The authorities said that Mr. Litton had suffered from mental health issues for decades. Based on writings they uncovered after the shooting, investigators said that he believed that he was an officer in a paramilitary organization tasked with performing child executions.
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… Mr. Litton had a criminal history that dated back to his teenage years and included convictions for identity theft, forgery and petty theft, the authorities said. He had been incarcerated several times, though the authorities noted that none of his previous crimes were violent.
It’s not clear what Litton’s incarcerations accomplished. It’s not out of the question that his time inside caused or exacerbated his condition, leading to this shooting.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/159095
Here’s the archive link: http://archive.today/2024.12.06-125212/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/school-shooting-california-kindergarteners.html
Who the fuck shoots up a kindergarten? What a piece of shit.
It’s not clear what Litton’s incarcerations accomplished. It’s not out of the question that his time inside caused or exacerbated his condition, leading to this shooting.
The punitive and judicial branches of our government seem to take pride in the fact that our incarceration system does not offer reform and rehab, and is only meant to punish instead. While not everyone who is incarcerated comes out or prison worse than when they went in, it happens often enough that I think we need a radical overhaul of our prison system.
Somebody so far gone mentally that they believe they’re a child execution agent working for the government.