Mass Killing in Newtown, Connecticut

[Duck Fallas 209]

I wrote this shortly after heasring about what happened.

 

"No matter how hard we try, we can never fully comprehend the mind of the maniac who wrought such havoc in Newtown today. We, being mostly rational, sane people are simply incapable of even starting to go down to the depths of depravity that this individual reached.

 

We can send out all of the prayers and well-wishes that we desire, but how much action are we willing to put behind these vocalizations? It does the heart good to see such a nationwide outpourinf of care and support in the wake of tragedies like this. But on the same token, how many people, CHILDREN, must die before we stand up as one collective conscience, climb to the highest moutian tops and shout with all that is in our souls "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!?"

 

To carry that thought a little further; HOW to stop this from happening again? How many more sons and daughters and sisters and brothers and husbands and wives and grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts and uncles and cousins will we have to lose before we put some sort of action behind this national sorrow?

Edited December 16, 2012 by Duck Fallas

[Gronk'd 15]

If I had a child that went to school there. I'm sure I could send them back, it just wouldn't feel right to me. Homeschooling is almost the way to go anymore, they may not get the in person social interaction every day but at least they will be safe from some scumbag busting into the school and shooting randomly for no reason.

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Less than 48 hours after the Connecticut school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, which took place on Dec. 14, the Westboro Baptist Church is already making plans to picket. The Westboro Baptist Church is known for picketing and protesting at funerals across the country.

 

“Westboro will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God for the glory of his work in executing his judgment,” Shirley Phelps-Roper tweeted on Dec. 15.

 

“They need to come back to Oklahoma,” Bryan Weathers, from Moore, said. “We know how to take care of them here.”

 

“Westboro 'God hates Fags' Baptist Church is planning to pciket at Sandy Hook, to praise 'God's judgment,'” Margie Phelps tweeted as well on Dec. 15.

 

Westoboro Baptist Church is known for carrying signs that read “Thank God for dead babies” and the like. It is unknown what kind of signs will be seen, if the Westboro Baptist Church actually pickets in Newtown, CT.

 

The Supreme Court ruled that it is legal for the Westboro Baptist Church to picket funerals. Despite that ruling, many cities and towns have passed laws that force the Westboro Baptist Church to stay a specific distance away from funerals.

 

Full article here.Westboro plans to picket

 

 

Someone...for the love of God destroy these fat fucks. Between what happened yesterday, the fake twitter accounts fraudulently collecting money for the victims...and now this? Fuck America. I hate to say it. But fuck this country anymore.

[AllYouNeedIsLovie 377]

Full article here.Westboro plans to picket

 

 

Someone...for the love of God destroy these fat fucks. Between what happened yesterday, the fake twitter accounts fraudulently collecting money for the victims...and now this? Fuck America. I hate to say it. But fuck this country anymore.

 

It's sad and scary.

 

Anyways, if they come anywhere close to one of these funerals, I hope someone beats the living shit out of them.

 

 

[Zack_of_Steel+ 3,014]

Two words:

Molotov cocktails

 

Edit: Actually, I have more to say. They need to have "God's Judgement" rained down upon them and the remnants can waste their fucking time picketing their members' funerals. BottoM-feeding, worthless trash.

Edited December 16, 2012 by Zack_of_Steel

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This is pathetic. I hope one of the parents ends these people and is granted freedom after it. Freedom of speech is being a abused here.

[Omerta+ 1,206]

Could you imagine being a cop and having to arrest someone who beat the hell out of them. I would spend about 9 hours trying to figure a way out of it and then I would forget to mirandize them. Bingo Bango freedom. I am sure it would not work but I dont think I could arrest someone for beating them to death when it is so well deserved.

[oochymp 2,393]

Could you imagine being a cop and having to arrest someone who beat the hell out of them. I would spend about 9 hours trying to figure a way out of it and then I would forget to mirandize them. Bingo Bango freedom. I am sure it would not work but I dont think I could arrest someone for beating them to death when it is so well deserved.

that'd be easy enough "I didn't see anything, did you?"

 

in all seriousness, what needs to happen is somebody needs to sue Westboro Baptist for intentional infliction of emotional distress, it's a standard tort based on extreme our outrageous conduct which intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress, the specifics vary by jurisdiction and there's usually a pretty high standard placed, but if picketing a child's funeral doesn't constitute outrageous conduct then nothing does and I'm sure any parents could convince a jury that the picketing caused them severe emotional distress

Edited December 16, 2012 by oochymp

[OSUViking 505]

It's sad and scary.

 

Anyways, if they come anywhere close to one of these funerals, I hope someone beats the living shit out of them.

 

They're nothing more than a hate group. I can't even believe that they would do this. Jesus... if I was at the funeral I would legitimately want to take a car and run all of them over.

 

EDIT: I'm sorry... I really just need to vent my rage here....

