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| UColorado student arrested over Va. Tech remarks |
| 2007-04-19 |
| A University of Colorado student was arrested after making comments that classmates deemed sympathetic toward the gunman blamed for killing 32 students and himself at Virginia Tech, authorities said. During a class discussion of Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech, the student "made comments about understanding how someone could kill 32 people," university police Cmdr. Brad Wiesley said. Several witnesses told investigators the student said he was "angry about all kinds of things from the fluorescent light bulbs to the unpainted walls, and it made him angry enough to kill people," according to a police report. Witnesses "said they were afraid of him and afraid to come to class with him," Wiesley said. OK, looks like we have a problem here... The student, identified by police as Max Karson of Denver, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of interfering with staff, faculty or students of an education institution. He had a court appearance set for Wednesday afternoon. His father, Michael Karson, told the Camera newspaper that the comments may have been misinterpreted and questioned whether his son's free speech rights had been violated. ...as well as someone who doesn't see it. "I would have hoped that state officials would know their First Amendment better than they seem to," he said. University spokesman Bronson Hilliard said privacy laws prevented him from releasing personal information about the student. ...including information that might end up protecting the public. |
| Posted by:Dave D. |
| #8 Shouldn't this have been posted under "today's idiot?" |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2007-04-19 17:41 |
| #7 tu, you being sarcastic? Given that this occurred during a class sob-fest, I mean discussion, I think it's entirely possible that what this person said was taken out of context / exaggerated. And, saying that someone's speech, on topic, in a classroom is interfering with with people is more than a tad bizarre. For all I know this kid is just a conservative that is hated by the liberal establishment at that school. I doubt that any of us have any where near enough information to make any kind of guess. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2007-04-19 13:19 |
| #6 His father, Michael Karson, told the Camera newspaper that the comments may have been misinterpreted and questioned whether his son's free speech rights had been violated. Jeez, wonder where sonnyboy gets his wacky ideas? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-19 11:42 |
| #5 Mark me as one of the crusaders who thinks we should not imprison people for their thoughts, only their actions. I'd hate to see who was in prison if President Hitlery Clinton could jail people for their thoughts. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-04-19 09:24 |
| #4 After the 'crusading' media in the 60s took on the warehousing and inadequate treatment of the mentally ill as in such productions as the Titicut Follies, the judiciary decided it was going to solve the problem by the usual dictates and decrees. One of which imposed an undo burden upon authorities to go well beyond reasonable doubt that an individual posed a immediate and undeniable threat to society. Since the ability to foretell the future still lacks judicial specifications, that means we the public pay in blood regularly because the butchers are left among us just waiting to kill. So in the aftermath of another blood bath, authorities then swing in the other direction seeking any and all means to cover their ass by hammering truly stupid people out of pure fear. The zero tolerance attitude brought to you by feeble administrators and lawyers who'll split a hair by atomic particles. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-19 09:15 |
| #3 A court found that Virginia Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho was "mentally ill" and potentially dangerous. Then it let him go. Let us hope they don't make the same mistake here. |
| Posted by: Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-04-19 06:26 |
| #2 was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of interfering with staff, faculty or students of an education institution. What the HELL, that covers any "Disagrement" Are they promoting making Human Robots unable to disagree? Sure sounds like it. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-19 06:15 |
| #1 Read WND??? WND > article alleges that ALLAH, BUDDHA, etc. were invoked post-shooting. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-04-19 00:31 |