Oakland County, Michigan Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced Friday that the parents of the Oxford High School shooter were being charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four students earlier this week.
McDonald, a Democrat, said that the parents were culpable because they ought to have known that their son was emotionally disturbed and ought to have prevented him from taking a handgun to school.
McDonald described the events leading up to the shooting, noting that the shooter’s father, James Crumbley, had bought a handgun for his son, and that the shooter’s mother, Jennifer Crumbley, had posted proudly about it on social media.
When their son was caught in school using his cell phone to search for information about ammunition, Mrs. Crumbley allegedly made light of the school’s concerns, telling her son that the lesson of the episode was that he should “learn not to get caught.”
The prosecutor then said that the day before the shooting, a teacher noticed that the shooter had created a drawing with a gun, bloody victims, and messages such as “the thoughts won’t stop, help me.”
The parents were summoned to meet with their son and the principal the next day. There, they were told they had to obtain counseling for their son within 48 hours. According to McDonald, they resisted the idea that their son should be pulled out of school immediately over the disturbing drawing.
The parents will get Off , you watch !!! They did not pull the trigger or make the son do it !!!
So can we charge ALL of the parents of the feral juveniles that run the streets and commit crimes to jail along with their kids?
I mean, how about the teens that beat up other kids in school, can we prosecute those parents? especially if their kids are repeat offender bullies?
No Parents would be safe in America !!! So They WILL get off !!!! Did Not Pull the Trigger , the son did !!!
If the children are minors, then parents should be held responsible. As a retired teacher, I was tired of parents saying ” not my child”. Those were the sneaky ones.. Parents, if you can find them, need to start parenting. Also, administrators in the schools need to do their jobs There are many fights and other violations in our schools each week that go unreported.