They are now 12, 10, 7 and I worry. Today's settlements will not affect the lawsuits filed against the school and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. Columbine High School Shootings Fast Facts | CNN It is easy for us to blame the parents, it is much harder to accept that there are some things we cannot control, no matter how much love or discipline we I knew about those parents. Market data provided by Factset. May 27, 1999 Web posted at: 1:55 p.m. EDT (1755 GMT). My thoughts too went out to these parents. "Moms Demand Action," students from a Denver high school recently affected by a shooting, and parents of a woman killed in the Aurora theater . The families of several victims in the worst school shooting in US history have filed a lawsuit against companies that create violent video games and sex-oriented web sites, claiming their . Parents of Harris, Klebold to be sued in Columbine shootings, After memorable ceremony, Columbine students embark on life, Columbine seniors graduate in shadow of sorrow, Clinton praises Columbine students for keeping faith, Fact Sheet on Littleton, Colorado School Shooting, Violence and Discipline Problems in School. Parents had hoped a public court hearing would give them more details on what the police did that day when panic surrounded the school. On the morning of the shooting, a teacher found a drawing by Ethan Crumbley that alarmed her because it depicted a handgun and phrases that included the thoughts wont stop, help me and blood everywhere. The teens parents were summoned to the school by administrators who said Ethan needed immediate counseling. And not for lack of trying. Mothers like Hart and Hockley are counting on a change. } soon there will likely be major advances in this field. There may have been underlying aspects of their parenting that played some role, but if that's the only grounds for punishment within these lawsuits, then there would be a lot more people at fault. I observe the teens of today. The statement did not say when the lawsuit would be filed. the library. His parents had no idea. Dylan, Cullen writes, was depressed. Monday's ruling comes after several people objected to a magistrate judge's prior order that the depositions of the parents of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold be destroyed. Maybe thats not something you would ordinarily do, but with a kid that has been found with a The family of Daniel Rohrbough alleged the 15-year-old may have been shot outside the school building by a police officer by mistake, something police have strongly denied. One member of the fund's advisory board said that anger is part of the grieving process and so it is understandable that some of that anger is directed at those in charge of the money. The judge's order comes days after three teens in Massachusetts were arrested for planning a similar type of attack on their school. "Eight hundred officers and not one of them got a scratch," an angry Todd added. I am a single mom of three boys. It would be satisfying to blame the parents. April 4, 2007, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press homepage, A Reporters Guide to Pre-Publication Review, Depositions in settled Columbine High School case to be destroyed. Met Gala 2023 looks: See photos of the show-stopping red carpet arrivals Richard Castaldo, who was paralyzed in the shooting, said he hoped the settlement allowed the parents of the gunmen to talk openly. I had gone looking for proof that these things happen to parents who are careless at best and callous or complicit at worst, and what I found, instead, were parents who were doing what any parents might do. I have no idea when a settlement with them might be put together, if ever.''. Dylans father worked from home and saw his son every day. ''They want to know what they knew and what their children knew, in particular.
