It’s a great thing that the parents of the school shooter in Michigan are being held to account, or, more accurately, that the state is seeking to hold them to account. Based on the facts that have been put out there by the prosecution, there were warning signs aplenty about this kid. The fact that he had a gun was known to the parents, and not made known to the school as the parents were shown proof of his serious mental imbalance and the direction that might take him.
But, alas, this is the United States of America, the land in which Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty of murder after he committed murder. I don’t think the Crumbleys need worry that much. They’ll likely get off, though who knows, maybe they will be victimized by having a judge not clearly biased in their favor.
They each have to come up with a $500,000.00 cash bond. Red Painter at Crooks & Liars doubts that GoFundMe will let them use its platform to raise the money, but, unless I’m mistaken, that’s how Rittenhouse raised his bail money and his lawyers fees. It would seem that one sorely needed reform in our judicial system would be modifications to bail requirements that would assure that the defendant has his or her own money at risk in any bail setting.
In any event, to make myself clear, the sure fire prediction is that the parents will eventually walk, though at least their son will do time. I earnestly hope I’m wrong, but I doubt it.
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