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re: FBI Was Warned About A School Shooting Threat
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:26 am to TrueTiger
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:26 am to TrueTiger
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Let's be real here, do we really expect the government to investigate every oddball comment on the internet?
It's not possible or practical.
The FBI can call the local PD if they don’t have the resources. The local PD can simply knock on the door and ask questions at a minimum. Hell, there is probably enough probable cause in this case to have acquired a warrant and search the dudes house.
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:29 am to GumboPot
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The local PD can simply knock on the door and ask questions
they are too busy with speeding and expired inspection sticker tickets
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:31 am to Federal Tiger
What, exactly, is the FBI, or any LEO, supposed to do about a comment on a YouTube video?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:32 am to TrueTiger
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Let's be real here, do we really expect the government to investigate every oddball comment on the internet?
If they did, half the rant would be in trouble...
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:32 am to Federal Tiger
Giving the FBI a very hesitant benefit of the doubt, were they supposed to surveil him for over a year even aftee he was expelled?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:33 am to Federal Tiger
This comes up after every shooting or terrorist attack. The fbi is useless.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:38 am to Nado Jenkins83
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Someone should be held accountable from the FBI
LOL at a gment official being held accountable
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:40 am to OBReb6
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They should make some attempt for extremely specific comments such as that.
that comment was dumb but it contained no specific threat
do we really want the government knocking on our door East German Police style
for every unfortunate comment put out there?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:50 am to TrueTiger
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:53 am to TrueTiger
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Let's be real here, do we really expect the government to investigate every oddball comment on the internet?
It's not possible or practical.
We now know the dude was a problem at his school. He was banned from bringing a backpack to school after making threats. Then he was eventually expelled and banned from campus. So even the slightest follow up with local authorities should have set off alarm bells. I'm very libertarian but at some point you forfeit the right to be left alone by the authorities.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 7:57 am to Pdubntrub
I said "should" 
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:00 am to rds dc
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I'm very libertarian but at some point you forfeit the right to be left alone by the authorities.
So they FBI should have had someone following this kid 24/7 indefinitely?
Other than locking this kid up for threats, what could LEO have done to stop this?
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:04 am to Salmon
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So they FBI should have had someone following this kid 24/7 indefinitely? Other than locking this kid up for threats, what could LEO have done to stop this?
I understand that they can't follow up on every threat made, but if they did talk to the person who notified them the next day. Couldn't they have had a LEO talk to him after they were notified. Maybe just the act of a LEO knocking on his door, and talking to him about threats he had made may have changed his mind about doing it. We will never know.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:04 am to TrueTiger
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Let's be real here, do we really expect the government to investigate every oddball comment on the internet? It's not possible or practical.
I just find it ironic to the point of terrifying on so many levels that businesses like YouTube, Twitter and Apple find entities like Prager U and Drudge Report subversive to the point of censoring them - but when people are actually advocating violence and displaying dangerous mental illness on these platforms they don't bother to take any action.
Examples: This current shooter, BLM people advocating killing cops or white people on Twitter and Facebook (example the Shooter of police in BRLA), the San Bernadino Terrorist Couple who were dead but Apple would not voluntarily hack the phone.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:04 am to Salmon
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So they FBI should have had someone following this kid 24/7 indefinitely?
Other than locking this kid up for threats, what could LEO have done to stop this?
I think any type of digging or looking into this kid shows that he fits the mold we all clearly see him as. His social media is dark and predictive, his classmates thought he would be capable of this.
We constantly hear, see something, say something as if that’s the guise for the FBI to continually frick up, it’s on we the people for not bringing these clues to them, yet when theee concerns and raised and paint a clear picture, they do nothing with it:
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Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:05 am to Salmon
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Other than locking this kid up for threats, what could LEO have done to stop this?
Investigated. Determined if there were sufficient signs of mental illness for a psych eval.
If so, give him the option to seek help voluntarily. If he refuses, involuntary.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:07 am to culsutiger
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Investigated. Determined if there were sufficient signs of mental illness for a psych eval.
We know this didn't happen?
If he had that many problems at school, I guarantee he has had some type of psych evaluation.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:10 am to Salmon
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We know this didn't happen?
If he had that many problems at school, I guarantee he has had some type of psych evaluation.
I guarantee it didn't happen.
Note: My guarantee is based on just as much concrete evidence as yours.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:11 am to Salmon
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Other than locking this kid up for threats, what could LEO have done to stop this?
They probably could have done that. I mean a threat is a threat, even if it doesn't specify a time or place. It would be enough for a search warrant and then when they discovered this 19 year old's arsenal of weapons, it would have been enough to act.
Posted on 2/15/18 at 8:12 am to Radiojones
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Why do we even have an FBI if they don’t do their real job and instead are used as a political weapon?
Would you rather they put a couple of agents on him and follow him around for months. Maybe they should have arrested him on suspicion.
When you have a person with this mindset you dont want to push them over the edge because the end results could be worse
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