Do you think Virginia Tech authorities are partly responsible for what occured at VT?

Question

I'm not blaming ANYBODY, it's just an objective question, i want to know what people think, personally, i think they are not.

Answer 1

There is no short answer for a question like that, but here is what I think.

With out a doubt the person who committed the action is the most responsible, Cho had choices and we can all see the aftermath of that. With that said authorities have a responsibility to do a lot of things especailly on a campus environment.

There are a number of elements to look at here:
1) At the time the first murders occoured the initial stages of an investigation would just be getting off the ground, detectives being notified, evidence being gathered, suspects being listed. Locking down the building in which things happened is definitely a correct response.

2) As the first murders are being investigated as far as we know at this point there was nothing to point to the elements of a mass murder or a hostage taking situation, it is very rare that someone would committ two murders, leave and then committ a mass murder.

3) With that in mind authorities had to work with what they had, meaning if they were to lock down the entire campus (which by the way is an impossible task in and of itself) they could alert the suspect making him think they knew who he was. Also keeping in mind that telling an entire campus that two people have been murdered in a dorm could create a whole new set of problems for an already stretched police force at this point.

4) Some people will say that his prior record of stalking or mental behavior issues were signs that this was going to happen. That may or may not be true, on a college campus thousands of people are "stalked" every year and little comes of it. With the criminal justice system designed the way it is and over worked as it is there is little hope that non-violent offenders will get anything other than a stern lecture and a boot out the door.

In summation are the authorities responsible, perhaps in a very limited capacity but the end result lies with Cho.

Answer 2

First permit me say that their are 15,000 scholars at that detailed institution, four,000 within the dorm, and eleven,000 who are living off campus. Virginia Tech the day past had a Press convention on Fox News, and one of the crucial Authorities (there have been three), and I have no idea his name stated that they do have a defense method, by way of e mail, and different technical manner. However the time that the incidents happened, was once within the A.M. while the scholars have been commuting. When they did arrive they felt that it was once great to fasten down after they did arrive. Truthfully on the time of the inside track convention they have been nonetheless doing the research of the witnesses, and they didn't have all of the solutions but. That stated, I suppose they must have steel detectors as they do on the airports, and I.D. playing cards (ones that cannot be counterfeited), as they're planning on doing with Passports within the United States. Secondly while an incident does arise they must have a noisy siren like they do in Israel, and different international locations for the duration of struggle time alerting folks to enter their shelters. That wll alert those who're commuting. For those that dorm they must have a PA method established. These are the one measures that I can feel of, apart from strickter gun manipulate legislation. Truth to inform, it's unlucky however something measures are established it kind of feels that once a deranged man or woman, or a terrotist is located to damage folks alas they constantly discover a approach to paintings round any defense method that's established. It is sort of a no win concern, however we must do what we must do it doesn't matter what. G-d must support the ones households, to be ready to conquer the tragedy of wasting a chlld.

Answer 3

No because the campus is the size of a small city. When there is a murder of two people in a medium size down they don't alert the entire town immediately, in some areas it might not even make the news at 6 or the newspaper the next day.

Answer 4

No, I do not, its crazy to always try and blame someone for everything that happens. How do you control a mental case? How do you know this person is capable of doing such a terrible thing? You can speculate to hell and back, but until it happens, its only speculation. The world is full of people with mental problems, most don't kill.
No one basically has any control over a person until they do...do something so horrific. Then its to late, soooo, what can a person do.

Answer 5

No I do not. The shooter is totally responsible. However, he showed many signs of his unstable personality to many different people. Maybe this could have been avoided if someone would have taken him seriously.

Many times we do have warnings that some terrible thing could occur. Such was the case with 911. But at the time we don't think it could happen, or choose not to believe the signs.
We are all guilty of that at some time in our lives.

Answer 6

I believe they are partly responsible for not alerting students of the earlier incident, which may have possibly prevented the second incident from occuring or at least maybe lowered the total death toll. In one student's testimonies, he heard a warning after the first incident and called the school to see if he should attend or not and all the school officials said was to "proceed with caution" without giving details. Would you proceed with caution if you were aware of the details of the first incident?

Answer 7

No. Such second guessing and figner pointing accomplishes nothing. The shooter did it, he bears 100% of the responsibility.

Lessons can and should be learned from the tragedy, of course, but not by playing the 'blame game.'

Answer 8

Absolutely NOT!! This was a totally unprecidented happening! You can not show me where a murderer has killed and then came back 2 hours later,to kill some more. This guy was so deranged,what was to say that he would not come back the next day,or the day after!! They had to assume that he was fleeing or in hiding,,Right??

Answer 9

I agree with the 'size of a small town' answer. I would have given it myself if someone hadn't beat me to it. The ONLY way I would hold them PARTIALLY responsible is that IF they allowed concealed carry permit holders to bring their guns on campus, one of them MAY have stopped the shooter sooner.

Answer 10

No more responsible then Noah was for the rain. Because someone goes crazy why would you hold someone else responsible we need to each be accountable for our own actions and cho is to blame and him alone.