Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (103032)	3/2/2005 4:02:57 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

And the shooter was only 14. I am soooo sick of hearing, whenever some juvenile does something like this, "He was a good kid." CUMBERLAND CITY, Tenn. Mar 2, 2005 — A school bus driver was shot to death as she drove her route Wednesday morning and a male student was taken into custody, authorities said. No students were hurt. Law enforcement sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that the bus driver died. At the time of the shooting, the bus was carrying up to 20 students, ranging from kindergarten to 12th grade, said Bill Austin, a supervisor for Stewart County schools. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson said the student taken into custody is 14 years old. Authorities did not immediately give his name. The bus crashed into a utility pole at the driveway of the student's home and knocked out power in the rural neighborhood. A white sheet was draped across the front of the bus and door as authorities investigated the scene. Mitchell Kern, a neighbor who graduated from high school last year, said the student who was taken into custody had been kicked off the bus a couple of weeks ago for using smokeless tobacco. "He was a good kid," Kern said. "He listened to his parents; they loved him to death." Stewart County school superintendent Phillip Wallace declined to identify the driver, other than to say she had worked for the schools for two years. Cumberland City is about 50 miles northwest of Nashville. More than one in three school-based police officers say violent incidents on school buses are on the rise, according to results released Wednesday of an informal school safety survey. Also, two out of three officers surveyed said bus drivers and other school transportation officials had received no training on security measures during the past three years. And almost eight in 10 of the school-based officers took a weapon away from a student on school property during the last year, according to the survey of more than 750 officers by the National Association of School Resource Officers. The association is a non-profit organization of school-based police officers.

To: Neeka who wrote (103032)	3/2/2005 8:47:14 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793917

Yes, the bus driver was killed by the 14 year old killer This is so extremely sad and sick. The the Surpreme Court tip this kids hand? Did the lawyers who got the guy off in the first place cause the feeling by some that people aren't responsible for their own actions? Blakeley from the article LB printed a few hours ago describes the original case that eventually yesterday the SCOTUS heard. BTW, this article didn't mention that before Simmons killed the woman, he had STOMPED on her, breaking several ribs...first put duct tape on her mouth and eyes and hands and feet...took her 15 miles (I'm sure in great pain and fear)...then Simmons found she had loosened her hands...He found something else to beat her with, then duct-taped her entire head...put her on the tressle, more breathing...then kicked her off the bridge...to drown. Some people should lose their right to live, no matter how young they are when one causes this much fear, pain and misery to another human being. Even if you are of a sympathetic nature and believe that the little 17-year-old darlings deserve to be rehabilitated, you might still find this SUPREME COURT opinion stomach turning for its sheer disdain of logic, public attitudes and American law. But first: The crime, as described yesterday by Justice Anthony Kennedy in Roper v. Simmons, writing for the majority: "At the age of 17, when he was still a junior in high school, Christopher Simmons ... committed murder ... There is little doubt that Simmons was the instigator of the crime. Before its commission Simmons said he wanted to murder someone. In chilling, callous terms he talked about his plan with his friends ... Simmons proposed to commit burglary and murder by breaking and entering, tying up a victim, and throwing the victim off a bridge. Simmons assured his friends they could 'getaway with it' because they were minors." A few hours later he proceeded to do just that, breaking into a home, covering the victim's head in a towel, wrapping her up in duct tape and tying her hands and legs together with electrical wire. Then he drove her to a bridge and threw her off into the water, where helpless, she drowned. Message 21094857