TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: School Violence

  • Asa Coon surveillance footage released

    Asa Coon surveillance footage released

    Cleveland Police Release School Shooting Video:

    Cleveland police released the surveillance footage of Asa Coon inside SuccessTech Academy going on his shooting rampage. The video doesn’t show much except for Coon going through the hallways and police arriving on the scene. There is no footage of Coon shooting or taking his own life.

    However, if you’ve seen the photo of Coon after his suicide, he looks like a 12-year-old boy. But in the picture I’ve posted above, you see what he really is. An angry gun-toting selfish homicidal maniac bent on taking lives because of his own inadequacies.

  • Dillon Cossey admits to plot

    Dillon Cossey admits to plot

    Teen Confesses To Columbine-Style Attack Plot:

    14-year-old Dillon Cossey admitted to plotting an attack against Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in court yesterday. He could be held in juvenile detention for as long as seven years.

    The judge who he appeared before had some words for his parents as well…

    Dillon Cossey will receive regular evaluations by the Judge Paul Tressler.

    “I’m going to make it clear to you and your parents, if you get to the point where you’re ready to get home, but they’re not worthy of having you, I’ll send you somewhere else” such as to a relative or foster home, Tressler told Cossey.

    Cossey’s parents are facing charges of helping him amass his weapons cache.

    It also seems that Cossey was a mutant of the highest order…

    The District Attorney said the teen idolized the two teens in the Columbine shooting, going so far as to nickname one of his own guns “Reb” after Eric Harris.

    All of this going in under a roof where he was allegedly homeschooled.

  • Mitchell Johnson indicted

    Mitchell Johnson indicted

    FAYETTEVILLE : Johnson indicted on gun charge:

    Jonesboro gunman Mitchell Johnson was indicted yesterday on federal weapons charges. Johnson was stopped on New Year’s Day and found to be in possession of a 9mm handgun. He’s looking at 10 years in prison and a $250K fine. He only spent 7 years locked up for the Jonesboro shootings.

    Johnson is out on bond and his court date is scheduled for December 3rd.

    10 years isn’t even close to what he should be receiving for the lives he took.

  • Empty holsters and empty minds

    Empty holsters and empty minds

    Students Strap On Empty Holsters to Protest Gun Restrictions on Campus:

    College students across the country have been strapping empty holsters around their waists this week to protest laws that prohibit concealed weapons on campus, citing concerns over campus shootings.

    “People who would otherwise be able to defend themselves are left defenseless when on campus,” said Ethan Bratt, a graduate student wearing an empty holster this week on the campus of Seattle Pacific University.

    Yeah, that’s a great idea, Honcho. So instead of one gunman firing, we can have several, thereby more than likely increasing the original body count.

    I’m all for 2nd amendment rights, but you campus tough guys call me back after you’ve had military or law enforcement training on how to use your toys.

  • SuccessTech footage to be released

    SuccessTech footage to be released

    Police To Release Tape Of Shootings At SuccessTech:

    Police are going to release the surveillance footage of the shootings at SuccessTech Academy today at 1pm local time during a press conference.

    Police said the video shows two of the four victims getting shot, but the scenes are not overtly graphic because the cameras are about 100 feet away.

    The mutants will have this posted on YouTube with a loving tribute to Coon I’m sure.

  • Mitchell Johnson pleads not guilty

    Mitchell Johnson pleads not guilty

    U.S. school shooter pleads not guilty to new weapons charge:

    Jonesboro gunman Mitchell Johnson pleaded not guilty in court yesterday to federal weapons charges. If you recall, the 23-year-old Johnson was found with a 9mm handgun and marijuana on New Year’s Day.

    For once, I’m glad he pleaded not guilty. I hope the feds can put him away for a lot longer time than he got from the state of Arkansas.

