Psychiatrist Probes Parkland School Shooter's Mind During Jailhouse Interview
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- čas přidán 4. 10. 2022
- Footage played in court shows forensic psychologist Dr. Charles Scott interviewing the Parkland school shooter at his jailhouse in March 2022.
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If you see any of your kids lighting lizards on fire or mistreating animals at a young age, get them help immediately
Yes, especially if they are flogging the lizard. Or choking the chicken.
I did both on multiple occasions and I seem fine...kind of
Give them up for adoption you mean. That’s exactly what I would do.
Y’all pay for it every single day. Are you vegan?
@@sourgummiez yeah wild that people hate direct cruelty to animals but are fine with it as long as it tastes good.
This psychiatrist is very good, he's proving him to be competent to weaken the insanity plea.
Yep. Hilarious he tried to claim that. I'd bet him talking about planning the attack, picking out the gun/guns, practicing etc. was something he couldn't help him self from doing because he felt "proud" or something.
Duh dude lol
I disagree. His calm demeanor and complete lack of remorse clearly shows that he's insane. He comes across as not proud, but inhuman. Anyone capable of doing what he's done is completely insane.
@@jamess3532 I do think hes insane but he also just wanted attention and was lonely bro
@@jetcloner3033 So being lonely is an excuse for mass murder and attempted murder?
You can tell he is so proud of what he did.
@heavyhead2k139 he showed absolutely no remorse and he is loving all the attention he wanted to be famous
he's like Mark David Chapman
He is
I cannot believe this guy did not get the death penalty 😡
He'll get it in prison worse tbh
When you’re in jail, you’re ecstatic about anything that gets you out of your cell. You can really see how engaged he is. He also seems to like that someone is interested in him. Psychopath.
Florida, just decide if the death penalty is ok if you kill 15 teenagers
@MontcomHorror omg I always wondered why a comment would show a reply but then there’d be nothing there! So they are censoring comments?!
Good point i thought it was a bit weird how excited he was.
Wonder how diff things wld b if someone was interested in him before he resorted to murder
@amber Davis. . We as humans haven't ever been afforded the comfort in having people like us.. we're lucky as kids we go to school so we have more than enough interaction with others but as adults if you don't keep up good relations with people we can't just expect some government agency that supplies someone to stroke our deflated ego's!
OMG, after viewing this right now, I am angry and disappointed at the news media for trying to make this killer appear crazy. This killer is not crazy. He is simply a KILLER.
A crazy killer
Right I don’t think his crazy just full of of hate
Crazy doesn't mean insane.
If crazy isn't killing 17 children at school then I don't know what is.
@@mg6192 Crazy is killing 17 people out of a paranoid delusion, He's not crazy, he's cold, calculated and evil. He should have gotten the death penalty, even better he should have been crucified.
You know, this is the worst kind of monster.. the one who can talk so casually like he didn’t literally destroy families and kill kids.
he’s not a monster, he’s a human, a living creature/animal. the media just brainwashes you people into thinking mass shooters are “monsters”
If you recall his interview with the detective after his arrest, he was begging to see a psychologist for “the demon voices”. Well, he got his wish and is seeing the man who will help keep him in prison for life and explain in very clear detail exactly how not crazy he really is. This forensic psychologist is great! I was so impressed with his testimony too.
You saw that one too! Yeah he's definitely not listening to, or has a terrible lawyer.
Does anyone have a link?
You are correct on that. On February 14, 2018 in the evening and February 15, 2018 in the early morning he was asking to see a psychologist and then on March 1, 2021 in the afternoon and March 2, 2021 in the afternoon he finally had the chance to see a psychologist. I can tell by watching the video above.
He's a psychiatrist, not a psychologist. Two different things.
relax bud, it's just a tv show
It’s mind boggling how he doesn’t even seem remorseful of what he has done.
People who are capable of murdering as many of their peers as they can, don’t walk around with a conscience.
Yeah, genuine sociopath
@Mark anthony I agree and getting mental health help has to be more than SSRI’s
Its what happens when you do not believe what you did is wrong. This is the purest form of evil you will ever get to see.
Of course he doesn't!!!! He wouldn't have done it if he wasn't insane.
Hearing him go into detail about his victims is just so disgusting. Saying one's head blew up like a water balloon. And saying "they gave me a nasty look, so I shot em"... uh, of course they're going to give you a "nasty" look. You're coming at them with a gun. That look was fear, though. Maybe he doesn't know how to recognize fear.
That’s so sad. You’re right, that was fear on their faces. :(
@@Campfire30 Anger is also a valid option
Lmfao that wasn't fear. Fear doesn't register in the face like that. That was disgust. Don't speak unless you know what you're talking about. Period. 🙄✋
Makes. Me. Sick
@@alexcisneros2980 - you weren’t there. How can you know. Don’t be such an arrogant person acting as if you know more than the rest of us. You weren’t in the school that day and didn’t see those other students’ looks on their faces, did ya??
Nikolas: I like animals
Also Nikolas: I literally skinned lizards alive and burned them
He likes animals as a concept. But he can’t empathize with them or anything.