 

 

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THEY'RE FUCKING PICKETING THE FUNERALS OF FUCKING CHILDREN WHO WERE JUST MASSACRED IN COLD BLOOD? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? JESUS! I would fucking die happy if I didn't get anything for the rest of my life but they were all imprisoned and put to death for the shit they are trying to pull! I fucking hate these people so much. Maybe they can give the shooter their support when they meet him down in hell.

Edited December 16, 2012 by Vikingfan465

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I may or may not be going to prison soon folks.

[vikesfan1 11]

They're nothing more than a hate group. I can't even believe that they would do this. Jesus... if I was at the funeral I would legitimately want to take a car and run all of them over.

 

EDIT: I'm sorry... I really just need to vent my rage here....

 

 

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THEY'RE FUCKING PICKETING THE FUNERALS OF FUCKING CHILDREN WHO WERE JUST MASSACRED IN COLD BLOOD? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? JESUS! I would fucking die happy if I didn't get anything for the rest of my life but they were all imprisoned and put to death for the shit they are trying to pull! I fucking hate these people so much. Maybe they can give the shooter their support when they meet him down in hell.

maybe one of the best posts I've ever heard.

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just like their anti-page

 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/anti-westboro-baptist-church/120263014681067?fref=ts

[OSUViking 505]

 

I don't know if this is real, but someone posted it on FB. If this is real, then by God I'm about to have a meltdown. This has brought tears to my eyes.

[AllYouNeedIsLovie 377]

^ I saw that, but I don't think it's real.

[blotsfan 2,112]

This is a really good article to read.

http://anarchistsoccermom.blogspot.com/2012/12/thinking-unthinkable.html

[Thanatos 2,847]

Groups like Westboro Baptist honestly make me ashamed to be the same religion as those nutcases.

 

There has GOT to be a legal way to get them to stop picketing funerals. I mean, I don't really care about protests at other places, (protests in general, I mean, I care about their nutty protests wherever they occur), but a funeral should not be the time or place to try to push *any* agenda. It should be a respectful time of remembrance for the deceased, and a time of mourning of their loved ones. Any message you want to push can wait till the next day.

 

This is just beyond inhumane. Just make it so that funerals are illegal to picket at. Please.

[blotsfan 2,112]

Its already been taken to the Supreme Court, and the church won. I don't disagree with the decision. They stay on public property, and don't actually go to the cemeteries. I don't like them but its definitely protected under the first amendment.

[Omerta+ 1,206]

Groups like Westboro Baptist honestly make me ashamed to be the same religion as those nutcases.

 

There has GOT to be a legal way to get them to stop picketing funerals. I mean, I don't really care about protests at other places, (protests in general, I mean, I care about their nutty protests wherever they occur), but a funeral should not be the time or place to try to push *any* agenda. It should be a respectful time of remembrance for the deceased, and a time of mourning of their loved ones. Any message you want to push can wait till the next day.

 

This is just beyond inhumane. Just make it so that funerals are illegal to picket at. Please.

 

There isn't. They protested soldiers funerals at FT. Lewis Washington and many soldiers opted in to get some sort of civilian legal council and there was no legal ground. They file with the city with notice and the city sets limits to how far away they can be from the funeral, but it has to be a reasonable distance and one that would not put them in harms way, i.e. in the street which is where I would have suggested. As long as they stick to those guidelines then they are withing their LEGAL rights to do it.

[PackIsBack 124]

This is absolutely devastating. Schools are supposed to be the safest places for our kids and it seems like nowhere is safe. These were such young children and the fact that it happened in an elementary school is even worse. I also mourn the brave teachers and other educators that were brutally murdered protecting the other kids in the building. My thoughts go out to all of the families that have been affected by this horrific tragedy.

[Zack_of_Steel+ 3,014]

So all of the initial reporting was fucking TERRIBLE. The shooter was Adam Lanza, not Ryan, and the mother was NOT a teacher at the school, but was found dead at their home (Adam lived with her). The classroom was a 1st grade room, not Kindergarten, and Ryan Lanza was NOT found in the woods outside the school. Also, apparently the mother was a gun collector and the three he took were from her collection.

 

 

NEWTOWN SHOOTING: Investigators Learn More

Posted on: 2:49 am, December 16, 2012, by Staff Writer

 

NEWTOWN, Connecticut (CNN) — Authorities in Newtown, Connecticut, put together more pieces of the puzzle Saturday to explain what happened inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, one day after a gunman opened fire there, killing 20 students and six adults.

 

All the victims died from gunshot wounds and were struck more than once, according to H. Wayne Carver II, chief medical examiner for the state of Connecticut. Their deaths were classified as homicides.

 

“I’ve been at this for a third of a century. My sensibilities may not be the average man, but this probably is the worst I have seen or the worst that I know of any of my colleagues having seen,” Carver told reporters.

