Enterprise Dispatch Blog

I recently finished reading a book by Jodi Picoult, “Nineteen Minutes.” In it, Picoult takes the reader through a school shooting, not only through the mind of the killer, but also the victims, investigators, and his parents. It was awesome. It made a person feel sorry for the killer, who in this case, like many cases, was a teenage boy who had been bullied since the first day he stepped on the bus to go to kindergarten. After reading this, no doubt I was interested to watch last night’s KARE 11 News Extra about a man who studied the writings of teenage shooters from Red Lake, Columbine, and the most recent, at two churches in Colorado. According to the research, emotionally charged words were found in eat of the writings written by the killers and found on the Internet. Unfortunately, in order to determine whether or not a potential shooters words indicates they are about to blow up their school, they need to be made public. Also, how can a person be charged with a crime he hasn’t committed, especially through only emotionally charged words, not necessarily threats. It’s a good story, I’m just not sure how it’s going to prevent a disturbed teenager from shooting up their school. Visit the link and read for yourself, http://www.kare11.com/news/ts_article.aspx?storyid=510044.