👏
I think when he says he likes animals he likes them for different reasons than what a normal person likes them for.
@@alexd7547 You mean like a fetish? 😂
Almost like a sociopath
The most common theme that seems to run through almost all psychopaths is torturing animals at a young age. This has to be potentially one of the biggest red flags that your child is on a very dangerous path. If I caught my child doing something like that they would be getting a full factory reset to their way of thinking.
Yes me too, but unfortunately psychopathy often runs through families. Meaning, their parents just find it funny or don't even notice because they are busy being selfish narcissists themselves.
There’s no such things as abusing an animal
@@Ibloop🫵 🤡🤡🤡
This kid was beyond saving. Some people's only purpose in this life is to serve as a warning to others.
Only because people are too easily distressed about using things like this as lab animals.
Sounds like he ultimately saved people by becoming a cautionary tale, probably saved more people than you.
@@jonadam4233 why are you trying to pick a fight
Unfortunately, the jury sees some reason that he's worth saving by sparing him the death sentence.
I do think he’s a life worth saving Admit I don’t follow cases day by 5:16 day I think he was raised by fosters that both died
This Doctor was one of the best witnesses in my opinion. His calm demeanor and knowledge was impeccable
Asking him to read the bit about a cheetah was a bit too on the nose. The psychiatrist's intent with that part was absolutely to push the jury towards the death penalty. With these people, everything they do is done with intent.
Yes, to sit there with this unlikable guy who is also a mass murderer and not show the slightest sign of disgust is amazing.
@@justjosie8963 Sounds like you'd last long in a professional job, imagine if all of us started crying like you in situations like this, women and their emotions lol.
@@shay4501 what are you talking about?
@@justjosie8963 Try to muster the few braincells you have left and re-read what i said, not that hard to understand english.
Oh my god. He is so calm it’s scary. No remorse whatsoever
Wdym no remorse how would yk
Watching this after watching his first interrogation is completely different! He acted like he was crazy and started hyperventilating.. said he couldn’t even remember what his roommates name was after living with him for four months.. all the sudden he knows psychology..
Yeah and the "demon" in his head forcing him to do things.
Yes, he seems like a completely different person here compared to the first interrogation video
He's a much smarter young man than he wants to let on.
He was trying to go for a insanity plea
Maybe he's on meds by this point? Or out of whatever episode he was in
its so disgusting and sickening to hear him say "well i talked to a kid that said his sister was still in that school" and then he ends it with "the sad part is his sister died in the school that day" he talked soo much because he saw this psychiatrist was really interested its sad that probably is the most attention he ever got from anyone and all that due to him commiting this horrible shooting
He was always going to die alone. This just made him infamous.
I wonder if this young man remembers the names of his victims.
She didn’t die though
@@bridgetbinion8494 he remembered Peter wang in this interview
@@boomds5602 I'm pretty sure he has memorized all of them. And he has no remorse for what he did to them.
i've never heard this guy speak before, and before clicking on this vid i fully expected he would sound at the very least a bit sheepish or timid or coy, a bit of regret or remorse in his voice from thinking about the crime he committed
but tf no. he's fully engaged, interested in the conversation. he literally does not and has not comprehended the severity of his actions.
truly unbelievable
He’s a psychopath.
he does comprehend it....he just does not care
I don't get what you or most people are shocked by this or - the first thing people say, with people like this, is 'omg no remorse'... like, yeah, he has no empathy, obviously, or he wouldn't be able to do that in the first place. I don't know why people are expecting to see people like this suddenly develop empathy overnight. Ofc he doesn't care, hence being able to do that in the first place.
Guy spills his guts here. This tells us everything we need to know.
8:39 Bro made his own question and still got it wrong😭
This psychologist is amazing.. he definitely knew going into this nikolas was self inflated about jrotc being one of the best ones. he knew given the opportunity, nikolas would keep talking and he got to so many good topics. Leadership question was fkn gold. I mean he got him to say he fully understands that you dont pick a fight with someone and that you help someone who is in need…brilliant.
Psychiatrist
@@annelikindlund9183 sorry! sometimes i mix up the words. but thanks :P
Like bro how can he say that and then at the same time say my goal was to kill as many people as possibile??! Like wtf
@@G-hn1ws exactly friend, if he can say that and turn around and say he wanted to have a great massacre, he is just pure evil, not insane.
Clearly a sign of detachment. He's not cold, he experiences detachment from his own motivations and actions.
He seems so alert, engaged & intelligent. Crazy how the defense gave him colored pencils to make him seem childlike. I mean…I know it was a tactic, but the way he presents himself here is the complete opposite.
@Queren hapuque he's either going to be put to death or not leave until death he doesn't need a physics degree and the tax payers of Florida shouldn't pay for that
They did that because at the time he was suffering from major anxiety and depression. You can tell he was sickly skinny and was freaking out in court. Reality had settled in for him on what he did and the consequences I'm sure.
@Queren hapuque Yes, he's just like Einstein, except for murdering a bunch of people.
