Part of the problem is the news coverage, as was stated byKatz. You don't see this type of news coverage on the number of people that jump off bridges, this is because the police don't want other people, who might be suicidal, to get the idea in there head that if they do this they will achieve some recoginition.
If this is so then why do they place so much press on the shootings, there sensationalizing the coveage and all the other mildly screwed up people will be gaining the idea that this could be a cool thing to do.
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Part of the problem is the news coverage, as was stated byKatz. You don't see this type of news coverage on the number of people that jump off bridges, this is because the police don't want other people, who might be suicidal, to get the idea in there head that if they do this they will achieve some recoginition.
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If this is so then why do they place so much press on the shootings, there sensationalizing the coveage and all the other mildly screwed up people will be gaining the idea that this could be a cool thing to do.
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