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- Nikolas Cruz, the mass shooter who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day 2018 has pleaded guilty to 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. Speaking to the court, Cruz said he was sorry for the shooting and wanted the victims' families to decide whether he should get the death penalty.
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Defendant: "I'm a little anxious."
Judge: "That's normal when your on trial for 17 counts of murder."
Not trying to laugh but your comment was hilarious
@@siltheseeker he still a sick human being obviously, but when people are anxious they don’t tend to fully admit the level of anxiety they have, there “I’m a little anxious”
@@siltheseeker hah but a lot of people are guilty of that. ‘I’ll just have one oreo’ oh sureeee you will
Time stamp?
1,000 k likes ur welcome ☺️
Its unbelievable when you realize how much pain this one person caused. Absolutely horrific.
Sin causes so much pain too. Horrific and leads to hell. None are good, not one but God. Repentance and being a willing vessel for God is the closest thing to being good and still won’t be considered good because you’d have to be clothed in Christ before God to be seen as God made you to be but many reject that. Murderers destroy lives but sin destroys souls. Sadly, many allow it and never seek to be whole in Christ and the result is this fallen world of evil people. None are good. But God. Love your enemies, everyone needs a Saviour. No one has ever thought it easy to love their enemies, save God’s strength to show them how.
He is 23
@@jeffhempjuana8335 happend years ago
It isn't that unbelievable. Not if you are aware of human history. People have the means to cause lots of damage, and are capable of doing it. The sooner we realize it the sooner we can focus on the self control and discipline it takes to not become that kind of person.
Ikr
Imagine just being that Uber driver thinking it’s a normal day and you delivered the murderer to the school. I hope they are ok and don’t blame themselves
Omg so true. It was great if you to think about that factor in this too. I’m sure it’s haunting in a way. Sad tragedy
I dont see how the uber driver could blame themselves, if they hadnt drove him another person would have
@@eeeesyywuwiz2836 Exactly, but unfortunately I bet the driver doesn't see it that way
Why are you referring to an uber driver in the plural form? He took more than one uber to the school?
@@SuperDingalingaling they can also refer to one person (and not just in the they/them pronoun sense)
thousands of children are abused, isolated, bullied, and are victims of violence. the vast majority of those children never grow up to be this kind of person. i don’t feel sorry for him at all.
@@shoveestar5844 they’re not saying that AT ALL 😭
@@shoveestar5844 sounds like you have an idol
@@shoveestar5844 no, it does not sound the way you'r sayng at all if you have a brain.
I was born in '98 and I'm the same age as the shooter. I was bullied too and still anti social and have an introverted personality at 24 years old but I would not dare to cause pain to others. Anyway, I'm not here to brag about myself that doesn't matter. I honestly can't imagine the pain these families have gone through caused by this person 💔. I just hope they find peace in the rest of their lives and always remember they have people that care about them. I'm so sorry for your loss to every parent in this courtroom and to every person too that has lost a loved one due to this sick individual.
Same here man. Hope everything is going well for you. If you haven't already you should give self improvement a go
Meanwhile I’m smoking every day and the only thing I kill is devouring tacos.
honestly
Facts lmaooo
Lol
And then you kill your toilet. 2 counts of murder
Lmfao same
Guy says he's anxious, but I can't even imagine how anxious and terrified his victims felt moments before they were shot.
Hopefully it was quick and painless although should’ve never happened .
@@531ff its only painless if it was a headshot. According to reports, nearly none of them were. So no doubt.. every single one of his victims had a painful and agonizing transition into their dreamless sleep
Filled with anxiety and lamentation amidst the symptoms of shock. The burning stings. The dreadfully compounding nausea caused by trauma with no ability to regurgitate in order to relieve it. The chilling numbness when organs are finally shutting down, and feeling is starting to wane in the face, fingertips and toes. The heartrate slows as the necessary supply to keep things supplied has dwindled. The brain wants to dream or think of anything better than this situation but it cant since its not getting the oxygen it needs to think about future or past. It spends the last few seconds entirely in the present.
There will be a final pained groan. A beg for something better than this.
With a final twitch or convulsion in an attempt to wake up from this nightmare and get the lungs going, the flame is officially snuffed out.
The last thing they could actually process was the visual information of whatever cold floor they were lying on in passing.
@@ksm4939 OmG sO eDgY aNd CoOl. Shut up.
@@ksm4939 what would motivate you to say something like that?
@@cmhardin37 a reaction. The only thing he could hope from such an immature CZcams comment. AND YOU TOOK THE BAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
I couldn’t help but angrily chuckle when he said “I’m a little anxious”
Bet you that you weren’t anxious when you were taking lives.
Bet you those kids that were running got their lives were anxious.
The audacity I swear
💯
As what Victoria Gonzalez said, I'm sorry that he wasn't able to experience the love this world is capable of giving. I hope everyone who is battling with problems, especially mental health problems, to not resort with these types of violence .