@@anelsatxlife I still don't see the point of financing a scholarship for him it doesn't have anything to do with the issues of anxiety and depression. Judging by his testimony it sounds like he's speaking with numerous mental health professionals and those feelings are normal
Completely agree. He knew exactly what he was doing. I think he is a good actor choosing when and when not to turn on the mentally challenged/unstable
You know the most sickening part about watching this is knowing what I know now about this poor kid’s home life and how his parents treated him after months if not years of begging for help. I’m not by any means excusing what he did but watching this it’s almost like he feels, “Finally I’m getting attention.”
Agree 100%. It's weird to say but I really believe he is satisfied with being a famous murderer. He sat in court everyday like I'm gonna plead guilty to all this let's get it over with. He didn't get the attention he needed so he ended up getting the attention he wanted instead
I think you're misinformed. His adoptive parents were great to him.
" This poor kid "......why don't you take your toxic sympathy lady and shove it you ignorant apologist. Millions of kids around the world have much MUCH harder/tougher/worse upbringings than this twisted self obsessed scumbag....why take all that hate out on kids who never ever abused or upset this dirty excuse for a human being!!
He actually got a lot of help though, from a lot of different counselors and mental health doctors. etc. Unfortunately, his heart was just evil
Pretty sure the father of the victim, Alex, added into his speech in court that the parkland murderer had been receiving mental health resources for like a decade
What is sad about this video is that he just wants to talk and be listened to. This is probably the most amount he's been listened to in his life.
shut up
Take your fake BOT toxicity and shove it. You're fooling nobody with your sympathy for this non entity.
I seriously doubt ANYONE was giving a man who'd just massacred multiple people in front of them, a "dirty" look. He is totally paranoid. The expressions of every single one of those poor kids had to be abject terror.
I couldn't believe that he expected a hug from the victims who survived at a court
what!!!?? is that true@@PhillDrakeEntertainment
Can see exactly what this doctor is doing here. He is extremely clever. Excellent work✅
He’s a psychologist. What do you expect?
What is he doing?
Lol! YES! Thanks 4 pointing it out😂😂
@@TiegerlemonIncriminate him
@@TiegerlemonProving that his intial insainity plea was complete BS.
I can’t imagine this guy murdering someone by strangulation or stabbing. I can definitely picture him shooting though.
Pure cowardice.
So deeply unsettling to hear this young man talk about the murders he committed, the way he sinks his head in his arm while reliving the moment almost with some sort of guilty pride if that makes sense, the way he describes the chat he had with the other boy at McDonal’s who’s sister was laying dead back at Douglas, it’s just heart breaking, I remember that day I was driving down I-95 towards downtown Miami when the breaking news started and I said to my self, my heart goes out to all of the victims families who are about to start a journey of pain and sorrow just because a disturbed kid could buy a gun and use it against innocent children, will this ever stop, will we find a way to prevent this from ever happening again? I don’t know.
That kids sister didn't die. She almost did though
Maddie didn’t die she almost did though
you did not say that to yourself 💀
Sad thing is nobody took his threats serious , he was all over social media talking about his plans for the massacre, i think someone even saw his post and they contacted the FBI sadly it fell on deaf ears.
his FREAKING family knew from the age of 3 that something was wrong he freaking killed animals multiple times they just turned away and ignored it instead of getting him help from a young age on! the sad thing is since his family is that way there was NO way to get him help or any chance to prevent this from happening which just makes my Blood boil and just breaks my heart because his family didnt give a SH.. alot of innocent people had their lives taken away by him
Police and the FBI go with what they know- and what they know is filling out reports and putting up hazard tape. They ain't got no time for heroics or crime prevention.
yea well they really cant do anything over a threat they can only be on alert but it seems in this case they just didnt care
@@lostworldofjj Exactly! He's a born monster, and he should've been involuntarily committed ages ago.
@@lostworldofjj I just watched a family member read a victim impact statement.
You're wrong.
This monster had THOUSANDS of hours of therapy logged.
What a fantastic demeanour the Psychiatrist has to relate and connect.
Psychiatry is just a 3 year residency, no big deal.
@@barneyronnie what does that have to do with anything
Some humans amaze me. This doctor is one of them.
@@WandaBrown54 I meant to respond to somebody else's query, but responded to wrong person. That's why there wasn't any context. Getting old and eyes are bad. Somebody asked what was involved in psychiatric training. Sorry about the confusion. You're rather hostile for a person who loves small baby cats🥑🍆
@@barneyronnie haha u never know 😂 i was like wow maybe this guy’s wife left him for a psychiatrist
It seems many of us are not willing to accept that there is evil. That guy hated everything and anyone and wanted to kill as many people as possible. Pretty straightforward.
Tell me you are american without telling me you are american.
Evil is purely a pyscological thing in my opinion. Nothing to do with the Christian devil that is one of gods best friends. The Christian bible proves your god is more evil than the devil. Killing people any chance he had…
@@John76125 I think its wrong and much outdated way of thinking to talk about "evil" because its a simple explanation for something extremly compley as the human mind.
