So sick of this story (like last week), getting way too much attention considering everything else going on. OK OK!!! Preventative measures on all cultural dissenters, internet ID for all and "loughnered" as a new verb, I get it already!
FROM ABC SHIT NEWS
Mass Shootings and Mental Illness
In Focus: Preventing the Mentally Ill from Falling Through the Cracks
(CBS) The events in Tucson left many of us asking - How could this happen? But we've seen this before - an unstable man, a senseless attack.
It's put a spotlight on mental illness. In this country, 45 million adults are mentally ill. 11 million of those cases are considered serious.
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric reports on how those who need help most are falling through the cracks.
"Oftentimes, when we have tragedies like this people will say there were no warning signs," CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy said. "Well, in the case of Jared Lee Loughner there were plenty of warning signs."
"Loughner would laugh to himself at inappropriate times," Tracy said. "He would clench his fists and make faces just out of nowhere."
(Scroll down to watch the video.)
It is still unclear how big a role mental illness played in Jared Loughner's shooting rampage.
"When you look back on it now, you say, oh, he was disturbed, he was unbalanced," Tracey said.
One of Loughner's former classmates said that he was nice to Loughner, in case he shot people.
Tracy added, "But there's big leap from a guy in your class who you find creepy to a guy who shows up and starts killing people indiscriminately."
Hauntingly Parallel
"When he showed up on Saturday with a semi-automatic pistol and an extended clip, that was the first time the public knew anything about the threat and a that time, it was really too late," CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Bob Orr said.
The Tucson shooting is the latest tragedy linked to a gunman believed to be mentally ill. In 1993, Colin Ferguson killed six commuters on a New York Train. In 1998, Russell Weston killed two at the U.S. Capitol. In 2007, Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people at Virginia Tech.
CBS News In Focus, Complete Coverage
"The two cases are hauntingly parallel," Orr said. "Cho was a chilling character when you saw the pictures at Virginia Tech where he was posing with the guns. I had the same kind of flash back to that when I saw the mug shot of Jared lee Loughner. Their actions can't be defended in any way but, was enough done ahead of time to try and short circuit that danger and to help the individual? And in Loughner's case the answer seems to be no."
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FROM ABC SHIT NEWS
Mass Shootings and Mental Illness
In Focus: Preventing the Mentally Ill from Falling Through the Cracks
(CBS) The events in Tucson left many of us asking - How could this happen? But we've seen this before - an unstable man, a senseless attack.
It's put a spotlight on mental illness. In this country, 45 million adults are mentally ill. 11 million of those cases are considered serious.
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric reports on how those who need help most are falling through the cracks.
"Oftentimes, when we have tragedies like this people will say there were no warning signs," CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy said. "Well, in the case of Jared Lee Loughner there were plenty of warning signs."
"Loughner would laugh to himself at inappropriate times," Tracy said. "He would clench his fists and make faces just out of nowhere."
(Scroll down to watch the video.)
It is still unclear how big a role mental illness played in Jared Loughner's shooting rampage.
"When you look back on it now, you say, oh, he was disturbed, he was unbalanced," Tracey said.
One of Loughner's former classmates said that he was nice to Loughner, in case he shot people.
Tracy added, "But there's big leap from a guy in your class who you find creepy to a guy who shows up and starts killing people indiscriminately."
Hauntingly Parallel
"When he showed up on Saturday with a semi-automatic pistol and an extended clip, that was the first time the public knew anything about the threat and a that time, it was really too late," CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Bob Orr said.
The Tucson shooting is the latest tragedy linked to a gunman believed to be mentally ill. In 1993, Colin Ferguson killed six commuters on a New York Train. In 1998, Russell Weston killed two at the U.S. Capitol. In 2007, Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people at Virginia Tech.
CBS News In Focus, Complete Coverage
"The two cases are hauntingly parallel," Orr said. "Cho was a chilling character when you saw the pictures at Virginia Tech where he was posing with the guns. I had the same kind of flash back to that when I saw the mug shot of Jared lee Loughner. Their actions can't be defended in any way but, was enough done ahead of time to try and short circuit that danger and to help the individual? And in Loughner's case the answer seems to be no."
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