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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Aftermath:

The State of Mississippi made it a capital crime if a murder is committed on the property of a school.

That’ll fix it! Classic Mississippi

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wow, I was trying to find out some info on Grant Boyette and got served with this doozy of an ad.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I looked into it some more and found this article to provide a lot of information:

https://www.wlbt.com/2021/06/17/making-mississippi-school-shooter/

The assistant principal sounds like an amazing person.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

What they did to that poor dog will give me nightmares. (I know that's a weird thing to say when he also murdered people.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Lots of school shootings way before Columbine and for some reason it's credited as the one that started it all.

Wearing a trench coat to conceal the rifle he was carrying