Its easy to say "yeah he is evil thats why he killed on every chance he got" Its the easy way.
It ignores the real issue:
Why do people in ONE country (the U.S) do this so frequently? What is wrong with the american system? But americans are brainwashed to never question the system they live in because its obviously "the greatest country ever"
@@nikb9036 I don’t know what your talking about ? I’m not saying I believe in the Christian imo outdated opinion of evil. I believe it’s psychological. As in doesn’t really exist. But a twisted brain filled with hate is “evil”. Obviously access to guns increases the ability for these people to commit these acts. But that doesn’t change the underlying cause which is always mental problems
@@John76125 What i mean is its not "evil" in and of itself. This gives a ease answer to every crime.. there are a lot of sociological implications etc. that leads to this type of "evil"
Put instead of talking about these things peole just say "well that guy was evil"and go on with there lifes instead of asking what socity could do to prevent this type of events.
Swiss i.e has more guns per captia than the US but no school shootings at all.
As a psychologist, this is devastating..... His sense of purpose is his research and knowledge to do harm. Yet, it is a testimony is that he didn't get any sense of self from anything else. We must look further into his family system and environment.
This!
The fact that he had him read about the cheeta chasing down his prey and having him read it in detail. Not even realizing he was testing him to see how he would react to it as it could be related to what he did.
Noticed the same thing, great way to start the interview, it kind of described the exact thing he did to the students. Even reading out loud it still didn’t resonate with him.
I know. It was a particularly nice touch. Shame he didn't figure it out.....
i feel like i’ve seen that passage in a typing test though
He admitted to killing cats also! Sicko
The psychiatrist was not testing how Cruz would react. He was establishing that his reading level was sufficient for certain psychometric tests.
“The sad part is his sister dyed in the building”. She didn’t just “die” in the building, you killed her. He takes no accountability and has no remorse
Yeah he has his facts wrong anyway, his sister was shot and severely inured but didn't die.
Exactly my point
He shot his own sister?
He's trying to make it seem like he dissociative. He's not, he has obviously researched this stuff.
@@jillijane9793 not his own sister the guys sister who he met at McDonald's I think?
He literally said that he wanted to do it since he was 13-14 smh, the jurors blew this one
He has that dry matter of fact tone that every other murderer I've seen interviewed, also has. I don't know why that surprises me.
Psychopaths can't help themselves. Given an opportunity to talk, they'll do it. If I was ever arrested, the only person I'm talking to is my lawyer. You can see how excited Nik is, wanting to believe this man is interested in him rather than simply the psychology of a mass murderer. No matter how high or low the intelligence, he's still unable to see himself through the eyes of others.
Spot on
That’s a symptom of narcissism, as I like to say, it causes the individual to have “blinders” on. Meaning, the individual cannot see outside of themselves.
He is not a psychopath he's a sociopath two different things look up the definition please.
@@almondeyez_80 There is no official diagnosis of a 'psychopath'. It is often used colloquially or synonymously for those with ASPD as I am doing here. If you are still unsure, you may look it up as well, thank you.
IMO. This is very scary.
I can't believe we are able to see this, what an incredible insight.
Psychopaths never understand that they're being played by men like this doctor. All they know is someone is interested in what they have to say and are indulging their egos.
He’s not a psychopath in the slightest
@@ProfShibeThen what is a psychopath? He showed signs of being one.
I haven't heard him talk at length before. His mind is very sharp; quick thinking, good understanding, articulate, can compute info well, can retain it/good memory. It's just his emotional intelligence that is completely lacking. He doesn't get at all that the psych. is not on his side, that all the detail he's giving will prove his premeditation, capacity and intention. Such a huge discrepancy. Such a waste of lives - his victims and his own.
The psychologist is pulling out his need to appear knowledgeable. He really loves the feeling of having to explain things to people.
I only had when he was pleading guilty and it was nothing like this. I really thought he was far less intelligent than it appears he actually is.
@@heidimichellemoenkhaus3569 you caught onto that as well !
He couldn't even answer what a water molecule was made up of despite knowing it was H2O... You think he came across as sharp? I thought the opposite. He learned the basics about rifles... That's not an impressive feat.
@@gonufc the way he articulates what he is saying is telling me that he is a lot more intelligent than he claims that he isn’t
Ordinarily I’d say he just needs serious serious help, but it’s beyond that at this point.
This kid has so many personality disorders he could run for president of the United states. There is no way he is going to manage to recover they will always be recidivism and we are going to pay to keep this kid in comfort for the rest of his life and he goes down in history as one of the world's greatest mass murdering School shooters. It's exactly what he was hoping for. There is no justice in mere law
I believe in rehabilitation. It works for other countries when they actually try and provide a healthier environment while incarcerated. But like you said, there's no coming back from this. Even if he could* be rehabilitated I feel that he's lost the right to that. You don't get to murder all those people without dire consequences
Locking him away forever would be pointless. The death penalty would be the most appropriate punishment for what he's done.
