Episode 3590: MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER - A TERRORIST?

Ethan Crumbley, 15 years old, the latest school shooter, took

his new gun - a  Christmas gift from dad - and shot up Oxford

High School, killing 4 students and injuring 7, including a

teacher. He is also one of the rare mass shooters to not only 

be charged with murder, but also terrorism. You will hear how 

these terrorism charges came to be, despite there being no 

federal law for domestic terrorism, and why the prosecutor 

feels that it is an appropriate charge for Ethan. 

So, how did Ethan Crumbley become a terrorist? The story is 

a tragic, but fascinating one. His parents, Jennifer and James, 

made him that way, and his school failed to stop him. Now his 

parents and his school are blaming each other and throwing 

Ethan under the bus. Jennifer and James have their own 

failures, criminal histories and rage at the world. They are 

sociopaths who feel entitled to flout the laws of society and 

they raised Ethan to be one, too. 

Ethan fits the profile of a school shooter to a Tee. A sad, 

lonely boy with untreated mental health issues, an obsession 

with violent video games, victimized by bullying, from a 

broken home where there’s neglect, if not abuse, access to a 

gun and more…. But, instead of heeding the warning signs, 

his parents armed him, and his school relied upon 

incompetent counselors who sent him back to class instead 

of calling 911 and sending him away to get help!