[Rabin]

Cops go wrong....money

Cop bosses go wrong.....money

Eric slaughters Andy ....???

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[ArmstedFragg]

Here’s the full text of the Sheriff’s release that makes it clear that they weren’t alerted to the final video or the Manifesto until after the incident was over. It also is at quite a variance with the story about the actions of the parents that night that’s been circulating.

http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=135006

[PghBaldy]

I think the worst video, which said/implied the murders would be the next day, was probably not seen by the police.

[Candor7]

Videos are protected free speech. Police cannot use them as sole evidence to state that a crime is being committed, nor can they prevent crime.

This is a parenting issue. The young man was not insane IMHO, he was evil. The malaise is spiritual, not mental.
When parents raise perverted children , they do evil. The parents are THE MOST responsible for unleashing this evil on society.

[bike800]

Last time I checked, one needs a search warrant to search a private residence...i find it interesting how many people are just tossing that requirement and being outrages there was no search. If the parents and therapists were so concerned, they could have had an ECO issued for him, and the cops would come pick him up... Immediate danger to himself and others is the key issues here for cops to take someone into custody WITHOUT an emergency custody order. To expect the cops to make a psych arrest based on a video...well, that opens up a huge can of worms...

[lee martell]

The fact that Elliot looked like a complete Pajama Boy no doubt served to deceive the cops. In short encounters, he could supress his rages. Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction is what cops would first think of as a threat.

[Sooth2222]

"The guns he used in the killings last Friday were stashed inside his apartment at the time, but police never searched the residence or conducted a check to determine if he owned firearms because they didn't consider him a threat."

So why didn't the police consider him a threat? Because they didn't bother to watch the videos. They "were aware he had posted disturbing videos but never viewed them before or after determining he was not a threat to himself or others, the department disclosed Thursday.")

"According to the statement from the sheriff's office, four deputies, a police officer and a dispatcher in training were sent to Rodger's apartment after being informed by the county's mental health hotline that Rodger's therapist and mother were concerned about videos he posted online."

Have you ever had "four deputies, a police officer and a dispatcher in training" show up at your door? I haven't. Sending 6 (six) LEOs out suggests that at least somebody was taking the threat very seriously. Which, as was eventually shown, was the correct interpretation of the facts.)

[liberalh8ter]

Seems to me we need to reopen those giant hospitals and start locking the whacko doodles up instead of redefining mental illness.