TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: School Violence

  • Another Red Lake Victim

    Another Red Lake Victim

    Wounded Student’s Mother Shows Signs Of Recovery:

    I guess we can officially say the Red Lake shootings have claimed another victim.

    I told you about Jeff May here and how he was shot in the face by Jeff Weise after stabbing Weise with a pencil while trying to defend two girls. After he was shot, Jeff May suffered a stroke. His mother, Jodi May, also suffered a stroke on April 30th. Family members attribute it to the stress of the unimaginable situation that she and her family are going through.

    It’s been a week since Jodi’s surgery, and her family has seen what they believe to be signs that she will recover. Doctors have removed the tube that was draining fluid from her head.

    “She gives us the thumbs up or down when we ask her questions,” Trisha said, the same communication Jeff used during the earliest stages of his recovery.

    “She opens her eyes,” Shane added. “She squeezes our hands when we ask her to.”

    No one can say for sure whether she understands everything they say. But they believe.

    Please keep the May family in your thoughts and prayers.

  • 5/8/05: From The Mail Sack

    5/8/05: From The Mail Sack

    Let’s clear out the mail sack, shall we?

    The first one is from my entry on the Eric Harris journal, of course…

    Beachbaron58 Says:

    I have to respond to the word “coward” since it is used so many times here. Anyone who can do what Klebold and Harris did then pull the trigger with a shotgun in your mouth is no coward to me. They shot and killed other kids at close range not once but many times without batting an eye! These two gave the word “hate” a whole new meaning. I asked myself why I had an interest in the Columbine story and made prints of so much material? Same as everyone else five years later, the story is fascinating sad to say and we all know Columbine was just the begining but no way the end of such things. Other people will try to do better than Klebold and Harris, that is just the way things are.

    Friday Apr 15, 2005 @ 10:35 pm

    What’s scary about this is that in a previous comment, this guy said he was a 46-year-old Navy vet. And to address the issue at hand, yes they were cowards. If I have to explain why you haven’t been paying attention.

    The next one is from my entry about the Columbine death photos…

    fegan Says:

    Erik and Dylan were solidiers of an radical opinion and they made all us anarchists and anti social revolutionaries realise it is time to make our mark we need to prepare the revolution is at hand it is time for society to stop all these black and white thoughts on right and wrong and listen with an open mind to our opinions on how society should work

    We our the children of cililzed society and the future leaders of this forsaken land that we are forced to dwell soon it will be ours lets get it better suited for our existance

    Friday Apr 29, 2005 @ 10:15 pm

    Ah, yes. No punctuation and almost no capitalization. The true sign of an intellectual. And let’s not forget “An radical opinion” Apparently being an anarchist or an anti-social revolutionary means failing English class. They were not soldiers of an radical opinion. They were psychopathic cowards. They didn’t even have the guts to face the repercussions of their own actions.

    And lastly…

    CORINNE Says:

     

    ERIC AND DYLAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL MINDS. THEY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY FOR WHAT THEY DID. ERIC IS HOTT, I WOULD GO TO PROM WITH HIM.KISS KISS ERIC R.I.P. WHY DID YOU KILL YOURSELF?

    Thursday May 5, 2005 @ 11:03 pm

    All capitalization is worse than no capitalization. Also, does anyone care to take a guess at what ISP this “person” uses? That’s right, it’s everyone’s favorite polluter of the internet, AOL. Anyway, parents, see what your kids are up to. If this is your kid, they think that two people who killed 13 innocent people are “HOTT”.

    A little supervision goes a long way.

  • Osantowski bond lowered

    Osantowski bond lowered

    Bond lowered for teen accused of threatening massacre:

    Andrew Osantowski’s bond has been lowered from $1.35 million to $530,000. If he were to make bond, he would be placed under house arrest and would have to wear some kind of tracking device. For those of you who may not know who Andrew Osantowski is…

    Osantowski awaits trial, scheduled for June 7, on four charges, including one count of threatening terrorism stemming from chat room e-mails he allegedly wrote about killing students at Chippewa Valley High School in Clinton Township. The messages were sent to Celia McGinty, an Idaho girl he met in an Internet chat room last September.

    My favorite defense attorney/comedian Brian Legghio could not be reached for comment by the Detroit Free Press.

  • Burrito Lockdown

    Burrito Lockdown

    I’m sure by now we’ve all heard the story about the school that was locked down because a student brought an oversized burrito to school. I’m sure we all had a chuckle out of this because it is pretty funny. However, a lot of people are saying the school overreacted.

    Now that we know it was just a burrito, it’s easy to say the school overreacted. But the question is, would you rather the school have an overreaction or no reaction?

  • Zero Hour

    Zero Hour

    I just finished watching a documentary called Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High on the History Channel.

    If you’ve ever had any question about whether or not the two scumbags Harris and Klebold were psychopaths, then you should watch this documentary. It recreated step by step April 20th, 1999 at Columbine High.

    Even though it was recreated by actors, it was kind of disturbing to watch how nonchalantly they carried out their killings.

    However, what really struck me is that the words “bullying” and “harassment” were never mentioned. The one word that was mentioned was “exclusion”.

    The documentary said that Eric Harris said in his journals that he was pissed about being excluded. Which leads me to my newest theory.

    Eric Harris didn’t hate the “jocks” because of bullying, he hated them because of jealousy. He wanted to be them. He wanted to be one of the kids wearing a white baseball cap. He wanted to be popular. But when you’re a psychopathic anti-social little fuck, that makes it kind of hard.

    The documentary also said that Eric Harris had multiple hiding places in his room for the various weapons. The more hiding places you have, the more chances there are to be found out. That is, if Eric Harris’ parents actually did their job and checked up on him.