He needed help so bad. If he didn't had access to guns and help, the kids would be alive and probably he would be living good
@IDK! yea but unfortunately that's not how it went... I'll admit he's cooperative which is good, but i can't say I value anything other than his death so the victims have some sort of justice
Maybe it's beyond that, idk. He's certainly gonna be forever scarred if he ever is deciding to focus on finding out what his own issues are and getting better.
Rest In peace all the victims. This guy makes me question humanity. I pray my future kids will grow up in a world, where this is only sorrowful history.
start asking yourself about war
Let us not pretend as if this is the first or the last horrific act by a horrific human. The world is a dangerous place full of fu%ks like this and always will be.
don't count on it. until Jesus returns, the world will get worse. it's unrealistic to deny that crime is gonna happen. it's best to be prepared and able to effectively defend, and use good security measures to prevent it happening to you and yours and areas you control.
@@sachimi_ggz You wont stop a war by fighting in one !
Sadly...I wish that it could be true.
This guy has got "lack of attention" problems (between many others)...
He thinks his life has no value, and no one gives attention to him (you can see how excited he is, to be explainning details to someone)...
He feels useless, so he planned something that no one will forget!
And the crazy part is, it actually worked!
Here I am, in Portugal, following every step of this trial.
Someone who never had attention from anyone, has got the entire world's attention now!
And I bet my entire salary, there are many sick people who will admire what this guy did!
We live in a crazy world
The disconnect from reality is what makes this so terrible.
MKUltra
@@josephlopez4871 If this were the 1960s, maybe.
Wrong century.
@@zxyatiywariii8 wait so you admit that mind control did happen 60 years ago but aren’t open to the idea that it’s still happening with more powerful and effective tech?
Completely...
Cruz: "I like animals"
Also Cruz: "I would skin them alive and then burn them"
Exactly smh
Dude has issues.
Didn't he kill like 12 cats in one day? (from doc's testimony IIRC)
i noticed that!
If your cruel to animals you’ll be cruel to humans 🐾
Oh GOD, this is too much 😫 😳 I feel horror just by listening to all he saying.. he's not crazy, he knew exactly what he was going to do. NO MERCY for YOU.
They all know what they're doing
When he’s explaining the things he researched… he sounds proud. Like.. I cannot, how is someone THIS screwed up, I have to go back to public high school next year (currently homeschooled) and i’m freaking terrified and that’s sad, I shouldn’t be this scared to go TO SCHOOL, somewhere where it’s supposed to be safe and be a learning environment. 15:57
If he doesnt get the death penalty for what the did, then why even bother having that punishment? Im sure there are SO MANY PEOPLE in death row for killing 1 person in that same state. Someone getting life without parole for 17 seems absolutely ridiculous.
Idk why so many people like you are so upset about him not getting the death penalty. He's gonna spend the rest of his life behind bars. Its a stronger punishment than just killing him off.
Because the insanity farce worked on some jurors, sadly.
Exactly , what’s the point of the death penalty if it can’t be used in his case
Before the shooting he made a post talking about how he wanted the death penalty. I’d say let him sit in prison everyday until he dies
He'll suffer a lot more with life in prison
He clearly premeditated this for years! And shows absolutely no sign of remorse whatsoever. The way he talks about the kids that he killed is so matter of factly, it's seriously the sickest thing I've seen. If they don't give him the death penalty, these jurors are insane.
nope they didn't
First of all he was diagnosed with f a d s second of all he is a sociopath they have no feelings they show no remorse. And because of the fads he is considered mentally ill and mentally ill people cannot get the death penalty. God is the ultimate judge. 🙄
r the same..
@@triplekillerable it’s not they, it was one juror that didn’t and is under investigation for religious bias.
"Sick" was the correct word for you to use. He's mentally ill. This is a proven fact and he was diagnosed as such when he was a little boy. The mentally ill don't think and act the way others do. I'm happy the jury gave him life. Only a monster would sentence a mentally ill person to death.
The Dr asks the questions in a very casual calm way which I believe makes NC open up more
I never heard him speak. I watched bits and pieces of the trial. He is a lot more intelligent than I thought.
Why did you think he wasn't intelligent? Just because some people are awkward/silent or have trouble expressing or communicating, doesn't mean they are less intelligent
Thank you to the psychiatrist for doing his job. It is such a hard skill especially when Nicholas is triggered by facial expressions. I hope the psychiatrist did a lot of self-care after this interview.
Lol
@@WalrusesAreTheOne what's so funny? What'd I miss?
This is the most reddit comment I've read on youtube.
What on earth? And why are you thanking the psychiatrist for doing his job? It's his job. And exactly what kind of "self care" should he be doing? Since this is his job, he is used to dealing in a forensic environment. I used to work with arrested adolescents. I worked with Eric Smith for a year. He violently sodemized and murdered a 4yr old at age 13. My son was also 4 at the time . He tried to test me by telling me in detail what he did to see what my reaction would be. You just have to distance yourself and try not to bring it home or you will have nightmares. Listening to him calmly discuss how lizards would react when he skinned them alive and set them on fire at age 4. He appears to be anxious to talk about it, enjoying the memory of it, and quite proud of himself. Believe me, he is reveling in this whole process with the psychiatrist .
