Report of shooting at or near wootton

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

NP. Nobody deserves to get shot. But if he was bullying, is he completely absolved of any wrongdoing because he was shot?

That’s not what we are talking about here, plus you have no idea definitively whether the victim ever bullied anyone. Right now, these are all just rumors, and rumors spread by other Wootton kids who CLEARLY do not interact or socialized with either the victim or the shooter. It’s interesting that none of the students spreading alot of these rumors can tell us anything personal about these kids - i.e., we hung out before, were at each other’s houses, texted all the time, etc. - NONE. Because they don’t KNOW either one of these kids, so they don’t actually know if there was any bullying. The only factual thing we know is that the victim, a kid, was shot.

And conveniently FERPA makes it such tha parents have no way of knowing who their kids are going to school with and students who are victims have no Justice. But let’s make sure no one gets unfairly labeled .

I can't tell if this is sarcastic or now. But truly this is the point- let's make sure that no student gets unfairly labeled...particularly the victim.

DO. And if it is true that he bullied the shooter, what punishment should be imposed? Should he be absolved of that - even if such bullying contributed to the situation (or was the catalyst)?

Would you say the same thing if it was a woman who shot her abuser?

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

NP. Nobody deserves to get shot. But if he was bullying, is he completely absolved of any wrongdoing because he was shot?

That’s not what we are talking about here, plus you have no idea definitively whether the victim ever bullied anyone. Right now, these are all just rumors, and rumors spread by other Wootton kids who CLEARLY do not interact or socialized with either the victim or the shooter. It’s interesting that none of the students spreading alot of these rumors can tell us anything personal about these kids - i.e., we hung out before, were at each other’s houses, texted all the time, etc. - NONE. Because they don’t KNOW either one of these kids, so they don’t actually know if there was any bullying. The only factual thing we know is that the victim, a kid, was shot.

And conveniently FERPA makes it such tha parents have no way of knowing who their kids are going to school with and students who are victims have no Justice. But let’s make sure no one gets unfairly labeled .

Umm FERPA needs to exist. The public shouldn’t have the right to access any student’s school records.

People including children should be able to know about dangerous people around them. The community should be able to be aware of dangerous people even if they are kids. If your child is assaulted at school you have no right to know the name of the perpetrator nor do you or your student have the right to know what kind of punishment the perpetrator has received. So basically your kid can be going to school with a violent child and if your child is violated they will be deprived of any kind of justice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

Just stop

No one would be doing a go fund me this is a minor!!

It’s not your business

Yes a kid got shot
Yes a kid shot him

All the adults failed them including their parents

Both of them

This is only going to get worse because of stupid MAGA morons

[Anonymous]

I agree with PP that it’s inappropriate for people to be casting blame on the kid that got shot — that’s inappropriate for random parent posters.

But the community should be able to discuss public safety in schools and it’s a bit harder to discuss the problem if we can’t define it. If the problem is kids fighting in schools that then escalates, that’s slightly different from random violence — it’s a different problem that needs different solutions. And it may be that the probation or release pending trial system is part of the problem — eg that schools need more supports from the criminal justice system around these youths. But again it’s hard to have a policy discussion about these issues without information from McPS. I don’t think the policy should be driven by one instance but maybe more information in the aggregate would help the community feel like an informed discussion could be had.

I think it’s hard to find the balance here about what the public needs to know versus what is just prurient interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with PP that it’s inappropriate for people to be casting blame on the kid that got shot — that’s inappropriate for random parent posters.

But the community should be able to discuss public safety in schools and it’s a bit harder to discuss the problem if we can’t define it. If the problem is kids fighting in schools that then escalates, that’s slightly different from random violence — it’s a different problem that needs different solutions. And it may be that the probation or release pending trial system is part of the problem — eg that schools need more supports from the criminal justice system around these youths. But again it’s hard to have a policy discussion about these issues without information from McPS. I don’t think the policy should be driven by one instance but maybe more information in the aggregate would help the community feel like an informed discussion could be had.