She had compassion and knew he was suffering in school. I try to teach my kids if they see someone who might be hurting to reach out to them so they don’t feel alone and if I ever hear or find out my kids are bullying anyone or being mean they will hate their life. More parents should teach that. In no way am I saying this kid didn’t do something horrible. I have a family member that went to that school and was there that day. One of her best friends was killed. It breaks my heart. I’m just saying if we as parents or at the schools more people reached out to these kids that are alone or suffering we might not have so many of these horrific acts.
The guy was basically thrown away by an alcoholic crack-whore mother and the system wasn't able to heal such a broken soul. There are plenty of these people and few make it out without passing on harm to others. Many of the worst serial killers are formed from such neglect.
I still think _everyone_ needs guns to make America a safer place; if everyone had a gun, no-one would ever get shot ever again!
Other than his biological mother, he was very loved. This kid wasn't bullied, he was the bully. He antagonize every relationship he was in, sought out violence and force with everyone he interacted with since childhood. And he was loved and wanted by his adoptive family.
@@user-qf8zu6ur7u you don’t know ANY of this. and he was bullied. why are you making these false claims ur just sounding uneducated, close minded, and ignorant!!
Blaming marihuana for murdering children with a rifle is the most ridiculous claim I've ever heard.
because our own government did it. He was a patsy
@@talunt that was an even more ridiculous claim that what he stated above lol
@@YoloSwaggMcJagger well, the government Did ban delta 8 thc, so theres that.
@@YoloSwaggMcJagger you don’t think it’s possible? 🤡
@@YoloSwaggMcJagger look into it then come back to me
Did he really just blame weed for his actions? you've got to be kidding me.
Time stamp?
@@angel-og.8261 46:36
Ded lmaoo, dude got too high and decided to shoot up a school? 🤣
A lot of crimes are blamed on alcohol and drugs.
@@ashtonw5507 he was also on other drugs and had mental problems
It’s so crazy. He sounds soft spoken and polite but he litterally took all those innocent lives! Sick
I don't think there is a punishment harsh enough. I'm at a loss for words . It's a heartbreaking story.
Imagine a billion years of torment knowing that in a billion years there will be more to go.
There’s a punishment harsh enough, his first step to school fully armed and ready to kill was the start of his eternal and horrendous cycle of torture and punishment. He will never see the light again, his clock keeps on ticking but there’s no end to it. He’s forever lost and alone, there’s no hope for him.
Hell is real.
@@samuellandos785 good. That sounds perfect for this piece of s***. I hope he burns in hell forever.
The most bodily harm I’ve ever inflicted while under the influence of the devils lettuce was eat 3 packs of ramen noodles, bag of buffalo chicken tenders and flaming hot Cheetos. My arsehole is still dealing with the trauma
Jeez the ENTIRE bag?? Like the ones from the freezer section??😭😭
lmao i can relate all to well to this pain
F
DAMN BRUH
Talk about self harm 😭
In no way am i trying to b disrespectful but that has to be the best lookin judge i ever seen
she is very pretty
keep it respectful though, yeah? some of you act like you've never seen a woman before
+ if you're mad that i said this, then it's probably because i'm talking about you
That's not disrespectful. She is beautiful 🤷
She's banging
I feel bruh pc and cancel culture is real, only say what is 110% accepted by every person who has ever lived or will ever be born or you’ll run the risk of losing everything…stay vigilant my friend
IT IS STILL NO NUT NOVEMBER MY GUY
What is it with serial killers wearing these goofy double bar glasses lol
its because they are really really smart and they study a variation of important topics around 16-18 hours a day. spending that much time *reading* or studying topics in front of your computer damages your eyes thus degrading your vision which intern nictitates optic aid. you should look into society and see who these "killers" your talking about represent in society.
They represent your doctors, your scientists, your engineer's, your scholars, philosophers your governance, and yadda yadda. please be more vigilant to the world you live in.
I could be wrong, but I believe these glasses are the only legal ones allowed in jail.
This judge was so patient with him and made sure he understood what was happening at every stage. She had so much to put with on both sides
well yeah thats what she is required to do isnt it
All the parents being there is heartbreaking. Cant imagine what they're still going through to this day.
So sickening
yeah.. almost seems like the news just wants people to watch so they film the crying. it was so focused for that part.. really sad
@Octo Master fr
@Octo Master na…this case was settled when it began…Kyles trial wasn’t about Kyle it was about the right to defend yourself and community from mobs of violent criminals….
When Kyle won we all won.
@@FearRua. What's the difference between this guy and Kyle and this young man?
This dude has a different excuse everytime he’s in that court room
i swear. he literally murdered 17 people. that’s not a light number at all to try and excuse it
@@zacharydavis9129 wdym he was high on weed 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@suave605 bro I’ve smoked weed it’s just a feeling it doesn’t effect decision making at all
@@xphnyx9299 he’s being sarcastic goofball
@@retiredwestbrookfan6049 your a Westbrook fan
This entire case is heartbreaking. As a mom of two boys I can't imagine taking my boys to school and get that horrible phone call and then on the other side I have my teenage son going on he doesn't want to go to school because he gets bullied, I made sure they put a stop on it but how many kids don't speak up and just try to battle it alone in their minds and rooms. Not a single day goes by where I don't ask my boys every single question that's necessary.
