Having spent 11 years researching and
writing about the two school shootings here in Virginia (the Appalachian School
of Law and Virginia Tech), I am disgusted with the Supreme Court's decision.
The Governor's Review Panel Report is riddled with errors (Justice Powell and
the court draw on that badly flawed document), and there is evidence that
Police Chief Wendell Flinchum did not tell the truth about warning the campus
(from a state witness who was never called to testify because he would have
badly undercut the Commonwealth's case). There is clear evidence that a
lockdown would have saved lives--two students were allowed to leave Ambler West
Johnston Hall and go to their French class where both were slaughtered. A
lockdown/warning would have saved--a minimum--two lives. That fact cannot be
disputed. Judge Cleo Powell and the Virginia Supreme Court have shown an
alarming lack of fairness and intellectual curiosity in dealing with the worst
school shooting in this nation's history.
Judge Cleo Powell’s stunningly
poorly written decision shows that the Virginia Supreme Court places right-wing
ideology ahead of facts, evidence, and justice. Judge Powell has shown that the
average “Jane” and “Joe” will not stand a chance in the Virginia legal system
until 2023 when her term ends.
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