I think it’s hard to find the balance here about what the public needs to know versus what is just prurient interest.

You forgot to mention that both politics and bureaucratic CYA are also factors in these situations.

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

NP. Nobody deserves to get shot. But if he was bullying, is he completely absolved of any wrongdoing because he was shot?

That’s not what we are talking about here, plus you have no idea definitively whether the victim ever bullied anyone. Right now, these are all just rumors, and rumors spread by other Wootton kids who CLEARLY do not interact or socialized with either the victim or the shooter. It’s interesting that none of the students spreading alot of these rumors can tell us anything personal about these kids - i.e., we hung out before, were at each other’s houses, texted all the time, etc. - NONE. Because they don’t KNOW either one of these kids, so they don’t actually know if there was any bullying. The only factual thing we know is that the victim, a kid, was shot.

And conveniently FERPA makes it such tha parents have no way of knowing who their kids are going to school with and students who are victims have no Justice. But let’s make sure no one gets unfairly labeled .

Umm FERPA needs to exist. The public shouldn’t have the right to access any student’s school records.

People including children should be able to know about dangerous people around them. The community should be able to be aware of dangerous people even if they are kids. If your child is assaulted at school you have no right to know the name of the perpetrator nor do you or your student have the right to know what kind of punishment the perpetrator has received. So basically your kid can be going to school with a violent child and if your child is violated they will be deprived of any kind of justice.

And at many corporate offices you can be working next to someone who attempted murder, in a meeting who killed someone while DUI, a person with an assault charge for beating their spouse. You can be at the park, in the mall, a movie theater with someone who has 17 charges of armed robbery or possession of narcotics that resulted in OD deaths.

You must live in a bubble. You have no right to know anyone's history, especially a minor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

NP. Nobody deserves to get shot. But if he was bullying, is he completely absolved of any wrongdoing because he was shot?

That’s not what we are talking about here, plus you have no idea definitively whether the victim ever bullied anyone. Right now, these are all just rumors, and rumors spread by other Wootton kids who CLEARLY do not interact or socialized with either the victim or the shooter. It’s interesting that none of the students spreading alot of these rumors can tell us anything personal about these kids - i.e., we hung out before, were at each other’s houses, texted all the time, etc. - NONE. Because they don’t KNOW either one of these kids, so they don’t actually know if there was any bullying. The only factual thing we know is that the victim, a kid, was shot.

And conveniently FERPA makes it such tha parents have no way of knowing who their kids are going to school with and students who are victims have no Justice. But let’s make sure no one gets unfairly labeled .

Umm FERPA needs to exist. The public shouldn’t have the right to access any student’s school records.

People including children should be able to know about dangerous people around them. The community should be able to be aware of dangerous people even if they are kids. If your child is assaulted at school you have no right to know the name of the perpetrator nor do you or your student have the right to know what kind of punishment the perpetrator has received. So basically your kid can be going to school with a violent child and if your child is violated they will be deprived of any kind of justice.

The law is the law. And this is a federal law. So you have to put your "feewings" aside. If you want info. on criminal history, etc. you need to focus on State laws (i.e., MPIA) and whether there are exceptions or conditions that would allow you to still obtain this information - i.e., does the student's privacy outweigh the public's interest in this information. There is a lower bar for meeting the privacy threshold for children because they are largely considered rehabilitative and the policy objectives center upon recognizing their immaturity and lack of brain development vs. the likelihood of rehabilitation and successful re-integration into society.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

Just stop

No one would be doing a go fund me this is a minor!!

It’s not your business

Yes a kid got shot
Yes a kid shot him

All the adults failed them including their parents

Both of them

This is only going to get worse because of stupid MAGA morons

How do you know their parents failed them?

[Anonymous]

They both met up to fight in a hallway. The shooting wasn’t planned obviously but the fight was. Neither one is innocent and now their lives are both changed forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They both met up to fight in a hallway. The shooting wasn’t planned obviously but the fight was. Neither one is innocent and now their lives are both changed forever.

