I went through my daughter's backpack this morning and one of the papers there was a coloring page with the phrase "If you see something, say something." Looks like these kids and parents in Michigan did exactly that but were completely let down by those that they said something to.
It is being claimed in court that the Oxford High School staff actively downplayed reported threats by the shoot shooter two weeks before the shooting. Why the fuck do we have all these safeguards in place if no one is going to do anything about them?!?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/us/oxfor ... index.html\
On November 16 -- two weeks before the school shooting -- "multiple concerned parents provided communications" to Wolf "with concerns about threats to students made on social media," the lawsuit alleges, without specifying the source of the alleged threats.
CNN has requested comment from Crumbley's attorney and school officials.
The Franzes allege Throne and Wolf assured parents and students that the children were safe at the high school, and discouraged them from discussing or sharing the posts.
"That same day, November 16, 2021, Wolf emailed parents indicating, 'I
know I'm being redundant here, but there is absolutely no threat at the HS ... large assumptions were made from a few social media posts, then the assumptions evolved into exaggerated rumors,'" court documents say.
"Previous to the November 30, 2021 incident, Ethan Crumbley posted threats of bodily harm, including death, on his social media accounts, warning of violent tendencies and murderous ideology," the suit states.
Included in that, the Franzes say, was a photo of a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun Crumbley posted to his public Instagram feed.
On the day of the shooting, when a teacher allegedly found a note depicting a wounded person, a gun and the words "the thoughts won't stop help me," neither counselors nor one of the teachers alerted the police or the school's liaison officer, the suit alleges. At all times that day, after the note was discovered, the suit alleges that Crumbley was allowed to maintain possession of his backpack, which was never searched for a weapon.
In a December 2 video message to the school community, Throne said that there had been no need for disciplinary action following a meeting with Crumbley after the note was discovered.
"I want you to know that, you know, there's just a lot, there's been a lot of talk about the student that was apprehended," Throne said in the message. "That he was, you know, called up to the office and all that kind of stuff. No discipline was warranted."