Teach your son that gets bullied to fight back. When bullies get punched in the face they seem to find new targets.
@@dbodooleyStupid advice. This just resets the cycle, violence is never the answer. A bullied kid should never step down to the bully's level, despite most bullies not actually hurting their victims physically.
Bullies are made from abuse. Some bullies bully because they were bullied. The school system has to find the reason for the bullying and help the bully.
As a 16 year old junior in highschool, 17 next month I can say that this is a constant fear I carry with me, during drills and casually in hallways, when I hear some conversations between students etc. it is sickening and it is terrifying. I don’t know about anyone else but at least for me I can’t go to school without thinking in the back of my mind that something horrible is gonna happen. We’ve gotten bomb threats, shooting threats and I remember during my sophomore year we had a hold in place that lasted 3 hours, teachers were panicking, students were either panicking or saying everything was fine and I remember tears falling down my cheek while spam texting my bf at the time who was down the hallway in the cafeteria thinking that one of us or both of us were gonna die. It ended up just being a threat as far as the student body is aware but there are rumors of a gun being found in the bathroom, Of a suicide note being there with it, of e-mails being sent to administers, etc. everything ended up being “okay” but that feeling cannot be shaken. For all we know it could’ve been an animal loose in the school but this generations brain instantly goes to shooting and reasonably so. I can only imagine the fear and pain and anger coursing through the brains of the victims to incidents like this and the trauma to the family of these victims aswell. I have more to say but I don’t know what words to use I don’t even know if what I’m typing makes sense but what I do know is students deserve to feel and know that they are safe in their school environments. They shouldn’t have to go to school to fear for their lives or not go to school out of the fear for their lives. Things need to change.
youll be fine. this kinda thing is more rare that it seems compared to the amount of schools across America
@@kentaotsuki1331 thank you, that really helps it’s just the thought that it can happen
It is so sad that you have to live your school life in fear of this happening. We never had to worry about that in my time. It just didn’t happen. But I have kids in school and it is a real fear. I’ve talked to my son and he always tells me mom I won’t run. I would do everything in my power to stop him and if they get me they get me fighting them and I know he would and it scares me. Just make sure you know your safety exercises and hide. I pray for all school kids that they be safe.
You are good just don't overthink it. Just spend time with your friends in school and have fun and by that time you are going to graduate and forget about all that
As I'm 33, when I was in HS around 2006, Columbine had already happened and everyone was aware of school shootings. But it was still so rare that nobody really had any anxiety or worry about it. We never had active shooter drills either. Glad I was in school when I was. I feel bad that you have to have anxiety about a possible shooting.
Could you imagine being a parent having to sit in the same room as the man who murdered your child and hearing about the events that took place that day. The amount of pain one person can cause so many people is insane.
This kid didn't do anything. This is all a load of horseshit
He is innocent
Would be nice
I would probably be locked up with him well that or id be locked ip and he wouldn’t have to worry about the trial
@@tylerdavidson6879 The whole thing was a staged and rehearsed drill gone live. So idiots like you can come on here and fake toughness.
Reading all the victims names has me in tears. RIP to all the young beautiful souls who had a whole life ahead of them.
@Cassie Harry finally someone understands
Edgy boys
@Cassie Harry hmmm success is the best revenge on a bully not murder.
@Cassie Harry before you seriously hurt others or yourself
@Cassie Harry the fact that you’re the type of person to sympathise with school shooters is probably why you got bullied lol
Rarely does a mass shooter/school shooter live to even see their court date, and be given their fate like this.
I remember watching this shooting right after it happened on the news, and seeing kids still inside posting to their social media accounts, and being scared so bad, still hiding, praying the shooter didnt come in their classroom next. Their dead friends, and teachers laying in pools of blood right next to them, waiting on officers to come get them. Then being taken out of the classrooms in lines from the police hurrying outside being told KEEP YOUR EYES UP, DON'T LOOK DOWN... Because they were crossing over dead students/teachers in the middle of the halls. I watched this for days after for some reason, and it bothered me so long, and I live states away.
It was super sad.
And Florida has the real definition of what the term LIFE IN PRISON means.
Most countries and states have the “real” life in prison, you simply add “without parole” to the life sentence. That makes it lifelong.
I can’t imagine how you guys must feel over there. Kids being shot and politicians being against stricter gun laws. And all the other issues you have leading up to those crimes. Sad.
That sounds cool
He needs to be under the jail
Listening to him say guilty, so matter of factly, so many times was chilling. Took my breath away. Praying for the healing of these families. May God & his Angels hold you all through out the day and night.
Really makes me wonder if those few hours of rage and insanity was worth this to him. A few hours of murderous gunfire in exchange for his life… Like, has he said anything about wishing he could turn back time and not do it? I guess I’ll never understand.