And, I suppose, this was during class time, not after school?
Sometimes I wonder if the law requiring anyone to stay in school until 18 is inherently faulty. Those kids could have been shooting at each other at the street corner, not in a school hallway where both of them, clearly, have no business being.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They both met up to fight in a hallway. The shooting wasn’t planned obviously but the fight was. Neither one is innocent and now their lives are both changed forever.

How DO YOU KNOW?? Were you, a big ass overgrown adult, hanging out in the hallway when it happened? Or are you the parent of a "really cool" Asian or white kid who is "down" with the shooter or victim who saw this incident or obtained this information because it was told directly to your kid? Likely, no, right? So, shut up. I find it hard to believe that the population of "how come my 5.4 gpa, 1500 SAT, violin playing kid didn't get into UMD" somehow have kids who are cool with the shooter and the victim to know this information directly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They both met up to fight in a hallway. The shooting wasn’t planned obviously but the fight was. Neither one is innocent and now their lives are both changed forever.

How DO YOU KNOW?? Were you, a big ass overgrown adult, hanging out in the hallway when it happened? Or are you the parent of a "really cool" Asian or white kid who is "down" with the shooter or victim who saw this incident or obtained this information because it was told directly to your kid? Likely, no, right? So, shut up. I find it hard to believe that the population of "how come my 5.4 gpa, 1500 SAT, violin playing kid didn't get into UMD" somehow have kids who are cool with the shooter and the victim to know this information directly.

Wow, this is a pretty racist response. How do you know what the previous poster knows or doesn’t?

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

NP. Nobody deserves to get shot. But if he was bullying, is he completely absolved of any wrongdoing because he was shot?

That’s not what we are talking about here, plus you have no idea definitively whether the victim ever bullied anyone. Right now, these are all just rumors, and rumors spread by other Wootton kids who CLEARLY do not interact or socialized with either the victim or the shooter. It’s interesting that none of the students spreading alot of these rumors can tell us anything personal about these kids - i.e., we hung out before, were at each other’s houses, texted all the time, etc. - NONE. Because they don’t KNOW either one of these kids, so they don’t actually know if there was any bullying. The only factual thing we know is that the victim, a kid, was shot.

And conveniently FERPA makes it such tha parents have no way of knowing who their kids are going to school with and students who are victims have no Justice. But let’s make sure no one gets unfairly labeled .

Umm FERPA needs to exist. The public shouldn’t have the right to access any student’s school records.

People including children should be able to know about dangerous people around them. The community should be able to be aware of dangerous people even if they are kids. If your child is assaulted at school you have no right to know the name of the perpetrator nor do you or your student have the right to know what kind of punishment the perpetrator has received. So basically your kid can be going to school with a violent child and if your child is violated they will be deprived of any kind of justice.

The law is the law. And this is a federal law. So you have to put your "feewings" aside. If you want info. on criminal history, etc. you need to focus on State laws (i.e., MPIA) and whether there are exceptions or conditions that would allow you to still obtain this information - i.e., does the student's privacy outweigh the public's interest in this information. There is a lower bar for meeting the privacy threshold for children because they are largely considered rehabilitative and the policy objectives center upon recognizing their immaturity and lack of brain development vs. the likelihood of rehabilitation and successful re-integration into society.

Looks like it’s working really well. How many shootings have we had this year already.

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

NP. Nobody deserves to get shot. But if he was bullying, is he completely absolved of any wrongdoing because he was shot?

That’s not what we are talking about here, plus you have no idea definitively whether the victim ever bullied anyone. Right now, these are all just rumors, and rumors spread by other Wootton kids who CLEARLY do not interact or socialized with either the victim or the shooter. It’s interesting that none of the students spreading alot of these rumors can tell us anything personal about these kids - i.e., we hung out before, were at each other’s houses, texted all the time, etc. - NONE. Because they don’t KNOW either one of these kids, so they don’t actually know if there was any bullying. The only factual thing we know is that the victim, a kid, was shot.

And conveniently FERPA makes it such tha parents have no way of knowing who their kids are going to school with and students who are victims have no Justice. But let’s make sure no one gets unfairly labeled .

