StrikerAug 9, 2023

6 year old who shot teacher bragged about it

https://lemmy.world/post/2925739

6 year old who shot teacher bragged about it - Lemmy.world

The six-year-old student who shot his teacher in the US earlier this year, boasted about the incident saying “I shot [her] dead”, unsealed court documents show. While being restrained after the shooting at a Virginia school, the boy is said to have admitted “I did it”, adding “I got my mom’s gun last night”. His teacher, Abigail “Abby” Zwerner - who survived - filed a $40m (£31.4m) lawsuit earlier this year. The boy has not been charged. The boy’s mother, however, Deja Taylor, has been charged with felony child neglect and misdemeanour recklessly leaving a loaded firearm as to endanger a child. In Ms Zwerner’s lawsuit, filed in April, she accuses school officials of gross negligence for ignoring warning signs and argues the defendants knew the child "had a history of random violence The documents also mention another incident with the same student while he was in kindergarten. A retired teacher told police he started “choking her to the point she could not breathe”.

Show threadMonkRomeAug 10, 2023

It’s amazing to me how focused these comments are on the child and not the environment that created this situation. A child isn’t born knowing that shooting their teacher is a viable solution to their problems. At 6 years old you’re barely functional. For this to happen they had to exist in a profoundly fucked up environment with no moral compass and access to a lot of information, presented without good context, far above their age. Everyone responsible for raising this kid should be held responsible.

This kid needs years of therapy and support and a loving caregiver. Before the age of 10 children are incredibly impressionable, until the age of 25 people are still in development. There are many years ahead where this child can be saved from themselves. There is no reason to call a 6 year old irredeemable.

Show threadBigDawgAug 10, 2023
It can be both sadly. Some kids are born not right. But will usually be ok with good and professional follow up and loving parents. But there are some kids born without the ability to emphasize with others and that never will get the help they need. And they become terrifying in their teens.
Show threadhavokdj
And their adulthood
Aug 10, 2023 at 3:31pmWeb