Tennessee authorities were alerted to Solomon Henderson’s threatening and violent behavior long before he brought a gun to Antioch High School. It’s unclear how many red flags were heeded.

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    Common pattern in these events.

    Look at the Uvalde shooter:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting

    “Ramos’ social media acquaintances said he openly abused and killed animals such as cats and would livestream the abuse on Yubo.[128] Other social media acquaintances said that he would also livestream himself on Yubo threatening to kidnap and rape girls who used the app, as well as threatening to commit a school shooting.[127] Ramos’ account was reported to Yubo, but no action was taken.[127][129]”

    Or the Parkland shooter:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolas_Cruz

    "Sheriff Scott Israel said that his office received 23 calls about Cruz during the previous decade. CNN used a public records request to obtain a sheriff’s office log, which showed that from 2008 to 2017, at least 45 calls were made in reference to Cruz, his brother, or the family home combined.[43][44] On February 5, 2016, the calls included an anonymous tip that Cruz had threatened to shoot up the school, and a tip on November 30, 2017, that he might be a “school shooter in the making” and that he collected knives and guns. On September 23, 2016, a peer counselor notified the school resource officer of his suicide attempt and intent to buy a gun, and the school indicated it would do a “threat assessment”.[45][46][47]

    In September 2016, three people—a sheriff’s deputy who worked as a resource officer at Stoneman Douglas, and two of the school’s counselors—stated that Cruz should be committed for mental evaluation.[48][49]

    On September 24, 2017, a person with the username “nikolas cruz” posted a comment to a YouTube video that read, “Im [sic] going to be a professional school shooter.” The person who uploaded the video to YouTube reported the comment to the FBI. According to agent Robert Lasky, the agency conducted database reviews but was unable to track down the individual who made the threatening comment.[50][51]

    On January 5, 2018, less than two months before the shooting, the FBI received a tip on its Public Access Line from a person who was close to Cruz. On February 16, two days after the shooting, the agency released a statement that detailed this information. According to the statement, “The caller provided information about Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting.” After conducting an investigation, the FBI said the tip line did not follow protocol when the information was not forwarded to the Miami Field Office, where investigative steps would have been taken.[52][53] The FBI opened a probe into the tip line’s operations.[54]"

    Speaking of Cruz’s brother…

    https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/zachary-cruz-nikolas-brother-virginia-arrest/

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    cut all social safety nets which includes mental health and social work. cut back all funding for education, and the support services it requires and provide more human killing devices than actual humans in the country with little to no regulation.

    geee i wonder how this happened