God created the tragedy in the first place.
I think your perception is wrong. This boy is broken. He lost both his parents, was mercilessly bullied in school and no doubt in his neighborhood his entire life with no one to protect him and show him love and to let him know that he matters. He is just powerless. and in retrospect after a few years since the shooting, he has matured slightly, is no longer being bullied by his peers, and is more able to process this tragedy. Pray for him. He is as much a victim as all of the kids he hurt.
@@judyr5011 - he’s about to be bullied and get laid in florida state prison.
@@noodlepoodlegirl actually, I think he did.
It’s so bizarre to see the shooter being so cordial and polite here but knowing the absolute horror and trauma he caused the entire country. It just goes to show what untreated mental illness, bullying, access to weapons, and people not taking his threats seriously can lead to the death of innocent people. We all need to do better to make sure these things don’t happen.
Indeed
Exactly 👏
I would set this innocent man free though ☺️
@@DeadUponAll What? I’m so confused SMH
People shouldn't have guns unless for hunting
I agree with him on one thing. That the parents should decide his fate it’s only fair
Yes in the grand scheme of humanity an eye for and eye. The problem becomes bias. Very unlikely but in the off chance the jury could just give him life, more than likely the victims family would want death due to the damage done to said families.
He purposely did this because he wants the death penalty. He wrote about it somewhere
@@davidpac4 No he doesn’t, he loves himself too much
@@davidpac4 did he write that to make people feel sorry for him or does he actually want it.
too many variables in what is considered family and or collusion
Its so sad seeing the loved ones of these victims having to live through what he did. It must be the most horrendous thing to happen to a parent, you never in a million years expect your child to get gunned down at school, or it be the last time they saw them when them saw them off to school that morning, my heart goes out to them all ❤
Part of me feels bad for this kid. It's the same part of me that sympathizes with the majority of people and our struggles related to the human condition. That doesn't excuse hurting other people, though. Not ever. The damage is done and it's too late, but I hope he learns to understand that and it haunts him for the rest of his life.
You feel bad for him? He massacred kids
@@cassandradugas2287 I feel bad in one way or another for most people. That's the type of person I am. Did you read my entire comment?
You missed the mark man. He doesn't deserve people feeling bad for him. He went and chose to murder a bunch of ppl. No one in their right mind should feel bad for him. He didn't feel bad for his victims. That's crazy to feel bad for this monster.
@@Iappreciateyourtime Wasn't even adults, but other kids.
@@Iappreciateyourtime I should clarify. What I meant was I feel just a little bad for who he was "before" he did that. There's no mercy now.
32:45 - They throughly describe the horrific event
50:35 - He tells them to decide his fate
Thank you my friend
appreciate this
Goodlookin out Slime
I love you
FREE HIM
Life looks A LOT different at 23 than it does at 19. And life looks even more different at 30 than it does at 23. Your feelings, beliefs, morals… they can all change in a few years. If only he had took a breath. If only he had waited. I guarantee he wouldn’t have felt the way he did in another year or two. High school ends. Life moves on. The lives he ruined, the lives he took…. All something he regretted 4 years later. Truly a senseless act of violence. He did something he cannot take back, no matter how much he regrets it. So for anyone out there, just wait. See if it gets better… see if you feel differently in a year or two before you do something you cannot take back, be it suicide, homicide etc. just wait
Bruh 🙌 turning 32 this year and I dont even know where my high school year book is
@@kaiyol6160 u sure ur 32 and not 15 lmfao out here saying Bruh
His motive of shooting up his high-school was because he was bullied from his old classmates and some ex girl. How old are you?
Damn those teenage hormones...the demonic actions of this guy will be judged by God in such a way that our worldly minds cannot comprehend the punishment and torment he will receive in hell. Even God has forgiveness for a person like this. It's mind blowing, but it reminds us that no matter what our sins are, God views it all that same. Many can't and won't accept that fact, but that's how much God loves us. ❤ vengeance belongs to God and God will justly judge his soul and should he never find a relationship with God, he will live an eternal life in hell that will torment him beyond what us worldly beings could ever understand.
@@andrewearle74 Lol do you watch Desus and Mero? Grown ppl talk like that it’s whatever
Every time he said guilty,is like each word is pressing harder and harder on my heart.can t even imagine how must have felt the families of the victims.God rest their souls in peace and the ones left to mourn,may God give them strength to go on with their lifes
Personally as a victim of bullying I never felt the desire to do anything like this I eventually dropped out of school I don’t understand how someone can just kill people
Well buddy that’s cause you’re a good person. People that do stuff like he did are sociopaths.
It's not a "bullying" thing. I was bullied too. I'm gay and from rural Kentucky. Never once did I ever want to do anything outside of maybe hit one of them. More often I wished I had the courage to verbally confront them. Eventually, my principal, to whatever knowledge he was given (which is anything I ratted about, which wasn't often) would put kids in ISS for the words they were using with me. I was never physically bullied. I was too big for that. They body shamed me, but nobody ever roughed me up.
