Teen Gets 6 Years For Winslow Township Shooting Plot:
Edwin DeLeon, the accused ringleader of the plot to attack Winslow Township High School in South Jersey, was sentenced to six years in prison. DeLeon had previously pleaded guilty and six years was the maximum he could receive under the plea. DeLeon says he regrets the idea of the plot. I wonder if he really regrets it or regrets being caught.
One more suspect, James Whelan, remains to be sentenced. Whelan is looking at three years.
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James Whalen is at home on house arrest. if he was going to do time they wouldn’t have him at his house he’d still be in CCYC
You’re passionate about school violence. You’ve dedicated your entire website to it when it used to be a personal site for expression back in the day. Now it’s purely school violence. You help keep track of all the incidents. Your site is a valuable resource for people who are trying to track incidents. You stay on top of the issue.
Would you ever consider teaming up with some of the people I work with to move forward with the cause… ? I know you are passionate about getting parents to wake up, to be able to intervene with their children before it is too late. But would you consider teaming up with people to push the issue forward? Think about it. And don’t tell me there’s nothing you can do because that is bullshit. Don’t tell me you can’t do anything to stop bullying or stop school violence. That is hogwash. There is always something that can be done. Why not brainstorm with people who are already on the path toward raising the issue with people in power? Join a team of people who have gone to the ends of the earth to get laws passed that are already making a difference — and put an end to it.
A website is great - it raises awareness - but the next step is action. Are you willing to take that step? Come on, Patrick… this is something you’re passionate about. You can’t expect me to believe you really think nothing can be done. I don’t buy that. I don’t buy your defeatest’s attitude. You’re enraged. You have children. This is on your mind every single day of your life and will be until the day you die.
If you think there is no current solution, think of one. Anything is better than nothing. Driving the point home through action no matter what the outcome is better than nothing. Sometimes you have to be defeated 100 times before you succeed… but it can and does happen.
Don’t take a back seat to the issue that controls your mind day in and day out.
You know you want to do something, you just don’t know what you CAN do. So brainstorm with people who have made this their life’s work. Get more involved, raise holy hell until people are aware. Drag people out of their safety nets and caves and show them the truth. In real life.
Time is running out. The next wave is coming. Our kids need us. Do it for your kids’ future.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Interactives/News/CrimePunishment/zFlashAssets/Gun_safety_v2a.swf
Well, wouldn’t you know it? Ten bucks and every single parent in America can lock the trigger or the barrel of their gun and even get a device that will tell them if there is a bullet stuck in the chamber.
There’s one solution that will work in some cases.
Who wants to create newsletters for parents and plaster their neighborhood with flyers with information about school violence prevention and methods for protecting themselves and information on where to obtain these locks? That’s a sure way to get people’s attention and raise awareness among those who don’t have internet access. Besides, it will turn armchair activism into real activism, in real life.
Any takers?
I’ll have to decline. Too many irons in the fire right now.
In some areas police give them out for free.
If you can find out info from your area I’ll tack onto what I’ve already got for distribution.
You know, though, if you spent 1 hour a day working with other people on things like this instead of watching that TV program or making a podcast that just reiterates what your sites say… you could really help a lot of people.