Arlington school shooting suspect released on bond
Source: CBS Austin
The family of the 18-year-old student suspected in an Arlington high school shooting Wednesday claims he was bullied and tried to protect himself.
Four people were wounded at Timberview High School in the Mansfield Independent School District near Dallas-Fort Worth.
Three people are expected to survive while one 15-year-old is in critical condition.
Timothy Simpkins turned himself in to police after the incident. He was released on bond the next day.
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Simpkins faces three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was booked into the Tarrant County Lon Evans Correction Center on a $75,000 bond. He has posted bail and was released as of Thursday afternoon.
Read more: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/family-of-alleged-arlington-school-shooter-says-he-was-bullied
Bond? For a school shooter?
bottomofthehill
(8,262 posts)joetheman
(1,450 posts)catsudon
(839 posts)he was allowed to post bond because he is black. if he was a white kid, like Rittenhouse, he'd still be in jail.
joetheman
(1,450 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,342 posts)Deuxcents
(15,796 posts)Hes justified to end conflicts with a gun. Shame on his parents. How does he get a gun into his school these days? Yep..I agree..its Texas and not much shocks me, either.
tikka
(757 posts)Charge both parents as accessories and give them harsh jail sentences. I don't know if that would work in a case like this when the kid is 18.
Calista241
(5,584 posts)alphafemale
(18,497 posts)LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)
every bully in the nations schools better stop their actions immediately.
A better way to end bullying, than to shoot the bully, is for schools to do their fucking jobs and take bullying seriously.
JI7
(89,187 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)The idea that everyone has to sit in pre-trial detention is ludicrous and anti-democratic.
Good on the judge .
Lucky Luciano
(11,242 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)We have a pre-trial detention fetish and it is STUPID and CRUEL.
Get over it. Be better.
bottomofthehill
(8,262 posts)Found an adult who brought a gun to school and shot 3 people is not a threat, and need not remain behind bars. Wow, thats saying something about Texas. This is a violent crime. Not possession of pot, not prostitution, not writing bad checks, not shoplifting, not possession of stolen goods, this is about an adult (18 years old) who brought a gun to school and shot 3 people.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)release people who have been charged with murder. Many times they are already out on bail for the same crime.
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)This kid didn't kill anyone, and is on house arrest and has an ankle monitor, and has other restrictions. If he does one thing, he will be tossed into jail. He committed a crime, and will almost positively serve 5-20 years, but he has a right to easily meet with counsel.
Don't get me started about "cash" bail. It means only the rich and some few others with privilege can spring themselves out of jail.
bottomofthehill
(8,262 posts)Not for lack of trying. He shot 3 people in a school. To me, that is the definition of both dangerous and reckless.
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)you can't make this shit up.
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)The fact that this assassin is allowed to go free is complete lunacy.
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)That's some privilege right there.
Polybius
(15,241 posts)What kind did you mean?