@@BrandonG444 no.
@@BrandonG444 as are the people who drive people to dropping out
@@BrandonG444 People aren't born this way. People are made into sociopaths. He suffered a lot and looked for a way to compensate, there are people who turn that against themselves which ultimately ends in suicide and there are people who let that out on other people which is what he did. You can't avoid shootings if you blame only the shooters. It's a problem of our fckd society man. There is no excuse for what he did and he deserves to rot in prison but society needs to catch these people when they are about to fall to avoid these outbursts of pure hatred.
Remeber that time he pretended to be crazy throughout his interrogation? Hilarious.
Imma go look this up now lol
Yep. Multiple times he did
Yuuuup. Must have been the weed, huh? 🤦♀️ lmfao
@@chrisg64 or the fact he can’t watch tv anymore 🤣
Lmao
I can't imagine what the parents must have thought every time they saw the killer of their sons and daughters. God bless them all. The whole thing is unbelievable.
That boy has problems starting with his child hood. To bad he didn't get help this could all had been avoided.
True
We could have decided the same day it happened, didn’t realize he is still around
You clearly don’t understand how the American judicial system works
@@stealclovers I don’t get why there’s so much extra stuff it wastes time
rosie xxo lmao what are you even talking about rn
@@laycebug3260 bc the family of the victims deserve a fair trial and deserve genuine justice? not just justice based off emotion like this kid
@@stealclovers i was agreeing with you but good try bud
R.I.P. Coach Hicks. He coached me at Ely High in 97 and 98, and we both were stationed in Miami while I was in the Corps.
RIP.
Sincere thanks to you both for ur service.
That’s a wild story of life my friend😄😃😂🇺🇸God bless America☮️
Oh wow you were able to be stationed with your old coach , that must’ve been pretty awesome just having that chunk of familiarity there in that setting , it was so hard for me when I was in being around soooo many new people , thanks for your service brother and sorry for your loss
I live across the street from ely high west side hastion dope
God bless all who survived that horrible day and please look after those who are mourning their friends, family, who didn't. Help them recover, please. And please help this absolutely ruined being become a better person in prison too if it's in your will.
😢😢😢😢😢😢I hope all victims who died and and survived all find peace
This is such a tragedy. I can't even imagine how the victims' families feel.
@@tkdamusicman my blessings 🙏
Not a school shooting ..but a shooting Lord it hurts and I miss my brother
They feel nothing … less people to deal with less problems
@@Prayeveryday99. Rip.. your brother is still with you my friend. He is in your heart, and better yet, he is high in the sky with the lord, and I’m sure he wants you to keep your head up high ❤️
@@Prayeveryday99. im sorry for your loss, i lost my best friend in January of this year and the kid that shot him lives just down the road and it takes everything in me sometimes.
If he is really sorry then living with that regret is worse than death.
@Neku tf you mean bro, the death penalty is way more expensive than life in prison lmao
@@arrow3218 ive got a simple solution for the death penalty. a big rock, maybe even a gun
@@invaderlean with ammo prices rn we should stick to rocks
@@ghost.w2907 *a rock. A big one.
exactly, in 10 years, his actions will eat him alive...
The justice system in America will always be a joke
At least there was justice here and he was in jail unable to hurt anyone else until his trial. Most violent criminals nowadays will see little to no consequences and will continue offending until they do something like murder that will actually get them locked up for a least a few years
Europe is worse. 8 years in swedish prison (which is like a hotel room) and you are out from 1st degree murder.
Why am I crying😢 so many children. She’s just reading their innocent names and the charges is so sad.
Going to court is like recess for this guy. He already in for life so anything else is just giving him something to do
💀🤣🤣 (damn 33 likes, i was stoned when I posted that comment 🤣🤣)
During one of the anti-Semitic rants in the chat, Cruz spoke of his birth mother, saying, "My real mom was a Jew. I am glad I never met her."
Cruz was Jewish, explains a lot.
@@lukej7283 just curious, my family has a Jewish background, what does it explain?
I don't have any inclination to hurt anybody BTW.
@@JB-rl8ki lol
@@lukej7283 his mom practiced and believed in Judaism? Bc that’s the only why to be Jewish
I don't usually comment; however, this is truly devastating. I'm glad that despite the horrendous crime he committed, he didn't take his own life away and will now face the consequences of his actions.
I would've preferred he off himself.
taxpayers are still paying for his food
@CommandoPickle well he still has the penalties hearing so he can still get a death penalty and that sweet sweet bleach injection for him
@@kamiha4468 I get it he did something wrong but you don’t need to glorify his pain it makes you sound inhumane
@CommandoPickle Agreed. A fitting life for his actions, nobody gets to live a normal life after doing that.
