Magruder Shooter Sentenced 18 years

[Anonymous]

I know this is poor taste and that I shouldn’t make light out of a horrible incident, but “Magruder Shooter” would make a cool band name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this is poor taste and that I shouldn’t make light out of a horrible incident, but “Magruder Shooter” would make a cool band name.

and then you’d be forced to change your name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well-heeled rhe elephant innthe room.
MCPS does NOT care about special need kids.
A child with an iq of 79 should NEVER be at school with the general population. But McKnight, et al, would rather spend 1.5 million so you know if Larlos bus is 2 minutes late than to address the needs of special needs students. I would love to see how many seriously bullied kids are SN kids.
The child who was murdered innthe woods in Germantown seemed to have special needs, too, according to his mother.

Where is the investigative reporting on this? How many special needs children are being violently bullied and intimidated at school? Why won't MCPS do better? Special needs students should be protected.

The average IQ of black people in the United States is ~85; setting a threshold of 79 would mean that about 40% of African American kids in the US would be classified as special needs.

From Wikipedia: “ In the US, individuals identifying themselves as Asian generally tend to score higher on IQ tests than Caucasians, who tend to score higher than Hispanics, who tend to score higher than African Americans. Nevertheless, greater variation in IQ scores exists within each ethnic group than between them.[55] A 2001 meta-analysis of the results of 6,246,729 participants tested for cognitive ability or aptitude found a difference in average scores between black people and white people of 1.1 standard deviations. Consistent results were found for college and university application tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (N = 2.4 million) and Graduate Record Examination (N = 2.3 million), as well as for tests of job applicants in corporate settings (N = 0.5 million) and in the military (N = 0.4 million).[56]”

1.1 standard deviations is about 16 IQ points. If you set Caucasians in the US at 100, then the mean for African Americans would be approximately 84. So, a score of 79 would be only slightly below average.

There is a difference between SN and requiring remedial education. This kid may or may not have been SN, but he was certainly in need of remedial education and based on testimony from his own teacher, his academic goal was only to pass the class which required his full commitment. At that academic level he should have been in a different learning environment that could meet him where he is and better cater to his academic needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s extreme.

- he was a minor
- he was being threatened by the victim, repeatedly
- he seemed to be targeting a specific person so I don’t feel like he was a threat to the larger community
- he was clearly intelligent but misguided
- not a homicide
- not a career criminal

I think he needs psychiatric help and a path to recovery. That crazy Russian arms dealer was sentenced to 20 years total for much much more harm to society, domestic and foreign.

It seems like the biggest players get away with murder and some kid that hasn’t even started his life is cast off into the void.

The sentence was 40 years, with 22 years suspended -- not 18 years. That took into account non-public information, such as prior juvenile convictions and other interactions with law enforcement. Mitigating factors including prior interactions with the victim, would be considered also. You don't know whether he was a "career criminal." It's possible that this child has had several opportunities already for redemption in the juvenile system.

The kid wasn't convicted of homicide but attempted homicide, so that was considered. It was attempted first-degree homicide, which means the shooting was pre-meditated. This wasn't a heat of the moment matter of self-defense.

If you are talking about Victor Bout when you mention "crazy Russian arms dealer," he was sentenced to 25 years not 20 years.