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Originally Posted by Boostedxt
obviously you have never seen "Fight Club".
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Originally Posted by Boostedxt
obviously you have never seen "Fight Club".
Hauling the kid away in cuffs and putting him in a cell is completely wrong. Of course everyone from the LEOs on up will talk about how they only want to help the kid....... complete BS. Could of been handled much better where they actually would of been helping this kid.
If you don't share your thoughts with someone else, is it really a threat?
Fox News (National) covered it today. Watched this over and over today while at work and never once heard that the kid was from Arvada (but I was a bit distracted with actually working, so..).Quote:
Originally Posted by henpecked
It's wrong how they handle these sort of things these days. Yes, every male on this site over the age of 30 definitely did this exact same sort of thing when we were this kids age. None of us ever killed anyone.
If they are so concerned about it they should have sent the kid to the school counselors office (like they used to do with us), and let the counselor talk with the kid to determine his intend and motivation. But then again, the school counselors are more often than not just a bunch of liberal hippy idiots who want everyone standing around in a circle, holding hands and singing Kum Ba Yah.
This sickens me.
So, to the poster who asked if it is now illegal to be a kid - the answer is unequivocally YES!
Just saying " I wish you were dead" or "I'd like to kill you" does not by itself constitute a crime. Drawing graphic images of death and killing and including real people that you may know does not constitute a crime.
I'm not blaming the school or the teachers. As it has been pointed out, they have an obligation to everyone who is present on their property. Once the authorities (police, medical or mental health providers) are present, the school can claim they have done their due diligence.
Assessing threat is an inexact and liability prone problem. Police officers can and do commit people who present an imminent threat to themselves or others, to periods of incarceration for mental health observation. I am not a Colorado certified LE, however in my experience, when the police are made aware that a subject is already under the care of a mental health professional, the cops normally try to consult with and work the issue with that provider. If for some reason that option isn't available, a competent family member is often consulted. Unless the person has either committed a violent act or appears to not be in control of themselves, the cops rarely arrest someone.
I don't know what is missing in this story, but there is something missing.
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Originally Posted by Boostedxt
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Originally Posted by Irving
Not saying the kid should be counseled or watched more closely, BUT HE WAS DOING WHAT HIS COUNSELOUR TOLD HIM TO DO.
People make billions of dollars a year based on story boards not much different than little Timmy's drawing. Tarantino even got to sleep with Mira Sarvino for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by cstone
I'm worried about the kid that doesn't draw pictures.
From a medical standpoint, they should of contacted his therapists and asked their options. Remember these pictures were "treatment" for a know and diagnosed condition.
I've said it for years. The second you step on school property you forfeit all your rights.
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Originally Posted by Boostedxt
only a liberal would feel threatened by a picture drawn by a child.
So here is my train of thought on this...
Little junior has anger issues and is under therapy from a licensed professional for it.
School interferes with the prescribed therapy and thus is now practicing medicine without a license.
Junior is confused, kills his family and the entire classroom because he is no longer doing his therapy as prescribed.
Should the school district be complicit as an accessory for practicing without a license?
Same is if I went up to a Psychopathic killer and took his anti-psychotic meds from him because we don't allow pills on the property?
Discuss
This story is completely fucked up, and as a parent of kids that have alrealy had "colorful pasts" but came out clean, this really upsets me. There is one basic thing that everyone should look at here, he didn't actually threaten anyone! The teacher stopped him from throwing away a picture that he didn't share with anyone!
(Last October, he drew stick figures of himself with a gun, pointed at four other stick figures with the words “teacher must die.” He felt calmer and was throwing the picture away when the teacher saw it and sent him to the principal’s office.)
Even as adults, we all think bad things about people at one point in time or another. Should we be arrested for it? I can see if he showed the teacher the picture or something, but the kid was tossing it away. The teacher went out of their way to get the picture. I hope the parents see that later on and sue their stupid liberal asses. The kid didn't disturb anything, the teacher did. At most, the teacher should have just put it aside, and told the parents what the kid was drawing, end of story. If a teacher can't handle the mind of a child, they shouldn't be teaching in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by Irving