This kid had the cards stacked against him before he was even born. We fail so many kids everyday. It doesn't excuse what he did. But it hurts me to know things may be prevented with people caring enough to get a kid some help before things get so bad. He took his pain and inflicted it on others and now it's too late for him. How many kids is it going to be too late for right now, as we are all snug as bugs in rugs in our beds, fridges full, power and water, and all our creature comforts and families that are supportive and love us and care about us? I saw a lot of this when my kids were little and had playdates. I'd keep them for as long as I could.🧡🙏💔
So sad for the people got shot and killed there should have some help for kid now too late your the students died prayer for them
This young man was born from an alcoholic & drug user Mother while he was still in the womb. His Mother then left him. He definitely had bad Genes carried out to him fully & he was bullied & never got the help he needed. He fell through the cracks. His Grandparents that raised him should had never had guns in their house & should had known he needed help but did nothing. I nowhere condone what this young man did killing so many people & destroying the lives of their family's, but he was obviously off his rocker with no mental health help. .
All the same , what this young man did is horrifying.
I had no idea he shot some of the kids 8-14 times -- that's an incredible amount of cathartic rage. Not that it's any better, but I had always thought he sprayed gunfire around randomly, and maybe a few kids were hit more than once due to proximity. But shooting an innocent child 14 times is an utterly grotesque level of evil and rage. Perhaps he saw these kids living their seemingly perfect lives with friends and parents who loved them, while he had lost his mother, had no friends, and felt like the world unfairly rejected him. But that doesn't excuse nor explain how someone could be capable of this. When a person exhibits evil on this level, he loses his right to life, and society should not be burdened by the cost of his existence any longer than absolutely necessary.
@KingOfPain i wouldn’t understand how though? why thank god for this tragedy? i ask this maybe because i myself have gone through my own things in life and haven’t understood why god would allow it to happen
because what happened to me brought a collision with the “creator of the universe” because what happened hurt me so much i didn’t understand
@KingOfPain shut up
@KingOfPain Wtf...
@KingOfPain God allows free will. Humans do these things, not God. God is simply your spiritual advisor. You turn to or away from.
@KingOfPain no. God gave us free will. We aren’t programmed robots. We have the opportunity to make decisions good or bad. And we have to live with the consequences
First it was the “demon” that made him do it and now it’s weed? Seriously this guy is something else.
Demons can't make u do anything but tempt you only. I know that he is hearing voices in his head talking to him
HAHAH TRUE THO
The demon told him to go smoke some weed I don't know why he said weed as if he is going to get a lesser sentence
The devils lettuce strikes again
I definitely believe in demons and even believe him when he says a demon "lured" him into this mess but it's not an excuse when 17 people are dead. Self-control.
Unacceptable no matter what the killer's dealing with mentally, emotionally or psychologically.
☮🕊❤🩹
It’s amazing that they need to explain this crime to someone who knowingly committed it. It’s just insane our justice system
If you see someone being bullied at school or anywhere don’t join instead help and defend that person, you might just save their life and others! You never know what someone’s going thru, be nice to everyone you meet.
PERIOD
That's so true, I was bullied through high-school it was terrible.
@Patricia Laden - I believe he was. And he also lost his mother before this tragedy occurred. Which left him with nobody. He was at his end and became an angry teenager. Almost have some empathy for him, if he didn’t so callously kill so many. May they all Rest In Peace. 🕊
@Patricia Laden I think he might of been, I’m not sure, I just felt posting this because a lot of what people do there’s always a reason behind it
Exactly well said stan vasilchuk.. kids need to stop bullying it’s ridiculous no one‘s better than anybody I’m a mom and a grandma and a wife and I don’t put up with that❤️🙏
“Peter Wang was 14 years old. He was shot 12 times and died of his wounds.” THAT alone… man..I can’t believe someone could be so horrible
peter wang?
Wang. Haha
Only 12? :(
@@saturnna467 so that justifies killing 17 people? Because he was bullied. Terrible excuse
@@saturnna467 what type of bullying has you go to kill random children
He says what he thinks people want to hear. I think every person who dropped the ball and let this happen when there were dozens of chances to get him into a facility and prevent it should be on trial with him. He is not the only guilty person here. Such a tragedy.
Thier is a hairline between sane and insainity , my heart is heavy for every single person involved in this case may the people who died rest in peace ❤
The judge is so sweet yet stern . She’s really professional.
And real easy on the eyes! Just sayin'
She’s so damn fine too
Kind of a dummy too. Everything scripted sounded forced and offscripts has her going uhmm uhmm.
She’s a baddie !
That judge is hot.
ive heard of politicians blaming weed for crimes but NEVER the criminal themselves 💀
edit: when did this turn into a gun debate bro
0 logic
No they just legalize it.
@Kevin Anderson however, why the hell does anyone need an ar-15
@Kevin Anderson why do you think democrats want stricter gun control and background checks, which also means the gun show loophole?
@@anxiety1018 bc they want one, not your concern, i think they can have it as long as they are a responsible person, simple as that.