If the psychiatrist needs self care after a simple interview he might need a different job
I can't wrap my head around how he explains everything so calm,,like it was nothing,,wow how sad that this had to happen,,to all the victims and family's god bless you all
It's was 4 years ago
Evil people don't care about anyone but themselves.
He didn't just snap, he researched how to do a school shooting as if Wikipedia had instructions, yeah, too late to save this one.
Might as well as never happened as far as he cares. This has been his life for 4 years, He’s gotten more attention in those 4 years than he got his entire life.
This is exactly what he wanted, and the inly reason he plead guilty was to miss the death penalty.
@@zxyatiywariii8 that's literally everyone
Excellent clinical interview.
This seems so bizar, he talks with enthusiasm as if he's on a job interview and telling all his special skills!
Clearly autistic
He's a very thoughtful and orderly planning. Packed his bags night before, plenty of preparation, sited the rifle, deliberate actions. Cold calculating killer. Heartless - cruel - evil - gripped by crazy evil intentions. He has very very accurate recall of what he did. Permanent Jail - isn't really the solution. It's too bad that the police on site - weren't able to neutralize this threat at the school. He's smart - but he's evil and sadistic too.
Yeah, this interview was freaky in that he is so bright, but incredibly sociopathic. We're lucky he didn't kill more people... that we know of I guess. Totally without remorse.
"so bright", because he can speak in full sentences? I mean he's not the complete potatoe his defence team tried to make him look like but he is far from eloquent.
People think speaking at a high school level equates to intelligence.
The parents of his victims will pay his food water clothes soap TV and lighting in prison..
Something is very wrong in the sociaty
He is high IQ and only pretends to be low IQ. He calculated all of this and knew how the system would treat him. A true psychopath.
15:00 a mass murderer admits that he got inspired by documentaries and visual material about mass shootings, massacres and war. He didn't mention games, he mentioned videos and youtube. Sadly, this video may be an inspiration for the next mass shooter.
16:45 a mass murderer stresses that "THE POLICE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING" in previous mass murders and that was important to his decision to follow through with his "idea". Let that sink in.
Cry
Does anyone else here feel that by the end of watching this video, you just wished you were in that room right now and the camera turned off for 5 minutes? Lol
Deplorable. Scary how evil a human being can be
Makes my blood run cold that he said he loves animals. Dude had a history of killing animals for no reason. Always ALWAYS pay attention to a behavior like that. Killing defenseless animals is just a first step to killing people, just like he did.
He killed animals as such as those big poisonous toads because they killed his dog he did love his dog you people didn't watch the trial you just want to come out here and say things that don't make sense ridiculous! 🙄
@@almondeyez_80 he also says in this interview that he started breaking lizards necks, skinning them and setting them on fire when he was 3. Maybe he believes he loves animals but I don't buy that for a second.
Also, it's true that hurting animals at a young age is considered a warning sign of other potentially serious issues in a child. So I'm not sure why you think what the person said doesn't make sense
@@almondeyez_80 I'm always willing to learn things, and I haven't seen this entire trial. YT won't allow links, but if you can tell me what day of the trial he said that, I'll watch it.
I only heard the part about him torturing lizards to death, nothing about him having a dog.
If you watch the YT video of the detective in court going through his Google searches and CZcams comments he mentions multiple times that he hates animals. That he killed 12 cats. That he hates animals and humans. He’s a psychopath and he was clearly saying he liked animals to appease this doctor.
The fact that he's so excited about describing guns is so scary to me...terrifying individual ..
Not really. Not much different than describing a car. A guy with a truck in Nice France killed more people in a minute than any mass shooter in history
he likes guns so? Its just terrifying because he kill people. But there are many gun
enthusiasts
i know that the parents had a chance to give their final word to him but with someone like this, he doesn't even care. He has no feelings.
He mentioned that he knew from studying past school shooting incidence’s “the police didn’t do anything”😓
this kid trying so hard to be one of his idols...the calm demeanor. This is literally an example of someone who wanted to be remembered and watched killers docs and wanted to do the same.
Who would listen this kid talk and think that he didn't know what he was doing? He knew exactly what he was doing. Shame on the jury
Knowing what you're doing doesn't explain why you're doing it.
The jury's job wasn't to discern if he knew what he was doing. The jury's job was described clearly.
Big difference between this interview and his original questioning after the shooting. He’s more articulate than I thought he was.
he was in shock i think-if you ever seen anyone go through something life altering they often have panic attacks and cant speak well immediately following..
@@starriw8050 he was trying to fake psychosis.
Amazing testimony
You can hear his delight about being listened to and having the full attention of someone else. Maybe this was lacking in his life
Oh boo hoo. I'm sure the parents of the kids he killed are sad about "lacking" their children now.
Yes
Being in cell for day after day after day and you get called out to do anything even being interrogated is like a holiday .
This system here is quite an amazing thing.
Folks will get you talking in no time
It gives me chills how alert and focused he is...
