Two victims in critical condition:
Two victims of the Red Lake shooting are now in critical condition after being shot in the head at close range by Jeff Weise. They have been flown to a larger hospital in North Dakota, where two extra neurosurgeons have been called in.
Again my thoughts and prayers to those recovering from this atrocity and hoping that all may have a quick and complete recovery.
High School Rampage Leaves 10 Dead:
More information out of Red Lake. The shooter’s name is Jeff Weise, a 17-year-old student. He had been placed in the school’s Homebound program for an unknown violation of school policy. School officials are not allowed to reveal the nature of the violation. Students in that program are tutored at home by a traveling teacher. Also, according to the article…
Relatives told the St. Paul Pioneer Press that Weise was a loner who usually wore black and was teased by other kids. Relatives told the newspaper his father committed suicide four years ago, and that his mother was living in a Minneapolis nursing home because she suffered brain injuries in a car accident.
A hard life, but still no reason to commit such an atrocity.
Weise believed he was the angel of death, and he was a neo-Nazi, more on that later. School officials were concerned that he was going to try something violent in April 2004.
One of the students, Reggie Grave, heard Weise ask his friend Ryan if he believed in God, then he shot him.
Originally, he was thought to have killed his grandparents, but it turns out it was his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend.
According to The Scotsman, Weise posted on a Nazi message board under the names Todesengel, German for “angel of death”, and NativeNazi. Here are some of the posts…
“I guess I’ve always carried a natural admiration for Hitler and his ideals, and his courage to take on larger nations,”
“By the way, I’m being blamed for a threat on the school I attend because someone said they were going to shoot up the school on 4/20, Hitlers birthday, and just because I claim being a National Socialist, guess whom they’ve pinned,”
“When I was growing up, I was taught (like others) that Nazi’s were evil and that Hitler was a very evil man ect,”
“Of course, not for a second did I believe this. Upon reading up on his actions, the ideals and issues the German Third Reich addressed, I began to see how much of a like had been painted about them. They truly were doing it for the better.”
“The only ones who oppose my views are the teachers at the high school, and a large portion of the student body who think a Nazi is a Klansman, or a White Supremacist thug. Most of the Natives I know have been poisoned by what they were taught in school.”
The public school system, he wrote, “has done more harm than good, and as a result it has left many on this reservation misled and misinformed.”
“I get the same old argument which seems to be so common around here. ‘We need to mix all the races, to combine all the strengths.’
“They (teachers) don’t openly say that racial purity is wrong, yet when you speak your mind on the subject you get ‘silenced’ real quick by the teachers and likeminded school officials,” he wrote.
According to MSNBC, he fits a familiar profile…
Student Sondra Hegstrom, 17, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that Weise was into goth culture, wore “a big old black trench coat,” drew pictures of skeletons, listened to heavy metal music and “talked about death all the time.”
Not that any of that led him to be the shooter, but I’ll discuss that a little bit later.
Allegedly this is his LiveJournal and his Yahoo Profile.
Opinion: I bet if they dig harder, they’ll find he probably had some admiration for the original scumbags Harris and Klebold. Columbine laid the foundation for the myth that violent retaliation against tormentors, real or imagined, is acceptable.
However, wearing a dark trench coat and listening to heavy metal does not automatically make you a shooter. If that were the case, I would have been in jail a long time ago.
Getting back to the matter at hand, once again a shooter takes the cowards way out. Not only did this scumbag shoot unarmed people, he took his own worthless life before he could face retribution. Nine victims are dead because of his worthless hate.
If you profess to everyone that you are a Nazi, you’re bound to invite some trouble on yourself. I feel bad about what happened to this scumbag’s parents, but it’s still no excuse for the deaths of nine innocents. Harris and Klebold now have a playmate in hell.
Again, my thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and families of the victims.
Deaths Reported in Minn. School Shooting
FBI: Eight Killed in Minnesota Shooting Spree
Officials: Student kills 5 at school and grandparents
8 deaths reported in Minnesota shootings
Eight Dead In Red Lake School Shooting
A student from Red Lake High School on the Red Lake Indian Reservation has shot and killed his grandparents, then carried on his shooting spree at the high school, killing 4 other students, a teacher, and a security guard before turning the gun on himself. 14 to 15 more students were injured. No motives were given at this time. My thoughts, prayers, and condolences go out to all the victims and their friends and families.
More on this as information becomes available.
Hey kids. Let’s do something we haven’t done in a long time. Catch up on my hate mail. Doesn’t that sound like fun?