So many layers to the creation of this monster of a human....definitely a great example of how many opportunities to prevent this outcome were ignored. I hope at the very least we can learn from this and raise awareness on behaviors' that should NOT be ignored in children, and young adults. What an absolute tragedy in various ways.
just unbelievable! those poor children and teachers!
“I’m anxious”
I wonder how those kids felt as you took their lives for your own
THANK YOU!!! JESUS! Omfg I can't stand that he said he was so anxious.
He’s anxious because he was caught and he’s entire life is being decided.
@@SelfImprovement1111 it wouldn't have been decided for him if he simply didn't kill 17 people.
@@BubbleArcadia He is a human being, I'm sure he's still capable of experiencing anxiety / depression. Even if he is a bad person, it doesn't make him incapable of standard mental illnesses. As a matter of fact, it makes a lot more sense if he DOES suffer from anxiety, I don't think a neurotypical individual would do what he did, so I don't understand your point here.
@@Aresous thank you, it bothers me that even tho he did something wrong he's still a human
It's amazing how everyone who commits crimes, becomes humble and speaks softly when they get in front of the judge. All of a sudden it is, a respectful, "Yes Ma'am/Yes Sir"
Your right he didn't care on the day when he told the lad in the stairwell I should leave something horribles about to happen & proceeds to go forward & shoot innocent lives. Evil
You have to treat the judges respectfully or you can be held in contempt of court
The people who bullied him for years would also be humble before the judge .. but no one is going after them
@@root6683 2 wrongs don’t make a right thoe.
What I think 🤔 is that his not stupid he knows what he did acting all sad and shyt man he was mad at that moment he was mad at the school for x reason and he did that when he was mad at the school 🏫 know his all sad and shyt boi
How could you do this....I understand high school is harsh believe me I graduated just 5 years ago and still remember the emotional challenging times, I get it. But to murder and look the kids in the eyes that some of them GREW UP with you.... and hearing their screams...that is SICK how could you do this? Disgusting let him live with this guilt and let his anxiety kill him remembering what he's done. I pray for the families of all involved I pray God gives them peace.
He is a psychopath who doesn’t feel guilt or empathy.
WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT... I don't mean to be that person but... He looks like Jefferey Dahmer right? He killed 17 people. SO DID THIS KID!
@@harryparsons2750 That's very hurtful to any actual psychopaths, just because they murdered someone does not mean they're a psychopath. It was clear he did feel empathy and guilt.
No he didn’t he’s a sick bastard and murdered people who had plans for the future and never got to follow their dreams.
@@mandela-manny5022 be serious
Even that goofy statement wasnt even sincere. He is so evil.
The girl that explained he did this because he was hurting.. because he felt alone.. That girl did everyone such an honor. Thank you for your strength.
Honestly if he did smoke weed he would’ve stayed home that day.
Exactly why tf would I smoke weed and decide to shoot up a school? Too lazy for that shi bruh just stay home and watch a movie or sum 🤦🏽💀
@@V92LTHEREAL I'm right I just want to go to taco bell f school
Cannabis has been known to exacerbate underlying psychosis. This is actually where cannabis originally started to become frowned upon. Harry Anslinger of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics wrote out to 31 experienced scientists asking them if cannabis should be criminalized. 30 of the scientists wrote back saying cannabis isn't known to be harmful and there would be no reason to criminalize the substance. 1 lone scientist wrote back claiming it was dangerous and that the drug should be criminalized because of a story about a latin teen in Florida who butchered his family. I forget the kids name, but he had prior run ins with the authorities because of mental issues. The police told the family to send him into a psych ward to receive treatment, but the family refused their suggestion and opted to take care of him themselves. Based on the noted symptoms, the kid was exhibiting schizophrenia and he had a particularly bad reaction one night when he got high on cannabis. He took a machete and butchered everyone in his household. The story went public and instead of acknowledging all the facts in the case, the media, with the help of Anslinger, pushed the narrative that cannabis made minorities go insane. This is how the term "Marijuana" started to become popular and the delusional believe that it made the latins and blacks violently insane. The illegalization of cannabis was based on racism and bigotry. Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in since cannabis was being talked about.
On extremely rare cases weed can make you psychotic, I have a friend who doesn't smoke because of it; he says that when he was high, he began to hear the people he was with yelling at him and trying to start a fight while they were doing nothing or just having a normal conversation.
@@V92LTHEREAL I mean he has anxiety and depression so that brain chemistry could throw things off, but you can’t blame weed for murdering 17 people.
This shouldn’t be a reunion to feel sorry for the killer. This should be to remember 17 souls that were lost.
17 souls that could’ve been doctors, nurses, scientists, astronauts, teachers, etc….
And all the survivors that will have PTSD for the rest of their lives.
@@jaysizzle7777 some were teachers
@@mstrod09 😓😪
Let's feel sorry for all of them. No one deserves to die but people must be forgiven.
To the families of great loss . My heart is beyond broken for each and every one of your children that became victims and your family that they loved . I have no words to you that can take your pain away . I really wish I did . I can only offer my utmost Sympathy , Love to you and PRAYER’S to God that he heals you and makes your life bearable to be able to move on with life . Until y’all will be reunited again in heaven 😢🙏🏻
Amen..there is a God Almighty.,& He will judge him & all human beings..may God help us..
