Thursday, February 15, 2018

This is disgusting but I see it a lot in Idiot America whenever there's an atrocity or the universe tries to kill us: "Our thoughts and prayers" as if talking to yourself is a good thing. Google has a better idea for the most recent atrocity in Florida, 8 miles from where I live.

Google: "Our hearts are with the victims, their families, and the community of Parkland."

That's still bullshit because Google doesn't care except for having 17 less customers, but it's better than sticking the Magic Man into it.


This violence should have been predicted and prevented. The rest of this is from Wikipedia.

On February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area. Seventeen people were killed and fourteen more hospitalized, making it one of the world's deadliest school massacres and the deadliest high school shooting in modern U.S. history.[1][2] Nikolas Cruz, the alleged shooter, is in custody of the Broward County Sheriff's Office, charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.[3]

Shooting

The shooting took place on February 14, 2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
At approximately 2:40 p.m. EST, near dismissal time, staff and students heard gunfire and enacted a "code red" lockdown.[4] The shooter activated a fire alarm while wearing a gas mask and carrying smoke bombs.[5][6] He was armed with a .223 caliber AR-15 style rifle and multiple magazines.[7][8] He briefly escaped by blending in with students fleeing the school before being tracked by school security camera recordings and arrested without incident in nearby Coral Springs, Florida.[9][10]
A United States government official said the rifle used in the shooting was purchased legally after passing a background check.[10]

Victims

Seventeen students and staff were killed and many others injured, including at least fourteen (minus the shooter) who were hospitalized.[11][7] Three people remained in critical condition the next day.[12] Of those killed, twelve died in the school, two just outside, one on the street and two at the hospital.[7]

Suspect

The suspected shooter was identified as Nikolas Cruz,[13][14] a 19-year-old former student of the school. His former math teacher said an email from the school administration had circulated among teachers, warning that Cruz had made threats against other students, leading to his ban from wearing a backpack on campus. He was later expelled for fighting with the boyfriend of his former girlfriend.[15][13][16]
Cruz was a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), which awarded him multiple times times for outstanding academic performance.[10] A former classmate said he had a lot of anger management issues and often joked about guns and gun-related violence, including "shooting up establishments".[17] Another described him as "super stressed-out all the time and talked about guns a lot and tried to hide his face".[18] A current student said, "I think everyone had in their minds if anybody was going to do it, it was going to be him."[18] Another classmate described him as a loner without many friends, as well as also was informed by the suspect of his life saying, "He told me how he got kicked out of two private schools. He was held back twice. He had aspirations to join the military. He enjoyed hunting"[10]
Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County, the county in which the school is located, described the suspect's online profiles and accounts "very, very disturbing." The profiles contained numerous pictures and posts of the suspect with a variety of weapons, including long knives, a shotgun, a pistol, and a BB gun. The suspect's YouTube videos included violent threats, such as ""I wanna die Fighting killing s**t ton of people."[10]
Nikolas was adopted at birth by Lynda Cruz and her husband, the latter of which died during his childhood of a heart attack. His mother passed away November 1, 2017 from influenza and pneumonia.[10][19]
Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.[20]

Aftermath

First responders established a triage tent outside the school.[11] The school district provided grief counseling to students and their families. Additionally, Florida Attorney GeneralPam Bondi said costs of funerals and counseling would be covered by the state.[21]
President Donald Trump and Governor Rick Scott were briefed on the shooting.[5] Trump offered his prayers and condolences to the victims’ families, writing that "no child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school".[22][23] Scott ordered flags of state buildings to be flown at half-staff.[24]

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