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Highlands Ranch CO.
John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© May 11, 2019
Students get off buses after being evacuated to the
Recreation Center at Northridge during a shooting at STEM School Highlands
Ranch 5/7/19 | Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images (via Vox.com)
By the time I post this the news cycle will probably have
forgotten the shooting by two juveniles in the Middle School portion a STEM
school in Colorado. If you are one of those thinking this is old news and just
move along. There seems to be guessing for the actual motive but it is clear
the underlying motive is Left-Wing indoctrination. You may not be aware the two-teen
thugs social media posts indicated a hatred of Biblically moral minded
Christians and President Donald Trump. The obvious indoctrination of hate
perpetrated by a Leftist media, Leftist Hollywood and the talking heads of the
Dem Party.
Even by the time you read this you may not have heard of or
read what motivated the teens to shoot up their STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado. You should also know there were
some young heroes who thwarted the intended mass shooting which had only one
death. The one death was one of the young heroes who charged and subdued the
shooters.
It is standard for the media and the law not to publish the
names of juvenile criminals, but their names deserve infamy -- Devon Erickson and Maya “Alec” McKinney
according to TopStoriesUSA
(which will be one of two cross posts
below).
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Report: Colorado High School
Shooting Suspect Railed Against Christians and Trump, Shared Leftist Content
By Guy Benson
May 10, 2019 1:35 PM
Earlier this week, two teenagers perpetrated a premeditated mass
shooting at their charter school in suburban Denver.
They murdered one of their classmates, a hero who rushed his killer in an
effort to stop the slaughter, and wounded eight more. As authorities
investigate the motives behind this horrific crime, we've learned new details
about at least one alleged assailant's political views. He resented
gay-"hating" Christians, and shared pro-Obama and anti-Trump material
on social media. Via the Washington
Examiner (redactions mine):
The social media posts by a suspect
in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting in Colorado included opposition
to "Christians who hate gays," criticism of President Trump, and
support for the left-wing Occupy Democrats...On his now-deleted Facebook
account, [the alleged shooter], 18, posted: "You know what I hate? All
these Christians who hate gays, yet in the bible, it says in Deuteronomy
17:12-13, if someone doesn’t do what their priest tells them to do, they are supposed
to die. It has plenty of crazy stuff like that. But all they get out of it is
‘ewwwwww gays.' "The other suspect in the shooting, which left one dead
and seven wounded, has been identified as in court documents as [the other
alleged shooter], a 16-year-old female who identifies as a transgender male and
prefers to be called Alec...In 2016, Erickson shared a video of
late-night host Seth Meyers criticizing President Donald Trump
prior to the 2016 election, and had shared an Occupy Democrats post that praised
President Barack Obama.
An Occupy Democrats meme he
posted also criticized Fox News. When anyone associated with any element
of the right -- even the extreme alt-right fringe -- commits an act of violence
these days, many in the media rush to blame President Trump, or at least tie
his rhetoric to a cultural 'climate' in which such despicable acts take place.
As I've written about repeatedly,
I find such arguments abhorrent. Deranged and evil people are responsible
for their crimes, not politicians or mainstream political ideologies.
Claims to the contrary are almost always guilt-by-association demagoguery
and represent a cheap silencing tactic. I've made this point when both
the Right and the Left
have been tarred over the actions of somebody from their "side" of
the spectrum. I stand by that view. But much of the press seems to be
rather selective in applying standards on this front. Indeed, the
suspected shooter's apparent leftism has hardly generated any major coverage at
all. If he were a MAGA hat-wearing, 'build the wall'-chanting teenager,
do you think that information would have been reported far more prominently?
Don't bother; it's a rhetorical question.
