Episode 3590: IS ISIS BEHIND THE RISE IN SCHOOL SHOOTINGS?

School shooters have begun to be charged as terrorists, but 

should they be? What is ISIS doing to incite kids to attack? 

These questions - and more - will be answered. But, first, we 

take a look at the rise in wannabe school shooters - copycats 

of Ethan Crumbley - who recently shot up Oxford High School 

in Michigan, and became the first to be charged with terrorism. 

Since his infamous attack, there have been threats of varying 

severity towards several other schools in Michigan, as well as 

in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Fortunately, these students 

were arrested - and charged with terrorism - before they 

could actually do harm. 

Their individual stories are chilling: a 17-year-old girl who 

rapped about shooting up a school “like Oxford,” two 12-year

-old girls who threatened two schools, a boy who’d already 

been expelled but returned to case the school for a future 

shooting, with his friend, who’d stockpiled weapons, and more.

These students’ sole purpose was to disrupt classes, create 

fear and cause school closures. 

Next, we explore why school shootings happen, what the 

elements are that go into the making of a school shooter - 

including what they are spending time on online. And here’s 

where TikTok comes in. ISIS is using TikTok to recruit young 

suicide bombers to carry out Christmas attacks. What do 

ISIS and Radical Islamist terrorism have to do with school 

shooters who have been labeled as terrorists? We delve 

into this and the potential danger of calling everyone a 

‘terrorist' just because they create terror - even if they don't

have a socio-political motive.