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 threadElderosAug 10, 2023
I assure you, even though it is likely that the environment failed them, some kids are just plain evil and will require lifelong support. Parents arent always to blame.
Show threadIrrationalAndroidAug 10, 2023
Why do you think that some kids are just plain evil? I’m reading several comments stating this thing and it just baffles me, to say the least.
Show threadElderosAug 10, 2023
Because my sibling was a psycho, and I doubt there is anything more my parents could have done. You have to get to know one (child or not) to understand that this exists not just in movies.
Show threadIrrationalAndroidAug 10, 2023
Sorry about your experience, I can imagine how terrifying this must be. I guess that there are many reasons why I (like others) am very skeptical about it being just nature, especially considering science doesn’t have a definitive answer to this (as far as I know). I know that genetics play a role in predicting future diagnoses. It’s just that having full blown personality disorders from childhood (especially when personality is something that you develop during childhood) sounds weird, and many people are labeled “bad” when it’s really a dark childhood that is running the scene.
Show threadBluescluestoothpaste
Talk to anyone with multiple children, and it becomes obvious. If you give ten children the exact same upbringing, you end up with ten different unique adults. Nature plays a huge role in everyone’s development, to be skeptical of that is to be skeptical the sky is blue.
Aug 10, 2023 at 5:41pmWeb