Umm FERPA needs to exist. The public shouldn’t have the right to access any student’s school records.

People including children should be able to know about dangerous people around them. The community should be able to be aware of dangerous people even if they are kids. If your child is assaulted at school you have no right to know the name of the perpetrator nor do you or your student have the right to know what kind of punishment the perpetrator has received. So basically your kid can be going to school with a violent child and if your child is violated they will be deprived of any kind of justice.

And at many corporate offices you can be working next to someone who attempted murder, in a meeting who killed someone while DUI, a person with an assault charge for beating their spouse. You can be at the park, in the mall, a movie theater with someone who has 17 charges of armed robbery or possession of narcotics that resulted in OD deaths.

You must live in a bubble. You have no right to know anyone's history, especially a minor.

You can look up any adults history.

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Anonymous wrote:If the victim were white, there’d be a go fund me by now. You guys are such hypocrites.

You just have to bring race into everything? If the victim was white and allegedly he had an ankle bracelet and was acting aggressively toward the shooter (lots of Wootton kids are saying he was planning to jump the shooter with friends), the sentiment would’ve been the same

It wouldn't.

Kids get in fist fights at Wootton somewhat often. Under almost any circumstances, the community would rally behind a victim even if there was history between the victim and shooter that didn't involve a weapon. What makes this different?

And people need to just stop talking about the ankle monitor. It is unverified and actually makes very little sense.

Victim's identity is not known. How do you "rally" for him?

Well for one, rallying entails not insinuating or outright saying that the victim deserved it, or had it coming.

Second, rallying entails a lot more empathy and concern for his health condition, possibly even a collection for medical bills or a gathering in support.

You don’t need his name to start any of that.

Apparently many people need to know next to nothing about him to smear his name.

Thisssssss. The victim did not SHOOT anyone. He was shot, is in the hospital, with a distraught mother. Bullying can mean a lot of things these days - without more info., we don’t know whether/how he bullied the shooter. But we can all agree that any kind of bullying does not warrant someone getting shot. I honestly believe that if these were two blonde haired, blue eyed students, there would have been a Go Fund Me started Day 1, along with a meal train and no one would have even bothered to look into the victim’s alleged history at the school. Imagine watching your kid suffer in the hospital and everyone online is essentially saying your kid deserved it. You guys are a bunch of savage belly creatures.

NP. Nobody deserves to get shot. But if he was bullying, is he completely absolved of any wrongdoing because he was shot?

That’s not what we are talking about here, plus you have no idea definitively whether the victim ever bullied anyone. Right now, these are all just rumors, and rumors spread by other Wootton kids who CLEARLY do not interact or socialized with either the victim or the shooter. It’s interesting that none of the students spreading alot of these rumors can tell us anything personal about these kids - i.e., we hung out before, were at each other’s houses, texted all the time, etc. - NONE. Because they don’t KNOW either one of these kids, so they don’t actually know if there was any bullying. The only factual thing we know is that the victim, a kid, was shot.

And conveniently FERPA makes it such tha parents have no way of knowing who their kids are going to school with and students who are victims have no Justice. But let’s make sure no one gets unfairly labeled .

Umm FERPA needs to exist. The public shouldn’t have the right to access any student’s school records.

People including children should be able to know about dangerous people around them. The community should be able to be aware of dangerous people even if they are kids. If your child is assaulted at school you have no right to know the name of the perpetrator nor do you or your student have the right to know what kind of punishment the perpetrator has received. So basically your kid can be going to school with a violent child and if your child is violated they will be deprived of any kind of justice.

And at many corporate offices you can be working next to someone who attempted murder, in a meeting who killed someone while DUI, a person with an assault charge for beating their spouse. You can be at the park, in the mall, a movie theater with someone who has 17 charges of armed robbery or possession of narcotics that resulted in OD deaths.

You must live in a bubble. You have no right to know anyone's history, especially a minor.

You can look up any adults history.

Not in every jurisdiction. And even in states where this is publicly available, the information available still varies.