After Florida massacre, Trump urges students to 'always report' classmates for 'erratic behavior'

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory




BRAD REED
15 FEB 2018 AT 07:30 ET

President Donald Trump on Thursday responded to the latest school shooting by encouraging high schoolers to report classmates to authorities if they are seen exhibiting “erratic behavior.”

“So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior,” the president wrote. “Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!”

Link to tweet

17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Parkland High School in Florida on Thursday. The suspect in the shooting, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, allegedly conducted the massacre using an AR-15-style rifle that he was able to purchase legally.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. Blaming the victims again... nice

Do your fucking jobs, Republicans... and legislate.

[pangaia]

2. We reported you as a mentally disturbed gangster. That didn't seem to help did it.

Hasn't helped yet.

So for starters, we should take away YOUR "guns." That sure would help until we get rid of you.

[underpants]

3. Does wearing a MAGA hat count?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210230467

[MountCleaners]

28. He has to call him mentally ill...

Otherwise he'd have to accept responsibility for encouraging far right violence.

[BigmanPigman]

4. COWARD!!!!!

Face the music. Appear in person at a press conference. Tell us what YOU are going to do besides saying prayers and passing the buck to mental health experts and citizens for not reporting odd behavior. His behavior is what is "odd".

[Eyeball_Kid]

8. Trumpy, on a daily basis, shows his cowardice.

What do you expect? That Trumpy express... EMPATHY??? He can't or he won't. It doesn't matter. He's a shadow of a human being who destroys people to keep the feeling of superiority. That's how he rolls.

[BigmanPigman]

11. He isn't capable of empathy.

That is a classic trait of a sociopath. He is a narcissistic sociopath on top of it. This article is spot on a very easy to read. It fits the moron like a glove.
https://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html

[llmart]

14. No. 1 hallmark of a narcissist...

is the inability to have empathy.

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. Does this stupid fuck know that the shooter was NOT a student???

[MaryMagdaline]

10. It's not as if he gets special reports from law enforcement

Maybe it's stuck somewhere in a 10 page report

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. If it's not in the headline of the report, it gets buried...

... in a mass of opposition, resentment, and boredom because there's no MONEY in it for Trumpy. But flash money in front of Trumpy, and he's all ears.

[Igel]

16. He listened to NPR?

That's what they're saying.

[SummerSnow]

6. The suspect was seeing a mental health counselor, but he stopped going

[Eyeball_Kid]

12. If he couldn't get his hands on an assault rifle, a lot of people would be alive and healthy today,

no matter WHAT his mental state was. Instead, they're dead or in hospital.

When are people going to understand that "seeing a mental health counselor" is no remedy for mass murder. Mental health counselors have widely varying degrees of competency and training, every bit of which are affected by the counselor's own perspective and personality, for better or worse.

FEELING aggression and hatred for fellow human beings is a whole world apart from the mechanical act of acquiring an assault rifle and using it. If Mr. Cruz only had access to a knife or even a revolver, the carnage that he could create would be (cruel, evil, and unjustified, but) lessened by degrees of magnitude.

Ah, but that's not possible because tens of millions from the NRA (and Russia) fill the pockets of GOPer politicians, so we all know what's really more important to them. And it's NOT human life.

Oh... and I'm commenting on mental health counseling as a profession because I was a mental health counselor for over thirty years. Some m.h. counselors are great, some are buffoons who have no business asking questions about another's personal life.

[GusBob]

7. His mom called the cops several times. His neighbors called the cops

A freakin Youtuber notified the goddamned FBI

so how'd that work out

Trump is an idiot

[Eyeball_Kid]

15. Idiot? He's actively and passively killing people. Calling him an idiot gives him too much credit.

[Motley13]

9. speaking of being mentally disturbed, bad & erratic behavior

Seems that the maggot is again accusing someone of what he himself is guilty of.

The repugs always avoid the real issue ***GUNS**
5 mil AR 15s owned by Americans

[llmart]

18. That figure is staggering.

However, it shouldn't stop us from trying to remove these from our society. We need to find a way.

[ResIpsa]

17. Let's encourage spying on each other now..how....Soviet.

instead lets get rid of so many guns. Buy backs work pretty good as a start. I worked in Mental Health for ten years..on unit. Shooters give mental health a bad name. I can't remember any who stated they wanted to mass murder anyone. Seems it's ANGRY people that need some attention.

[Mister Ed]

19. Of what well-regulated militia was Nikolas Cruz a member?

Maybe they should have reported him - or at least revoked his membership.

[DBoon]

29. You mean the Republic of Florida?

Florida shooting suspect was part of white nationalist group, leader says
...
As the criminal case against the suspect took shape, the leader of a white nationalist militia called the Republic of Florida said Cruz was a member of his group and participated in exercises in Tallahassee.

Jordan Jereb told The Associated Press that he had only a brief interaction a few years ago with Cruz, who came across as “a normal Florida white guy.”

The group wants Florida to become its own white ethno-state. Jereb said his organization holds “spontaneous random demonstrations” and tries not to participate in the modern world.

-- http://www.kcra.com/article/school-shooting-suspect-facing-17-charges-premeditated-murder/18192586

That is your "well regulated militia"

[maxrandb]

20. Who do we report you to

You orange colored bag of dicks?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. tRump is cutting the exact programs that would help disturbed youth. So, report to Big Brother. . nt

[Rocky888]

22. Trump found who to blame for mass murder

School board superintendent and mayor are African Americans.

Take a guess who he will blame.

[marble falls]

23. Cuz the guns have nothing to do with it. Crazy guy, end of story. Our leaders have lost their minds.

[area51]

24. As others in this thread have already mentioned, this is victim-blaming.

And where do we go to report Trump's erratic behavior?

[rockfordfile]

25. Trump endorses the murder. He gave the same response as the other right-wingers

[redstatebluegirl]

26. Can we report the President for erratic behavior?

[33taw]

27. So children should be trained to recognize symptoms of sociopathic behavior?

Many adults cannot recognize bad behavior and vote them into office.