manslaughter? What if they get caught stealing, do we charge parents for aiding and abetting?

I'm good with this however I think we need to be careful.

Agreed. Careful. But it's high time parents were held accountable for pushing monsters into the world.

 

[pknopp]

So is this the standard we are going to hold all parents accountable? What about those in gangs and as a gang member they kill another person, do the parents go up for manslaughter? What if they get caught stealing, do we charge parents for aiding and abetting?

I'm good with this however I think we need to be careful.

There are questions we do not have the answer to yet.

The parents were “immediately summoned to the school." A school counselor removed Ethan from class with his backpack and obtained the note, but the drawings of the gun, bloody figure and writings were all “altered.” At the meeting with school officials, his parents were shown the drawing and were told they had to submit their son to counseling within 48 hours. His parents did not ask the whereabouts of the gun and did not to inspect his backpack for the gun which he had with him, according to McDonald. His parents “resisted” the idea of taking Ethan out of school and left without him.

Prosecutor outlines timeline leading to charges against Michigan school shooting suspect's parents

I'm thinking my kid would have went home with me. Is that an arrestable offense? No but it opens up question.

 

[Papageorgio]

Suspect's parents charged with 4 counts of homicide involuntary manslaughter

The parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect have been charged with four counts each of homicide involuntary manslaughter. Follow here for the latest.

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It looks like the school terrorist's parents in Michigan will be called to account, as well they should be. A 15 year old has no business with a firearm, regardless of the circumstances, nada. Bigly

Except it was on Fox and you are nothing but a partisan nutter.

 

[john doe 101]

I am guessing that the kid's parents are being labeled accessories/accomplices since they pretty much provided him with what he used to carry out his agenda. It makes sense. Why shouldn't there be a thorough house cleaning for something this severe?

God bless you always!!!

Holly

From the texts released between son and mother, the mom didnt give 2 fucks that her son was mentally ill. Her son literally told her he couldnt stop the thoughts of shooting people. She told him not to do it. LOL. Just another delusional trumpanzee that couldnt admit her son was a nut job.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Agreed. Careful. But it's high time parents were held accountable for pushing monsters into the world.

...and the tool used by the monster is not to blame.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

The parents were “immediately summoned to the school." A school counselor removed Ethan from class with his backpack and obtained the note, but the drawings of the gun, bloody figure and writings were all “altered.” At the meeting with school officials, his parents were shown the drawing and were told they had to submit their son to counseling within 48 hours. His parents did not ask the whereabouts of the gun and did not to inspect his backpack for the gun which he had with him, according to McDonald. His parents “resisted” the idea of taking Ethan out of school and left without him.

And the school did what?

It looks bad for the parents, no doubt, but the school was there too. What did they do?

 

[surada]

They have arrested and charged him, right?!?

Yep and apparently they can't find the parents. His mother did text him on the day of the shooting not to do it.. This is a weird case.

 

[dblack]

...and the tool used by the monster is not to blame.

I don't want to see this tied to the gun control debate, for or against. In my view, the parental accountability is a complete different issue.

 

[meaner gene]

You lack imagination

Schools can be secured by limiting access a few locations and using metal detectors operated by armed security

The TSA does that for up to 3 million travelers a day over a 12 or more hour period, so that's about 1/4 million searches per hour. Schools would have to perform 16 million searches in the hour before school just to cover the high schools. And you still have to keep guns out of middle schools and grade schools, so triple that number.

The math alone says the cost of such security would be a hundred times the TSA budget. Or about the same we spend on the military every year.

 

[surada]

...and the tool used by the monster is not to blame.

The tool was his early Christmas present from his father.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

...and the tool used by the monster is not to blame.

But the person that gave the monster the tool can be to blame

 

[pknopp]

And the school did what?

It looks bad for the parents, no doubt, but the school was there too. What did they do?

I do not know the entire story yet. Schools do not have the options parents do. Could they have insisted they take their kid home? Maybe.

 

[dblack]

But the person that gave the monster the tool can be to blame

Especially if they birthed and raised the monster.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

In Michigan, gun owners are not required to lock up their weapons or keep them away from children, according to Giffords Law Center.

So what is it they are charging them for doing?

They gave the child the gun as a gift.

 

[Batcat]

No need to research, I know it's not illegal to look at ammunition on the internet.

Don't get me wrong, I hope this kid is sentenced to death ( I doubt it) but his parents are not responsible for his murdering of other people.

You can even BUY ammo on the internet.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

No excuse but to assume that schools want shootings so they can push the anti-gun agenda.

You are freakish

 

[pknopp]

They gave the child the gun as a gift.

Not exactly the same but I got a 12 gauge shotgun for my 16th birthday. Should the parents have seen signs that their kid is not one they should be giving a gun to? Maybe.

 

[meaner gene]

Its better to allow random shooters to murder defenseless students under a full moon or whatever activates these crazies?

We can start by removing security from adult locations and giving it to the kids

The cost (that I estimated) of providing TSA like security to every school, would be the same as the annual DOD budget. The TSA searches 3 million people a day, compare that to searching school kids.

More Than 76 Million Students Enrolled in U.S. Schools

 

[Harpy Eagle]

If Courthouses can do it, schools can too.

No excuse but to assume that schools want shootings so they can push the anti-gun agenda.

I am betting if they raised your taxes to pay for those things at the schools you would be on this very forum whining about it for a week.