    As a matter of fact, when word of the shootings got back to Wayne Harris, he called 911 saying that he believed his son was one of the shooters. If he knew something like this could happen, why didn’t he do anything to stop it? Then again, he’s already shown what kind of parent he is.

    It’s on again tonight on the History Channel at Midnight EDT if you want to see it

  • Columbine Study Halted By Killers’ Parents

    Columbine Study Halted By Killers’ Parents

    Study of ’99 shootings in limbo as killers’ parents end cooperation:

    How fitting is it that on the sixth anniversary of the day their sons slaughtered 13 innocent people, that the parents of those killer scumbags, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, have decided they’re done participating in a study on the Columbine massacre? A study backed by the Attorney General’s office, no less. The timing isn’t just ironic, it’s insulting.

    I wonder why they stopped participating? Since they felt like they did nothing wrong, then what do they have to hide? Maybe the study was getting a little too close to the truth. Maybe the study was going to find possible criminal charges against the parents?

    I guess we’ll never know now because God forbid these parents should face up to their responsibilities.

  • Free The Zombies

    Free The Zombies

    The other day I was checking the usual news sites and I stumbled across this article on FoxNews.com. The article is titled “Is Writing About a School Shooting a Crime?” and goes on to detail the antics of one William Poole from Winchester, Kentucky.

    For those of you who may not remember who Mr. Poole is the high school student who was arrested for terroristic threats against his school. His defense was he was just writing an English assignment about zombies taking over his school.

    Of course, first amendment rights groups were horrified at the treatment Mr. Poole had been subjected to. How dare they arrest someone for just writing a story? Well, It turned out that it was not an English assignment and the story had nothing to do with zombies.

    And now, according to the article, there is a movement gaining ground to “Free William Poole”. Which is all well and good. I am a huge proponent of the First Amendment when it’s interpreted correctly. However, all these do-gooders are overlooking one item reported by law enforcement. Mr. Poole tried to recruit several of his fellow students.

    One first amendment group even posted Mr. Poole’s bond. What did they get for their troubles? The bond was forfeited because Mr. Poole violated the terms of his release by being on school grounds. I believe that trying to recruit other students trumps all free speech concerns. But hey, why let facts get in your way?

  • Red Lake Press Conference

    Red Lake Press Conference

    More Red Lake Details Released:

    But not many. Basically, the only details released at the press conference were things that most of us already knew. They gave a little more detail in how Weise exchanged gunfire with police…

    At 2:57 p.m. Weise encountered armed Red Lake officers and exchanged gunfire with them. Investigators believe Weise was struck three times from police gunfire: once in the lower back, once in the leg and once in the right arm.

    Other than that, the press conference was a bitchfest aimed at the media…

    “A significant amount of what has been published and broadcast in this case is simply false,” he said. “The publishing of this false information and rumors has hindered the investigation, endangered the rights of individuals, and worst of all, harmed in a further way the people of Red Lake, by creating an atmosphere of fear and suspicion, hindering the community’s ability to heal, interfering with the return of students to the Red Lake High School, and violating the privacy rights of individual tribal members.”

    Heffelfinger declined to say which reports had been wrong. He said his office was looking into news leaks for possible prosecution of the sources for obstruction of justice.

    So basically, it was a non-event.

  • Red Lake Press Conference Scheduled

    Red Lake Press Conference Scheduled

    Press conference scheduled regarding Red Lake High School shooting:

    I’ll just quote…

    U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger and FBI special agent Michael Tabman will hold a press conference today regarding the shootings at Red Lake Indian Reservation last month.

    I’ll keep you informed if I hear anything else.

  • Myth in Miami

    Myth in Miami

    Can Columbine happen here?:

    When I read the headline, I thought, “Finally someone who gets it.” Well, after reading the article, I was only half-right.

    The author of the article is Kathy Hersh, who is co-chair of the Miami-Dade Community Task Force to Eliminate Bullying. While she admits that school shootings can happen anywhere, her reasoning is questionable.

    While trying to eliminate bullying is indeed a noble cause, she’s guilty of perpetuating the myths that bullying led to Columbine and Red Lake…

    A Miami-Dade County grand jury convened last year to answer that question. The jury studied 37 deadly incidents in schools across the nation, hoping to find a common characteristic among the perpetrators that could be used to profile potential killers and possibly prevent a similar tragedy. The only common factor that it could identify was that all the killers had been the victims of persistent bullying, victimized to the breaking point.

    And…

    The same day that we visited Arza to try to persuade him to support the bill, a boy in Red Lake Reserve, Minn., shot his grandfather and his companion, then went to school and killed 10 classmates before turning the gun on himself. Michael Weise had been a frequent target of bullies, and he couldn’t take it anymore.

    First off, it was Jeff Weise, not Michael, and he was a bully, not the bullied. Secondly, I’d like to know which incidents they studied because I can name several where bullying was not a factor.

    The fact that a legitimate organization that aims to end bullying does not have their facts straight is scary. Not only that, but since they buy into the bullying myth, it just lends legitimacy to would be school shooters who think they are justified in what they are doing.

    And the three things that students asked for to help with the bullying problem don’t sound like things that students would request. I mean, did students really request an “active peer-mediation programs”. That sounds like something feel good adults who forgot what school was like came up with.

    If a victim were to engage a bully in an active peer-mediation program, it would just lead to more bullying. The only thing that can be done to stop bullying is to catch bullies in the act. If you don’t, bullying will remain the age-old problem of the victim’s word against the bully’s.

    And the myth just continues to perpetuate.