Big surprise here. Our first one is from my entry on the Eric Harris journal…
i believe what they did was magnificent! To pay back the world for all the injustices you went through your entire life, it would be a rewarding experience to lash out like Eric and Dylan did. I admire them for doing something i could never do. But the only mistake they made was killing themselves, now they dont get to see the impact that they made on the world.
Comment by unknown — Tuesday Mar 8, 2005 @ 10:49 pm
First off, you’re on AOL, so I can already tell you have diminished mental capacity. Secondly, what impact did they make? If anything, I’m sure it wasn’t the impact they were looking for. If schools were ever to take a serious look at bullying, it stopped the day they pulled the trigger. Now, instead of worrying about bullying, schools are more focused on kids bringing weapons to schools. You have them to thank for ridiculous zero-tolerance policies while bullying still continues. Good job there.
This next one was a response to another comment on my entry about the Eric Harris worship site…
Shadi Ghazanfari you fucken idiot god, jesus and all that shit doesnt even exist. eople that believe in religion are fools dylan and eric are asleep now feeling and thinking nothing, they are not burning in hell recieving daily punishment from satan or whatever crap you believe in. Grow a brain and give religion the kick, its a fucking pile of lies…be an atheist today all you theists!! Start to think with your head !! Besides to all the catholics and christians and so forth why would you want to even worship a stinking jew is beyond me.
Comment by despair — Thursday Mar 10, 2005 @ 1:02 am
Because atheism is so cool these days. Sorry, I’d rather have the promise of life after this one. Besides, you’re not really an atheist. You’re obviously just a lowlife anti-Semitic scumbag. And yes, Harris and Klebold continue to burn in Hell.
This next one is from our favorite underground rap “artist” Mutant Rabbit…
I have a fan base of around 10,000 kids nationwide.
You have four losers who agree with you.
I love this site! Reminds me who we’re fighting against!
-A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but once.
Eric and Dylan died fighting oppression.
You die a little every day you have to look in the mirror and see you’re half the man they were. You’ve accomplished nothing; played some video games, jerked off under your bed sheets, worked a dead end job. The highlight of your year was beating Halo 2.
Where is your legacy?
Comment by Dead Rabbit — Thursday Mar 10, 2005 @ 3:38 am
I could list all my accomplishments, too, but I don’t answer to mutants. I just wanted to address one of your points. Harris and Klebold did not die fighting oppression, as you put it? Who the fuck were they oppressed by? They were two spoiled suburban white kids. I’m really sure the man was keeping them down. You’re right about one thing, though. A coward does die a thousand deaths. And if we judge it on the degree of cowardice, then Harris and Klebold will be dying infinite deaths.
Let’s take care of some mail, shall we? From now on, I’m not going to be responding to every mutant that leaves a misguided comment. From now on, I’ll only be responding to ones that catch my eye somehow.
ERIC AND DYLAN WERE GODS!!!
Comment by BEG — Sunday Mar 6, 2005 @ 2:49 pm
First off, what’s with a lot of the mutants using acronyms instead of names. I have no idea what BEG could even possibly stand for. Badger Eye Glue? Secondly, of course, the comment traced back to an AOL user. What’s the old joke? Almost Online? And lastly, Harris and Klebold can’t be gods for one simple fact. Gods don’t burn in hell.
Details Of “Story” Written By Teen Charged With Terroristic Threatening Read In Court:
This is a follow-up to the story about the kid in Kentucky who was arrested for writing a story about Zombies that take over the school, or so the legend goes. Turns out he was …*gasp*…lying. There were NO zombies in the story, and it was not for an English class assignment like originally claimed. And the clincher?
Police say they’ve interviewed seven George Rogers Clark High School students who say Poole tried to recruit them into his group.
While I take no delight in the fact that this kid more than likely was plotting against his school, I have two words for all the people who were whining about creativity in schools being quashed…
(more…)Student Arrested For Terroristic Threatening Says Incident A Misunderstanding:
I was actually going to pass on this story, but I got a request from new reader Alyric. And I am nothing without my readers. So on with the show…
What happened is a high school kid in Kentucky was arrested for making terroristic threats against students, teachers, and police. He says that it’s all a big misunderstanding and that the writings that were found that the charges were based on were a work of fiction about zombies…
“My story is based on fiction,” said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. “It’s a fake story. I made it up. I’ve been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was about a high school over ran by zombies.”