Astonishing that his mom took him to buy a firearm. So very sad.
I’m just waiting for JCS Psychology to do a video about this
he quit youtube
how? the full vid isnt released?
@@Skvll-gt5ec isnt EWU the same thing as jcd??
@@LeechWoman yeah I’d say they’re the next best thing but JCS will always be the original #1 true crime commentary channel
good questions asked by the physician. he really is getting this kid to think about his actions and intentions.
Not a physician, a Psychiatrist.
I love how a few of the psychiatrist’s questions are asked primarily to establish capacity and Cruz falls for it so easily and uses them as chances to brag. Especially after he feigned insanity
NC literally fakes intelligence. However, notice how the psychologist tries to have him explain things…showing he is not insane and literally destroying his defense.
Fakes intelligence? Lol!
@@user-qv4ni9hd8m yup
@@user-qv4ni9hd8m 🙂
psychiatrist
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He talked about doing this for years, planned it, dressed to fit in, shot kids multiple times as he maser multiple passes and pretended not to know who or where he was during arrest. How anyone disagreed with the death penalty is beyond me. Florida should reconsider all other cases now since this one didn’t apply
What would the death penalty accomplish? It would just satisfy your selfish biblical need for revenge. Mr. Cruz needs mental health support, not further punishment for the things he couldn't control.
He said he's going to kill 20 people , yet he killed 17 people. He failed. Now he's in there. He will be in there for the rest of his life.
It would be interesting to see the notes that the psychiatrist is writing as he interviews the subject.
The test questions the little creep wrote out from that military test are basic high school knowledge questions. Basic chemistry, history, and math which he didn't know. However he knew every single aspect of that military class and how to handle a weapon, which shows just where his interests have always been. This psychologist did a fantastic job! More than once he was able to bring out the killer in this kid, without the creep even fully being aware of it.
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It's even more disturbing when you realize he only wanted to be in the military to kill, couldn't pass the knowledge test to do so, so instead he shot up a school.
Yeah it shows that normal gun owners don't do this crap. Rather it is psychotic maniacs with bloodlust.
Killing people, as a soldier, in another country, would have been more productive for him and America.
@@JohnDoe-zm9yc true, but seeing he has no moral compass, chances are he'd have killed people on our own side too. Soldiers fight for their country, or at least for their fellow man in arms, but this kid would have fought to kill and had enjoyed killing anyone he could have, enemy/comrade/civilian. Big and dangerous difference.
@@Ms_Mac That's exactly what the original poster is saying.
Clever guy you’ve sussed bad little creep in one.others feeling sorry I’m not.These guys psychoanalysing him.He feels cocky talking about guns.He’d kill again if he was let loose.He’s mad and bad.x
Fascinating to see how the physiologist works. Absolutely disgusting though how thought out this was and someone can even be like that. God bless the families of the victims
Psychologist. Totally different pathway from a physiologist
He is a psychiatrist
@@Mary-ev4ms he’s not a psychologist. He’s a psychiatrist. One is a medical doctor, and one is not. Drastically different, but in the same field
@@Baconbeater I'm aware of the difference. But yes, the caption does say psychiatrist. However, the description clearly says "forensic psychologist". So here we have another problem
@@Mary-ev4ms lol, indeed. Forensic psychologist would make more sense, anyways.
Imagine a messed up evil, hate filled individual having possession of all these weapons! So disconnected and unconcerned about how obviously twisted his reasoning and actions were/are.
Agree
Ikr, someone like him should never have been allowed guns.
@@Chad_Max Amen!
Hydrogen and helium 😭😭
I'm glad he was able to explain the Stanford Prison Experiment to Dr. Scott I heard he missed that day.
with hearing the jury’s answer; emotions all over the place. with anger, sadness and so much more. this kid is intelligent, and he was using it the wrong way. i truly hope the family heals from the pain and can keep going from todays answer.
Intelligent is definitely an overused word
No, he is focused. You missed when he failed every one of his own proposed ASVAB questions minus the Napoleon one. He couldn't give the atoms of a molecule of water, he couldn't give the sqrt of 256. He can read, he can do basic math, he couldn't give the name of the Stanford prison experiment. He knows trivia on his focus mass shooting.
@@Mason-sx6tw the death penalty would been the best thing for the families . Knowing this guy really didn't care about his victims he killed or any remorse he did . Those jurors should agree he deserves it cause hes nothing in this world .
He's average at best.
He literally says that helium is a component of H2O..... He's really not that intelligent.....
Its amazing how honest hes being. And how smart he is. Truly disturbing how he resorted to murder to solve his problems
Its mental issues. It is a shame for him and all involved. He's a victim too. He's going to really regret this in about 20 years when he realizes that he should be living the best years of his life but because of what he did as a teen, he will never have that opportunity.
Smart? Everything he had claimed to know was wrong... He is not smart. He is a sociopath.
My guy brought up naming the atoms in H2O as a hard question on the ASVAB, and couldn't figure out the square root of 256 LOL. He's not smart, he's rotten.
