As in prior responses to tragedy, we have heard vehement accounts from survivors, onlookers, afflicted families, and of course, politicians. The recent commentary around the shooting, which took 17 lives and shattered many others, is more perplexing than reassuring. Understanding a killer is productive, as far as flagging potential suspects; delusions that this understanding might simplify or validate the chaos is not. Nikolas Cruz seized Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in terror, publicly declaring his pain only by inflicting it on others. Priya Kankanhalli is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Source: Daily Sun February 21, 2018 03:45 UTC