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While it might be prosecutorial overreach, the parents cannot say they were ‘blindsided’. The morning of the shooting the school confronted them with their kid’s notes and still refused to take him home with them.

Based on what we have seen in other high profile trials and events it is entirely possible that what the prosecutors have said turns out to be entirely untrue. Think of the Zimmerman or Rittenhouse trials, or the many news reports of MAGA hat wearing attackers who beat up Jesse Smollet.

Even if it is true, the school officials should have acted on the information they had if they really believed the kid was a danger to others. They could have simply sent him home, or called the police, or called an ambulance to have him taken for a psychiatric evaluation. They didn't though, so at the time they must have believed that it was safe to let the kid back into school.

The media and the prosecutor want to blame the parents because the mother tweeted out support for President Trump. Notice how nobody is asking for Darrell Brook's mother to be arrested for not keeping her son away from the car he drove through a parade.

[hanamizu]

“Even if it is true, the school officials should have acted on the information they had if they really believed the kid was a danger to others. They could have simply sent him home, or called the police, or called an ambulance to have him taken for a psychiatric evaluation.”

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Had the school’s officials done what you asked, the crime would not have occurred. But could the officials done what you asked? We’ve been told (but of course cannot be sure) that the kid only got on the school’s radar because of a scary and depressing note. The parents refused to take him home when asked. The note did not appear to be a threat against anyone, but likely a plea for help. I assume the school showed the parents the note, but they still refused to get help for their kid.

I can’t imagine a school calling an ambulance to send a kid for an involuntary psychiatric evaluation—especially after the parents apparently said there was no problem.