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Florida sheriff questioned for posting identities of teens who made school shooting threats
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2024
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Maybe keeping the kids privacy will:
What does this humiliation do?
Remove a potential shooter from the field you mean?
Or let potential shooters know they aren't being ignored until they start blasting.
Jail can also provide treatment, without the possibility of them snapping and murdering people. Seems reasonable to me.
Identifying threats to society is "spiteful revenge" Do you think we should have referred to him as O.B.L. instead of Osama Bin Laden because he wasn't convicted yet to keep his anonymity? That it was "spiteful revenge" to let folks know who he was? Cmon now.
or stop a copycat killer.
who will be locked up and thus unable to act on those urges.
Least sensible of the lot. They'll be notorious for making threats and going to jail. Much preferrable to murder and jail.
This is a kid who’s been accused. There’s been no trial, no evidence, no conviction. He’s not been proven guilty of anything.
It’s a kid. Everywhere else kids have privacy by default. Publicizing the name of this kid is not justice nor any part of justice.
Even if he did it, we have no idea whether it was serious - calling a kid such a criminal before he’s convicted dies nothing prevent any crime
So we shouldn't take threats of shootings or bomb threats seriously now?
Wow. Just... wow.
You’re losing the plot here. The question is whether it’s ok to publicly post the identities of kids accused of a specific crime
Its a point you brought up and it warrants addressing.
It’s the title of this thread
The title of this thread isn't
Thats a point you made, and are now refusing to address. Twice now.
Does the article state that he was convicted of a serious threat and prove any sort of planning toward implementation?
It states he was arrested under allegations of it and multiple weapons were found. Pretty damn good indicator. To remind you: If the Appalachee guy (whos actions prompted the numerous threats the cop was following up on) had gotten arrested in a similar way multiple people would still be alive right now.
Your point?
So you agree we should get them for threats or threats with follow through. Glad to hear you've conceded the argument.
Ok, and?
So were the Columbine guys. Apparently being underage doesn't stop someone from shooting up a school. I can pull up more underage shooters, I'm sure you can too. The, "Oh its a kid" thing doesn't hold water.