We're just a few short news cycles removed from lefties
lecturing conservatives about their supposed "incitement"
against Rep. Ilhan Omar, assailing critics of her bigotry and ignorance for
allegedly making her unsafe. In this Colorado case, we have a young man
whose brain was apparently full of left-wing ideas, including the notion that
Christians 'hate' gay people. He then decided to team up with a classmate
to shoot as many people he could at his high school. Is it time for
liberals to tone down their rhetoric and incitement? After all, people
are getting shot. Whether or not his true motives were even remotely
political (the Congressional baseball shooter was undoubtedly driven by
intense partisan animus) is almost immaterial. Harsh words of criticism,
even against bona fide bigotry, can have dangerous ripple effects, and might
even put people in physical peril, right? That was the lesson from the
Left on Omar. It was the "climate of hate" lesson
from the Left on Giffords.
Indeed, it's a recurring theme whenever the facts appear to
fit a certain narrative (even if they actually don't). Based on
their own standards, shouldn't we be having a national conversation about
left-wing rhetoric, debating the extent to which Democratic leaders and liberal
influencers may have contributed to an overall environment that allows hate to
fester and boil over? Another glaring double standard in this tragic case
is the coverage of the students who walked out of a vigil because
it was being politicized. As we've reported,
this is what happened:
Frustrated, crying and angry, #STEMschool shooting victims hold an impromptu vigil in the rain Wednesday after leaving a gun-control vigil they felt inappropriately politicized their trauma. (They asked that I not photograph their faces close up, and I respected their wishes.) pic.twitter.com/cksRXGtYQA— Trevor Hughes (@TrevorHughes) May 9, 2019
The event Wednesday was primarily
billed as a vigil to honor Kendrick Castillo, who was fatally shot in a rampage
by two students at the STEM school here. Speakers at the school's packed
gymnasium, however, were mostly politicians and advocates pressing
Congress for more restrictive gun laws. After about 30 minutes, hundreds of
students from the STEM School stormed out yelling "this is not for
us," "political stunt" and "we are people, not a
statement."...Wednesday night, the traumatized shooting survivors who
exited the rally thrust lighted cellphones into the air and chanted
"mental health, mental health," as their hands and voices
shook in the cold rain. Angry students pushed and screamed at journalists,
demanding to see photos they had taken...Many students appeared unaware the
event was organized by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Sen. Michael
Bennet and Rep. Jason Crow, both Democrats, both spoke at length about the need
for federal action. The Brady Campaign invited reporters to cover the
event.
Let's set aside the question of how it came to pass that a
political advocacy group was able to so swiftly swoop in and commandeer a high
school vigil for a recently-murdered child. It is simply undeniable that
if the political views of the adults and the students in this scenario had been
reversed, these kids would've been immediately lavished with fame and praise by
the political media, and warmly championed by the popular culture taste-making
class. Instead, from what I've seen, this story has gotten attention in
conservative media circles and social media feeds, with relatively scant,
perfunctory coverage elsewhere. One CNN segment actually suggested that
it was the students who'd done some of the politicizing, by
refusing to participate in an event that was being used by politicians to push
a particular political program. That's quite a bit of framing from the
network that brought us this spectacle last
year. I wonder if they'll hold a similar primetime event for the Colorado
teenagers who clearly weren't on board with instantly exploiting their trauma
to advance the "correct" agenda.
I'll leave you with two names, and a harrowing thought piece.
We are not naming the
accused gunmen. We are mourning the loss of Kendrick Castillo,
who died as he risked his life to stop the spree, and applauding Brendan Bialy
who forcibly disarmed the shooter (an armed security guard, a former
Marine, detained the other shooter):
The three students who disarmed a
gunman in a Colorado school shooting leapt up from their desks without a word
and with no thought for their own safety when they spotted the gun, recounted
one of the young men. They slammed the teenager, a classmate of theirs,
against the wall and struggled with him when shots rang out. Kendrick Castillo,
who led the charge, slumped to the ground. His close friend, Brendan Bialy,
wrestled the gun away and called out to Castillo. There was no response, Bialy
told a roomful of reporters on Wednesday as he recalled what happened the
previous day at STEM School Highlands Ranch. “Kendrick went out as a hero,”
Bialy said. “He was a foot away from the shooter and instead of running the
opposite direction he ran toward it.”...“They lost,” he said of the
shooters. “They completely and utterly lost to good people.”
