Did she step in something there? Why is a prosecutor considering anything except for likely culpability when charging someone with a crime? It seems as if her impetus to charge was partly to frighten others. Is that under her purv?
I haven’t followed this closely, and if I’m really missing something then that’s on me.
I see this mostly as prosecution for “the sins of the fathers” (but reverse the generations). Is it illegal to have a gun in the house? Is it actually illegal to be irresponsible?
I think this is prosecution of a political crime (gun ownership) and an attempt to set a precedent to make it easier to seize guns in the future.
The kid did terrible things. Prosecute the parents? I don’t like the sound of that.
If what I have read is true about the serious warning signs about their son that the parents had been made aware of and then they left a gun accessible to him, that is very different from …. The sins of the father….
After listening to the facts she laid out, there seems to be a fair case against the parents. There’s more here than at first meets the eye. I’d say given what came out this morning, the school, administration and/or others aware of the notes the boy left on his desk, are equally responsible. They allowed him to go back to class after a meeting with parents and counselor. Inexcusable.
she is sending a message, ie, political persecution
they did not break the law
this is a legislative matter not prosecutorial
There certainly was failed parenting and a moral responsibility of parents. I'm not sure about criminal liability.
This is how we divert attention from our own felonious and willful incompetence in overlooking his very overt, very public threats.
So if you let your child have access to your car keys, like leaving them in a conspicuous place, and he/she uses the car without your consent and harms someone, you can be charged with a crime? How about a knife in the Kitchen? a baseball bat in the garage?
So...they made a public announcement of charges before either informing the parent’s lawyers, or taking the parents into custody? Is that correct>