 

The deadly school shooting shattered the quiet of this southern New England town and left a nation reeling over the number of lives, particularly young lives lost. It also reignited the perennial debate about gun laws in America.

 

President Barack Obama spoke tearfully about the massacre on Friday and is scheduled to travel to Newtown on Sunday to meet with families of the victims. He will deliver remarks during an evening vigil.

 

Law enforcement officials have identified the gunman as 20-year-old Adam Lanza. He apparently took his own life, after taking that of his mother and the 26 people at the school.

 

The suspect was found dead next to three guns, a semi-automatic .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle and two pistols made by Glock and Sig Sauer, a law enforcement source told CNN. All belonged to his mother.

 

Carver, who performed autopsies on seven of the victims, said the wounds he knew about were caused by a “long weapon.” Asked by a reporter whether the rifle was the primary weapon, he responded, “Yes.”

 

He spoke as police released a list of the names of ages of the victims. Twelve girls and eight boys were killed, all either 6 or 7 years old. The adults ranged in ages from 27 to 56, and included the school’s principal, psychologist and at least two teachers.

 

Among those killed was Emilie Parker, 6.

 

“As the deep pain begins to settle into our hearts, we find comfort reflecting on the incredible person that Emilie was and how many lives that she was able to touch in her short time here on Earth,” her father, Robbie Parker, told reporters, struggling to speak through tears.

 

He described his daughter as bright, creative and loving. She loved to draw pictures and try new things.

 

“Emilie’s laughter was infectious and all those who had the pleasure to meet her would agree that this world is a better place because she has been in it,” her father said.

 

Also killed were Dawn Hochsprung, the school’s beloved principal, school psychologist Mary Sherlach, Vicki Soto, a first-grade teacher, and substitute teacher Lauren Rousseau.

 

Searching for answers in their deaths, major crime investigators police were combing “every crack and crevice” of the school.

 

They said they’re finding some “very good evidence” there, and at the home of the shooter. Lanza’s mother, Nancy, was killed at that house, authorities said.

 

“The detectives will certainly analyze everything and put a complete picture together of the evidence that they did obtain, and we’re hopeful — we’re hopeful — that it will paint a complete picture as to how and why this entire unfortunate incidence occurred,” said Lt. J. Paul Vance, a spokesman for the Connecticut State Police.

 

Authorities, meanwhile, in Hoboken, New Jersey, were questioning Ryan Lanza, the suspected gunman’s older brother, law enforcement sources said, though they did not label him a suspect. Lanza’s father, Peter, who lives in Connecticut, was similarly questioned, one of the law enforcement officials said.

 

Peter Lanza released a statement Saturday expressing condolences to the families of victims.

 

“Our family is grieving along with all those who have been affected by this enormous tragedy. No words can truly express how heartbroken we are. We are in a state of disbelief and trying to find whatever answers we can,” said the statement.

 

Two law enforcement sources said Adam Lanza lived with his mother. Contrary to early reports, they said, Nancy Lanza was not a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary.

 

Nancy Lanza was a gun collector and recently showed off a newly bought rifle to fellow Newtown resident Dan Holmes, who owns a landscaping business in the town.

 

Besides the three weapons found at the school, Adam Lanza also had access to at least three more guns, a law enforcement source said. Investigators recovered a .45-caliber Henry Repeating Rifle, a .22-caliber Marlin Rifle and a .30-caliber Enfield Rifle, though it’s unclear where they were found, the source said.

 

Investigators believe Lanza killed his mother and then took her guns and made his way to the elementary school wearing black fatigues and a military vest, according to a law enforcement official.

 

According to Vance, Lanza forced his way into the school though he wouldn’t say how or whether Lanza used weapons to do it.

 

Authorities said it’s also not clear whether Lanza entered before or after 9:30 a.m., the time each day when the school would lock its doors as part of a security system introduced this year. Authorities say the first emergency call about the shooting came in at “approximately” 9:30 a.m. Friday.

 

Within minutes, 26 people had been killed with chilling efficiency, leaving only the one wounded survivor. The survivor, an adult, has not been named.

 

“She has been treated and she’ll be instrumental in this investigation, as I’m sure you can understand,” Vance said.

 

The massacre in Newtown is the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, behind the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting that left 32 dead.

 

“Stuff like this does not happen in Newtown,” said Renee Burn, a teacher at another school in the town, which is roughly 75 miles northeast of New York City.

 

Until Friday, only one homicide in the past 10 years had been reported in the upscale community of expansive homes surrounded by woods, where many residents commute to jobs in Manhattan and the nearby Connecticut cities of Stamford and Hartford.

 

Flags were lowered to half-staff in a number of states, and vigils were held at houses of worship and at schools amid a national outpouring of grief.

 

http://whotv.com/2012/12/16/newtown-shooting-investigators-learn-more/

 

And the actual photo of the shooter:

Edited December 17, 2012 by Justice Thug