@@galaxy-wy9sd Seriously, the ASVAB is fricken easy. He keeps saying it's soooooo hard. Dip wad.
@@galaxy-wy9sd he answers the questions fast. He is quite articulate. He is never at a loss for words. He definitely has the capacity to learn maths, & chemistry (as simple as those questions were). He is rather educated in the topics he is interested in.
He's alarmingly confident and clear headed.
“nasty look” more like extreme fear .. devastating. my heart goes out to the victims families
It’s like he’s talking about something someone else did “the sad part is she died” no, you MURDERED her. He’s a psychopath, no remorse he completely disconnects himself from the crime
It's creepy how they do this. Darrell Brooks did too, he spoke about his victims as if he wasn't their murderer.
Well,i think thats more inawkward to say rather than I killed her
This shrink is wicked good.
Wicked? That's so 80s....
@@Face_Reality lol. they are probably from MA, word is very common in Boston
@@CDsurfer nah, just comes from making fun of skater brats
At the end of the day all this kid need was attention, love, and a good role model..what he was did was a nightmare!! He deserves to be locked up yes..but goes to show you being a parent is a full time job...always show ur kid love affection and get them help young before they do things like this..
They should have let the family members of the victims into the room, turned the camera off and shut the door. 😔 What a tragedy. Prayers to everyone effected.
You know really someone like him must take comfort in having all this attention brought on him. He was probably relatively unknown in school and it’s a shame that he had to do this to get the attention.
There are ways to get attention without hurting anyone.
No, he was pretty well known in the school and some students said that before the shooting everybody knew if something like that were to happen it would most certaintly end up being him.
@@markdowding5737 well known in a bad way maybe
@@thebigcheese5114 Yeah, but you can not post photos of dead animals on your Instagram, joke about doing a school shooting, threatening other students, and expect people to view you in a non-negative light. He had a wide range of mental issues such as ADHD and depression that the school and the state should have handled better. It's also unfathomable how someone with so many red flags was allowed to legally buy a gun. I am not excusing his actions in any shape or form. At the end of the day, he did something unspeakably horrible out of his own choice and deserves to spend the rest of his days in a prison cell.
@@markdowding5737 adhd and depression do not make people mass murderers
Even monsters want to be treated like human. Lost souls... sad
Even though they will devour them (humans) sooner or later. Not sad, just facts of life for those of us who are not in denial.
@@newhorizon4066 its 1,000% absolutely sad. When love & care is not passed on to the continuance of human life it leads to this mess.
“If you are marching, and someone falls down you are supposed to help them up.”
That’s an interesting leadership skill. I imagine the ones he listed were just those he remembered, as none apply to real world scenarios (meaning I would expect anyone to help a person in need-leader or not).
He is not crazy… he planned it. I’m disgusted by the jury…
Huh? Are you implying that a crazy person can't plan things? Some of the craziest people are the best planners, and are really good at details. He obviously does have mental disorder/s, punishing him further wouldn't accomplish anything.
Oh because he planned it so that makes him not crazy that makes perfect sense
Disgusted?
That’s a strong word, I would’ve assumed he walked free like OJ or Emmitt Till’s killers.
Now those cases were examples of injustice.
Bottom line is that Cruz will be in a cell for 20 hours a day without anymore privacy or freedom.
Death would be the easy way out anyway
Wasn't only 1 person against the death penalty in the jury?
Chilling AF!
How any juror seen this video and opted to not give him the death penalty is beyond me. He is a pretty intelligent and competent dude that knew what he was doing and not a result of his mom being on drugs while she was prego with him.
you meant to say animal, pretty intelligent and competent animal, right?
a juror who wouldn't ever give anyone the death penalty under any circumstances. it never mattered what evidence was presented.
@@mealsome1571 5 years ago I would say animal, yes. Knowing that society today has people confused over how to identify, I don't even want to call a human an animal anymore, likewise a Male, a female and vice-versa.
Death would be too good for him. Life in prison is worse than the death penalty, as a punishment.
@t33 ☆ I do see what you mean, but if I was in prison for the rest of my life I’d be begging for the death penalty.
The examiner keeps his cool.
Very professional
Seeing him like this is mindblowing to me. He seems so bright, spontaneous... The whole thing is so insanely mindblowing (parden the pun) - there's simply no sense to any of it. Here is is now, delivered unto his own evil for all times to come to him. So sad. How deep would the despair have to be for an individual to have gone to these extremes?
And how deep would his despair be if he could or was able to fully comprehend what he has had done?!
so cold hearted and calculating.
@Grant Kirtz he planned all of this out. Do you not know that was already established??? Wtf are the people in this world…
@Grant Kirtz he had the equipment, knowledge, mind set and fully planned how he was going to shoot up and kill people. That's how it's cold hearted and calculated. How would you not understand what he meant by "so cold and calculating?"
@Grant Kirtz people are talking about his awareness and lack of remorse and emotion, silly goose 🤡 🦆...
Absolutely amazed that he published this horrific crime in advance and it fell in deft ears.
~ "Deft?"
Society and his family are to blame for allowing this to happen!