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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,398 posts)
Sat Dec 17, 2022, 08:48 PM Dec 2022

'The legal system failing': Colorado Club Q shooting happened after judge's warning

A judge dismissed a 2021 case against the accused Colorado Springs nightclub shooter despite her concerns about a planned attack in the future, according to newly released court transcripts that have led to scrutiny over whether more could have been done to prevent the violence.

The transcripts shed light on what authorities knew about Aldrich's increasingly violent behavior before the mass shooting.

What happened in the previous case against accused Club Q shooter?

In June 2021, Aldrich was arrested after being accused of making a bomb threat that led to a lengthy armed standoff with SWAT teams, according to court documents.

Their grandparents told police Aldrich held them hostage in their home, told them of bomb-making materials in the basement, and shared plans to be the next mass killer. Aldrich livestreamed the standoff on Facebook, and authorities seized weapons, ammunition and more than 100 pounds of explosive materials.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/the-legal-system-failing-colorado-club-q-shooting-happened-after-judge-s-warning/ar-AA15nqus

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'The legal system failing': Colorado Club Q shooting happened after judge's warning (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 OP
The powers that be really dropped the ball on this one ornotna Dec 2022 #1
What the Founding Fathers didn't know: 303squadron Dec 2022 #2

ornotna

(10,807 posts)
1. The powers that be really dropped the ball on this one
Sat Dec 17, 2022, 08:52 PM
Dec 2022
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-gun-politics-springs-government-and-b50a5145593afe1f7f4c18ac06f70600

Anderson Lee Aldrich loaded bullets into a Glock pistol and chugged vodka, ominously warning frightened grandparents not to stand in the way of an elaborate plan to stockpile guns, ammo, body armor and a homemade bomb to become “the next mass killer.”

303squadron

(558 posts)
2. What the Founding Fathers didn't know:
Sat Dec 17, 2022, 09:30 PM
Dec 2022

The science of statistics and the left hand side of the mental health bell curve

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