Possible active shooter at UCLA

[the dude abides]

11 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

“We would physically arrest him were he still alive,” the chief said.

The people in that community must feel much safer with local law enforcement making these kinds of judgment calls.

It's this type of bold, forward thinking that carried him up the ranks.

 

[Spirit]

That chief sounds like a real cowboy.  Someone needs to rein him in. 

 

 

 

[Jason]

10 hours ago, Kevin said:

Obviously the reason for the shooting is not the norm  (I hope) but pretty sad in this day and age that a teacher might have to think twice about giving a bad grade to a student. 

Usually the ones with bad grades don't care about school anyways. Reports of his kill list suggests more going on than unexpected grade

[the dude abides]

8 minutes ago, Geoff said:

That chief sounds like a real cowboy.  Someone needs to rein him in. 

 

 

 

He's quite a maverick.  

The John McCain of law enforcement.

[nate]

3 minutes ago, Angels N Skins said:

Usually the ones with bad grades don't care about school anyways. Reports of his kill list suggests more going on than unexpected grade

He was a PHD student of the teacher he killed.  He accuses the teacher of stealing his source code and giving it to someone else (the woman he killed?).  He also wanted to kill another teacher at the school.  Sounds like he had a score to settle and he thought that killing everyone was the solution.  Sad.

[Jason]

1 minute ago, nate said:

He was a PHD student of the teacher he killed.  He accuses the teacher of stealing his source code and giving it to someone else (the woman he killed?).  He also wanted to kill another teacher at the school.  Sounds like he had a score to settle and he thought that killing everyone was the solution.  Sad.

Wow. It will be interesting to see if he had a prior history of mental problems before he snapped like this

[Jay]

Was the shooter a Muslim?

[nate]

 

 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, the_dude_abides said:

He's quite a maverick.  

The John McCain of law enforcement.

"I can see USC from my house."

[Jason]

11 hours ago, Tank said:

i worry that things like this will have the gun advocates pushing harder and harder for teachers to be strapped. i don't like that idea.

Shouldn't be a requirement but an individual choice.

[ELEVEN]

What if the kid had a learning disability?

Suppose he was dyslexic and thought his name was Maniak?

Who names their kid Maniac?

#parenting

[nate]

3 hours ago, Angels N Skins said:

Shouldn't be a requirement but an individual choice.

What about my individual choice that I don't want some idiot with a fucking gun teaching my kids?

[Jason]

40 minutes ago, nate said:

What about my individual choice that I don't want some idiot with a fucking gun teaching my kids?

This should only be a situation when the school does not have armed security or resource officers. I'm not sure teachers having guns is the answer but schools need more security. Also if the teacher is some idiot you probably don't want him teaching kids at all 

[gotbeer]

God the bar for mental problems is low.  At this rate, every single one of us has mental problems.

For UCLA shooter Mainak Sarkar, sudden rage after years of intense academic studies

Quote

Sarkar had struggled with severe mental problems, including depression and an inability to study, which compromised his work at UCLA, the source said.

 

[Jason]

There could be some cultural demands and pressure for educational performance as well. I'm curious how they came to the conclusion that he suffered from severe mental problems. Apparently the state of Minnesota wasn't told.