On the surface, it seems like the local police may have over-reacted. But hold on one second there. The police state something different altogether…
The arrest came after a tip from a family member that Pool was trying to “recruit a gang to take over the school,” Detective Berl Perdue said.
“He didn’t have a gang, but he was attempting to organize one,” Perdue said.
Police said writings in which Poole tried to persuade other students to take part in the takeover were found.
Sarcasmo put it best…
I should say – in all fairness – I have not read the story in question – and it may be that he has, in fact, written a story that is obviously about his attacking his classmates and teachers using a complex metaphor system a la Animal Farm – or by changing the name of “Mr. Smith, the English teacher” to “Mr. Smoth, the English teacher” – but that’s not the feeling I got from the news story.
So without reading the actual writings, I cannot honestly give an opinion one way or the other on this. However, in too many instances where kids have been arrested in plotting to bomb or shoot their school, they claim it was just fantasy and that’s usually after the weapons and explosives have been found. I’d rather err on the side of caution than end up with a bloodbath.
This one is from yesterday’s mail sack…
I think your idea of what a coward is is all mest up. No one who kills someone can be a coward, no matter how they do it. You are right that their plan was to detonate boms in the school, they were hoping the bombs would kill at least 500 people and when they came running out Eric and Dylan would shoot them. Going into the school and killing 13 ppl is being a coward? I don’t think so. When people mess with you you take care of them. I live near Detroit so I know how these things work.
Why don’t you grow some balls you anti-violent son of a bitch. You are just like this girls boyfriend that I know. I got arrested for threatening her and the school and what does her boyfriend do? Absolutely nothing. Some guy threatens and messes with your girl and you do absolutely nothing. How much more of a pansy can you be. I’m sure that’s how you are too.
Comment by Neo-Nazi — Thursday Feb 24, 2005 @ 6:29 pm
Now, this miscreant has already been thrashed by regulars Buddha Boy and Jim and newcomer Alyric, but I thought why should they have all the fun.
First off, by calling yourself “Neo-Nazi” it already shows that you have a limited intellect.
Shooting unarmed people, who the shooters had no connection with whatsoever, is cowardly. I can see why you would think they weren’t cowards, since you have to make yourself feel big by threatening a woman. You know why her boyfriend didn’t do anything? Because it’s the rational thing to do. I know that word is probably a little big for you, so you may want to look it up in the dictionary.
Rational people only use violence as a last resort, usually when they’re lives are being threatened. Someone like you whose first reaction is to resort to violence is just asking to be put in jail or a grave. So before you end up dead or as someone’s bitch, let me just tell you one thing…
Go make my fries.
Tobin Kerns’ attorney, William McElligott, said that he is going to file a motion to suppress evidence taken from the Kerns’ home. His argument is that the search warrant was obtained on information from Joseph Nee who is now a co-defendant. From the article…
McElligott said he will seek to nullify the search warrant Marshfield police obtained for their search of Kerns’ home. Search warrants should be based on the statements of an ‘‘informant who is reliable,” he said.
While I think this is great news for Toby, I can’t help but ask, wouldn’t this also mean that evidence seized couldn’t be used against Joe Nee either?
Mr. McElligott is also looking into Joe Nee’s “no criminal record” by looking into an alleged assault at a skate park where no charges were filed against Nee, but the victim required medical treatment. He is also looking into the police histories of Daniel Farley and Joseph Sullivan, two teens who will testify as witnesses, but some say are also involved.
UPDATE: According to this article, Nee’s attorney, the always amusing and perverted cop defender Thomas Drechsler, plans to file for a change of venue. He says the media coverage would make it impossible to find a partial jury in Plymouth County.
Teen’s lawyer: Dismiss terror charges:
This is like watching a bad episode of Law & Order. Andrew Osantowski’s lawyer, Brian Legghio, is trying to get the internet messages he sent to Celia McGinty dismissed because they don’t prove the accusations of the terrorism charges. Oh, really? How about a little sample from the chat transcript?
on judgment day ill prolly kill him, my mom, my sistyer, my autisitc brother and my 3 cats
bring a gun to school, ur on the front of every newspaper
didnt choose this life, but i damn well chose to exit it
i cant imagine going through life without killing a few people
got that has to be so hard
nothing wrong with killion
all god’s creatures do it
in one form or another
yep
people can be kissing my shotgun straight out of doom
i tell it how it is
if u dont like it u die
if i dont like what u stand for, you die
if i dont like the way u look at me, u die
i choose who lives and who dies
Sounds like terroristic threats to me. Nothing is more pathetic than a desperate attorney in the media.