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Jaxvid said:Is there supposed to be video of this? Does every elementary school have cameras? I'm pretty sure the one my children went to did not.
Yes, there is most definitely surveillance footage, filmed by a brand new surveillance system, that is currently being withheld. Below is a letter that was sent to parents at the beginning of the 2012 school year (presumably in August/September) discussing the school's new surveillance system…
Dear Members of our Sandy Hook Family,
Our district will be implementing a security system in all elementary schools as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure student safety. As usual, exterior doors will be locked during the day. Every visitor will be required to ring the doorbell at the front entrance and the office staff will use a visual monitoring system to allow entry. Visitors will still be required to report directly to the office and sign in. If our office staff does not recognize you, you will be required to show identification with a picture id. Please understand that with nearly 700 students and over 1000 parents representing 500 SHS families, most parents will be asked to show identification.
Doors will be locked at approximately 9:30 a.m. Any student arriving after that time must be walked into the building and signed in at the office. Before that time our regular drop-off procedures will be in place. I encourage all parents to have their children come to school and return home on the bus and to remain in school for the entire school day. The beginning and ending of our school day are also important instructional times and therefore we want all our students to reap the benefits of full participation in our program.
We need your help and cooperation for our system to work effectively. Our office staff is handling multiple tasks. Though they will work diligently to help you into the building as quickly as possible, there may be a short delay until someone can view you on the handset and allow you to come in electronically. There are times during the day when office personnel are on the telephone, addressing student concerns, or in the copy room; there are other times when only one person is in the front office. Please help our staff by identifying yourself and provide your child’s name. Keep in mind we will be following our district guidelines which may need revision once we test the system.
Please know your involvement continues to be critical to our school’s effectiveness and your child’s success. We continue to encourage and value your presence in our classrooms and are counting on your cooperation with the implementation of this safety initiative.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Hochsprung
It is assumed that a “visual monitoring system” involves a video camera pointed at the locked, glass front door.
And you’re right, Lanza seemed like the archetypal agoraphobic sociopath. No friends. Never had a job, even at age 21. No girlfriend, probably ever. No social life whatsoever. No family aside from his dim-witted mother in this mansion...
The photo below is probably the last image taken of Lanza before the shooting...
I noticed something about the poster in the background, which I believe is the poster below, advertising a beer-themed website called GetBombed.com...
Was the photo taken in Lanza's bedroom? If so, it seems pretty normal for a guy his age.
But yeah, I suppose this emaciated Omega-Male could have done it…but as of now, we just have to take their word for it. No photographic evidence exists, and none of the surviving adults at Sandy Hook actually saw Lanza’s face during the shootings. The first police officers to arrive on the scene supposedly saw Lanza before he ran into a room and killed himself.
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