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p2pnet news | Crime:- An Indiana school resource officer who’d logged on to MySpace may have thwarted a 16-year-old Indiana boy’s plan to stage a Columbine-like attack.
The teenager had asked for help to get a TEC-DC9 9mm machine pistol, saying it would be “awesome” to use the same weapon.
In April, 1999, Columbine students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting rampage, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide, says the Wikipedia.
They’d used a Tech9, among other weapons
Authorities arrested the teenager on Tuesday initially for “intimidation” while charges of conspiracy to commit murder were being prepared, continues the Associated Press.
An, “unrelated threat at the teen’s school, Penn High, discovered Internet postings in which the teen discussed his support for the Columbine shooters, a reference to the 1999 massacre at a suburban Denver high school in which two students killed 12 classmates and a teacher before committing suicide,” says the story.
“School officials questioned the teen about his postings and learned he had exchanged e-mails Sunday with an unidentified person in which they discussed conducting ‘Columbine-like mass murders’ at the same time on Sept. 11 at Penn and another location,” it quotes presecutor Michael Dvorak as saying.
“I have a laptop computer in my car and we can get on MySpace, just check it out and see what’s going on,” says school resource officer David Sult in the AP item.
He’d, “hopped on the website earlier this week when he discovered disturbing conversations the suspect was having with another person,” it states, adding:
” ‘This is the second time it’s happened in two weeks,’ said student Ryan Watts. ‘I just think it’s kids acting stupid’.”
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Associated Press - Prosecutors: Ind. student planned Columbine-like attack, April 25, 2008
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April 25th, 2008 at 6:41 am
“The teenager had asked for help to get a TEC-DC9 9mm machine pistol, saying it would be “awesome” to use the same weapon.”
What an idiot! How did he not expect to get caught, knowingly publishing evidence on the web? This is just like that woman who got caught for a “Hitman for hire” scheme recently.
April 25th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Why is a school rent a cop looking at students myspace pages?
April 25th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
We need some serious reform of our justice system folks!
It bother me that someone can be arrested and charged on just what he said on internet specially when this is a kid who usually can say a lot of stuff not seriously. May be he was just kidding.
Deu!
Don’t be a pack of chicken afraid of every thing!
If the police as a hint that someone might do something nasty what about surveillance until there is some confirmation or he is about to do it and them arrest him to stop it? Even for extreme cases, procedures could be established for conducting confidential courteous and low impact arrest. No charges should be filled until it is proven that something is obviously wrong.
Convicting people at any cost regardless of the true and justice make nobody safe and is screwing up our societies.
Are we safer because of this? No! If a kid want to do something nasty next he will no longer brag about it on Internet and it will come from the blue. No Warning! Great!
Reduction in freedom does not make us safer. It does the opposite.
Nobody should listen to all of this BS spread around by some about our security.
I don’t want to be mean but if it goes this way we have to tell the authorities to get lost because we are big enough to enforce our one security. Better!
No offence.
This being said I know that most cops are really dedicated in serving the public and ensuring our security. There is no question there. But I am after the Neo-con who are trying to push forward their little extremist agenda of world domination by trying to scare the mass.
Let be smart about it and not fall for it. These Neo-con are worst than Ben-Laden!
April 25th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
“it would be “awesome” to use the same weapon.”
Well! Fire arms are fun to fire. This is why there is shoting ranges where you can fire a TEC-DC9s and M16s safely without hurting anyone or yourself. (You still have to be very careful and follow all the safety rules though!)
It does not neccessary mean that he wanted to kill somebody.
I fired weapons before for fun but I never killed or hurt anyone or anything because I am not hunting. I am actually against hunting! I don’t even kill bugs!
April 25th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Good point. The kid may be a little screwed up, but it’s perposterous that he’d be arrested with no real evidence of any crime against him, based purely on suspicion and fear.
” ‘This is the second time it’s happened in two weeks,’ said student Ryan Watts. ‘I just think it’s kids acting stupid’.”
He’s absolutely right. Everyone has, at one point or another, said something they didn’t actually mean, or talked about doing something they wouldn’t have the guts to do in real life. Just because this guy talked about conducting a school shooting doesn’t mean he was serious. Still, law enforcers take this thing really seriously (try saying “bomb” at an airport if you don’t believe me).
It’s insane that someone could have conspiracy charges laid against them just because of what they casually said on the internet. Still, is that a risk we can take? The only constitutional thing would have been to investigating the matter further, in hopes of finding real evidence (which do not include someone’s ramblings on Myspace).
April 26th, 2008 at 2:00 am
Under the United States justice system, everyone is innocent until proven guilty.*
*Some restrictions apply. Not valid in cases of suspected terrorism, suspected potential school shootings, suspected possession of child pornography, or suspected child molestation.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:36 am
This is stupid.
20 years ago, we used to sit around and talk about mowing down everyone in the local shopping mall with Uzis. We laughed, but in reality, we never did anything remotely close to that. Ever.
Doesn’t mean anything other than he’s probably among an average statistic of teen boys that think up crap like this.
Thought Police.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail194.html
Gunshots in a crowded mall must be a common theme.