Speaking of those good people, David French wonders if
these sort of extraordinary heroics are an imperfect antidote to the toxic
spiral that perpetuates mass shootings:
As three straight mass shooters have confronted immediate, fierce resistance, has a Flight 93-style change happened? As policy-makers struggle to grapple with a problem beyond their control, citizens deprive shooters of the carnage and fame they crave: https://t.co/YeaehcKWxe— David French (@DavidAFrench) May 9, 2019
Guy Benson's Latest Book, End of Discussion: How
the Left's Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes
America Less Free (and Fun), is available
on Amazon
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Here’s Why The Media Won’t Talk About the CO School
Shooters (VIDEO)
By Staff
May 10, 2019
Devon Erickson and Maya “Alec” McKinney are the two
students who opened fire on classmates at the STEM School Highlands Ranch in
Colorado on Tuesday afternoon.
That is about the extent of the details the mainstream media
has provided on the pair, even though many more details about them are
available. In the past, the media has aggressively pursued and reported any
possible detail about past school shooters, so their relative silence in this
case has not gone unnoticed.
Some say the media is ignoring these facts because the
shooters did not fit a preferred narrative of being right-wing gun enthusiasts.
The under-reported details include the personal background of the suspects and
the way they obtained the guns used in the attack.
Many of the known details on the shooters have been reported
by smaller, independent media sources, and by local news outlets.
According to the Daily
Mail, the two students did not use “long guns,” what the media
erroneously refers to as “assault rifles,” in the attack. They also did not
obtain them easily or legally: Devon Erickson stole two handguns from his
parents by breaking into a locked gun cabinet. The parents bought the guns
legally and took efforts to secure the guns, but could not stop their son, who
was determined to get inside the locked cabinet. Erickson also stole a rifle
from the cabinet, but did not use it in the shooting.
Like many previous schools shooters, both suspects have
shown evidence of mental instability. According to Gazette.com,
Erickson in particular not only posted several hate-filled posts on social
media, he railed against Christians and Donald Trump. A post on his Facebook
page (which has now been taken down) stated “You know what I hate? All these
Christians who hate gays,” as he took issue with the Bible’s stand on
homosexuality.
In 2016, Erickson shared a video of NBC late night talk show
host Seth Myers mocking President Donald Trump, and shared a meme from Occupy
Democrats praising former President Barack Obama.
The suspect some media outlets identify as Alec McKinney is
actually Maya McKinney, a 16-year-old female who identifies as male. Maya is
reportedly undergoing the transition from female to male, but that is not
confirmed. Local police initially reported McKinney was a male based on her
looks, but now identify her as female, which angered transgender activists on
social media. “Alec is not a girl,” one personal friend protested on Instagram.
McKinney was reportedly upset that the school would not
identify her as male, and the shooting may have been in retaliation. The
motive, however, has not been confirmed.
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A Denver-area news
station reported that the teens wrote “666” and “F**k Society”
on the car of Erickson’s parents on the morning of the shooting, after they
broke into their gun cabinet.
Some of the suspects’ friends have taken to social media to
insist they are the victims, who suffer from mental illness. “They did a
horrible thing, but please, please recognize that mental health awareness is
important,” one wrote on Instagram. “Supporting LGBT youth is important. They
didn’t get the help they needed, and they NEEDED it.”
In this video, provided by Fox 10 in Phoenix, Devon Erickson
appears in court and is charged with capital murder and multiple counts of
attempted murder. Maya McKinney is a juvenile, and will likely not have her
court appearance televised.
[Posted by FOX 10 Phoenix
Published on May 8, 2019
The adult suspect accused of
opening fire inside the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado, 18-year-old
Devon Erickson, appears in court.
Sharing a mix of breaking news,
Arizona stories, engaging discussions, and popular culture.]
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Erickson & McKinney – Infamy of Juvenile Shooters
John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© May 11, 2019
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Report: Colorado High School Shooting Suspect Railed
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Here’s Why The Media Won’t Talk About the CO School
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