Posted on 04/22/2005 4:08:07 AM PDT by Monitor
Sheboygan - A high school senior from Sheboygan is being investigated by federal authorities after allegedly threatening to kill President Bush. 18-year-old Matthew Rostollan allegedly made those threats during an after-school chess meeting at South High School. Sheboygan police say the student "had made statements that he wanted to get a machine gun and shoot into a crowd of people, killing them and also wanted to kill the President of the United States, mentioning President Bush by name." According to the criminal complaint, the suspect suffers from bi-polar disorder and is taking medication. Rostollan is being investigated by the Milwaukee Division of the Secret Service, as well as the Sheboygan Police Department. He was arrested on April 14th and charged with disorderly conduct. He is out on signature bond and due back in court on June 7th. If convicted, he faces up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
"According to the criminal complaint, the suspect suffers from bi-polar disorder and is taking medication."
Not enough
(perhaps a re-evaluation of his meds is in order)
When chess in outlawed...
Then we will truly be pawns of the government. It'll be a dark knight indeed...
This bi-polar thing seems to be an excuse for everything from Nymphomania to Kleptomania and now even possibly murder. If a person is dangerous they need to be incarcerated not medicated. Institutions for the insane may not be the best answer , but they are an answer.
Sounds like he should be bi-polar in a five by seven....
I am a schoolteacher and my wife is a child therapist. The newest thing by the touchy feely crowd is to diagnose kids as having Aspergers Syndrome. It has become the Atention Deficit Disorder of this decade as far as overdiagnosis and abuse goes. I am surprised they didnt say he had it as well.
It's a sad day in America when any person, particularly a school aged child, can be charged with a crime for simply expressing a thought, no matter how idiotic that thought might be.
Note the statement? Yes.
Probe the extent of his true intentions? Yes
Arrest him and charge him with a crime? Not in the America I grew up in.
(sigh) I guess he's just the King of drama Queens.
your fears are true - Ive seen it locally here as well - Im also seeing diagnosed in adults
Its being used as a tool for educators to get more funding for staffing, etc..
America isn't the same. 9/11 changed everything, and worse, there's probably a whole lot more the feds know that we're blissfully unaware of.
I'm fully aware of the effects of 9/11 but we're not talking about some terrorism suspect or neo-nazi here, we are talking about a high school student that made a dumbass comment.
Common sense should prevail lest we chase or tails wasting resources and crying wolf.
Unfortunately, this is a young adult (18).....not a child. Somewhere along the way....given all the school shootings, etc.... it would seem that he'd have learned you can't make threats like this...... without alarming someone.
If you re-read my original post you'll notice that I did not advocate ignoring the situation. I acknowledge that some attention needs to be paid to his comments and his true intentions ascertained.
But when you're first step is to arrest people who make a statement like this you diminish the weight of the true threats we face.
Also, it may give some the warm fuzzy's to see a response like this with a Republican administration in charge but what happens when the 'other side' is in power and they get to decide where the line is?
In the 21st Century, though, this guy would probably next bring a gun to school and commit mass murder. Then he'd claim to be a victim.
An 18 year old is an adult. The article is spinning the story against full repsonsibility.
Then again, with drinking age laws, we now have an "adult lite" classification.
(sigh) I guess he's just the King of drama Queens.
And we all, even including the bishops, will have been rooked.
why would you say that you are surprised that the person wasn't diagnoised with whatever you said
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