Jaclyn Schildkraut is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the State University of New York at Oswego and a nationally- and internationally-recognized expert on school and mass shootings. She is the author of several books, including Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond: Lessons from Tragedy (with Glenn Muschert), as well as numerous research articles and briefs. Jaclyn serves on the advisory board of the Center for Mass Violence Response Studies and also regularly consults with school districts on safety practices and protocols, including for lockdown scenarios. She is a former resident of the Parkland and Orlando communities that each have experienced their own mass shooting.
A cursory look at the headlines from the MSM this morning many call this a “mass shooting” rather than a “school shooting” as the perp being a mentally ill sex pervert does not fit their narrative.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman (retired) has long advocated in his lectures that we should NEVER name the perpetrators but ALWAYS remember and repeat the names of the victims.
For example, with Columbine I do not name D**** and H***** but Cassie Bagnall and Dave Sanders.
The Truth shall set you free.
I know that this is an older article, but not allowing the publication of names is most likely along the same lines as not publishing the race of perpetrators.
What does the name “Salvador Ramos” imply about the shooter’s ethnic origin even before you even see a picture? And is this group disproportionally represented when it comes to violent crime coming from across our wide-open Southern border?
Refusing to release the names of mass shooters will lend fuel to the conspiracy theorists.
The push to NOT name mass shooters will be applied when the shooter is:
1. Ethnic
2. Muslim
3. Gay
The push will not be applied in other cases.
Hiding the name also hides any police or mental illness records from the public. Pretty soon it is just whitewashed into “person with a gun” as the only information allowed.
BS If it was John Smith it would be mentioned endlessly!
White Supremacist thing ya know:-)