  • Asa Coon’s death photo taken by Cleveland cop

    Asa Coon’s death photo taken by Cleveland cop

    Photo of Asa Coon’s body taken by Cleveland policeman:

    The infamous photo of Asa Coon that was taken after he committed suicide was taken by Cleveland police officer Walter Emerick. He admitted to taking the photo with his cell phone and sending it to other people, but claims that he did not post it on the internet. If those other people were outside of the investigation, then what did he expect to happen?

    Steve Loomis, the Cleveland police union president, said the union does not condone a crime-scene photo being posted on the Internet.

    But officers have legitimate reasons to take pictures of crime scenes in order to recall what they saw, he said. Emerick took other images that were not posted.

    Which is a legitimate reason, but if he was sending it out to people for no legitimate reason, Officer Emerick should be disciplined.

  • Cossey charged as juvenile

    Cossey charged as juvenile

    Pa. DA won’t seek to move student arsenal case to adult court:

    Dillon Cossey, the 14-year-old accused of plotting an attack against Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, will not be tried as an adult. Montgomery County DA Bruce Castor had this to say…

    Cossey “suffers from severe emotional and psychiatric disabilities which I believe the juvenile court is in the best position to address,” Castor wrote to Judge Paul Tressler. “I find that he is likely amenable to treatment and supervision by juvenile authorities.”

    I have no problem with Cossey being tried as a juvenile. His parents, on the other hand, should have the book thrown at them. They’re the ones who provided him with the most lethal weapons in his arsenal, to begin with. For parents that were allegedly homeschooling their kid, they don’t seem too bright.

  • Close but no cigar

    Close but no cigar

    School shootings show shortcomings of American society:

    This is an editorial from a student at the University of Maine about how the signs were ignored from school shooters Asa Coon and Cho Seung-Hui. It’s a really good article up until this point…

    Apparently, both of these tragedies, along with countless others, point to flaws in not just the school system, but in society as well. Are Americans so blind and selfish that they cannot learn from the past, and reach out to those who feel insignificant and hopeless? Maybe if we stepped outside of our comfort zone and lent a helping hand to “troubled” people like Asa Coon and Seung-Hui Cho, we could prevent school violence.

    So close.

    What the question should be is, are American kids so blind and selfish that they think that mass murder is the way to solve their problems?

    Instead of “society” stepping out of its comfort zone, maybe it should be parents that step out of their comfort zones and be parents again and not just baby makers. Maybe then their kids wouldn’t be so “troubled”.

  • SuccessTech teacher speaks out

    SuccessTech teacher speaks out

    Student was angry because he was failing:

    Michael Grassie was Asa Coon’s history teacher at SuccessTech. He was also one of Coon’s intended targets. Coon tried starting a fight with the teacher just days before he went on his shooting spree. It’s no surprise that he was failing the class. So rather than study or ask for help or work hard, Coon tried to solve his problems with guns.

    “It was something I haven’t seen on a 14-year-old’s face before,” Grassie said. It was a face of “total anger, real hatred.” He said he knew that Coon was angry with him earlier because Grassie noted on his school progress report that he was failing the course.

    Coon asked during the confrontation: “Now what do you have to say to me?”

    Grassie said he was mentoring another student at the time when Coon turned to the student and said “you’re cool,” then turned his gun on the teacher.

    The bullet entered Grassie’s torso, hit his spleen and pancreas but missed his aorta before exiting the back. Grassie suffered the worst injuries of Coon’s shooting victims.

    Grassie even plays the bullying card for Coon…

    He said Coon “seemed really troubled” and acknowledged what other teachers and students said about the youth: He was the target of student harassment for his counter-culture dress and lifestyle.

    Coon was disruptive in class, Grassie said, and he tried to bring the unruliness to Coon’s mother’s attention, but without success.

    I’m all for individual expression, but if you go around looking and acting like an asshat, you’re going to invite trouble on yourself.

    So, basically, Coon shot Grassie over Coon’s own inadequacies. Pretty pathetic.