I can’t imagine a greater hope than to know that their kids aren’t gone forever, one day they will meet again. We‘re all going to die, every one of us. So I Hope they know their pain isn’t forever. God is Hope.
He has seriously messed up his life and 17 others and multiple family members . This trial is so painful to watch , I couldn’t imagine what it is like to actually have to walk in their shoes . I feel bad for him but even worse for the innocent parties involved . He has done way too much damage and now has to live in the bed he has made for himself .
They still haven’t finished this yet? God damn. Imagine how long it’s going to take for the Alec Baldwin, Astro world, and Ruggs Manslaughter to resolve..
Its all about money and job security.
U never been to court I can see and fought for the life it’s longer than u think bud and to mention Astro world and Alec Baldwin yo u can’t compare this when to that tbh
@@justinplezime4896 that's racist
@@justinplezime4896 idk about that, it seems like as long as it involves a death of another person, then it will take a long time to resolve.
that's the American justice system for ya
God imagine having been that Uber driver… realizing after the fact that you dropped off the monster that was about to murder 17 young adults in the beginning of their lives, and three teachers dedicated to teaching and serving and protecting their students. How absolutely gut wrenching…
the horror.. The horror
The driver is at no fault. But I know he must think about it.
If the driver's name has gotten out, i hope no violence or death threats have come to him. It's not his fault.
The driver must remain anonymous. I would pray for his safety if anyone figured out who they are. They must feel so much emotional pain and mental trauma from knowing they drove this monster to his killing spree. I can only imagine how they feel every day. Whoever you are and if you ever read this comment, you're loved and cared for. No one who is sane blames you for this tragedy. Please keep your head up and keep your life going.
If he had refused to drive him, someone else would have done it. It’s not the drivers fault
He looks such innocent young person here but he did horrible thing... So so sad for the victims.
My granma who lost a child to murder said to me the way to move forward is to forgive the person who did wrong. Listening to all of this I feel it would be hard when in so much pain with grief. He had mental illness or was on drugs because no one in their right mind would do such a evil thing. I know people whose had horrible lives and yet wouldnt even think of doing that. My heart goes to the families. In time it will get a little easlier to breath, cope with life but the sadness wont ever go. It affects a future generation of people. The future of the necies and newfew they never got to know. Their is a saying it take's a village to raise a child but when people are taken out of the village it makes the job harder for those left behind. Skills they could have been shared they had learnt are lost. Memories that should have been made arent. Friendships that could have been formed didnt. Their dreams robbed their future plans stolen. They will never be parents or made some one a granparent or aunt and uncle as it was taken from them while living their own innocent lives.
What is truly devastating is how you can hear the prosecutor getting emotionally affected when reading out loud the events of that horrible day.
@Josh Traffanstedt well guess I'm a psychopath
@Josh Traffanstedt well I'm 12 so I probably don't understand yet
@Josh Traffanstedt cheers
Timestamp?
@@214jblocc don't remember the exact time, but it was when he was reading the transcript of the events.
Attorney: nikolas, you must choose a glass to wear to look more sympathetic to the judge and jury.
Nikolas: serial killer glasses it is. 👆🔪
The hair profile pic got me
dammit this thing got me again
You got me dude
They tried to have him looking like Harry Potter...
Lmfao 🤣
It messed up how he looks like a kind person if you didn't know what he did. By my optimistic sense of judgement of others, I'd probably end up dead in someone's trunk.
After reading so much about him,I think this guy has seen lot of violence and gone through lot of trouble in his life.
“Did the demons tell you to say that weed made you shoot those kids?”
I understood that reference.
I understood that reference.
I understood that reference.
@@Letthat I didn’t understand that reference , please explain
@@mt7810 its a youtube video where this police man interrogates cruz on why he did it ... and he said it was because of the demons
My 18 year old brother was murdered in 1974…. My parents lived into their 80s and they never got over it … yeah their lives went on , they laughed again , they loved spending time with their grandchildren but my mother told, her pain is there every single day …. These parents will serve a life sentence of loss and pain … God be with all of them
You never get over it
I can’t imagine the pain they must feel to wake up everyday in the morning and remember that their children aren’t there anymore. And that everyday. Can’t hug them, hear them laugh, see them grow up to adults or simply talk to them. That’s hell. I wish I could take their pain onto me but it’s not possible, I hope God gives them strength and fills the emptiness with love
Sterke
In sorry, my friend. Thank you for sharing your story.
Have you heard that your brother will be raised from the dead some day and that all righteous people will receive eternal life on that day? Your brother’s killer will be thrown into fire forever if he didn’t confess his sins to God, and that’s because it’s the just punishment for being evil without remorse.
I will devote my life to preaching that hatred is evil and love is good. I pray that God will help us to build a society that is more loving than this one so that people like your you and your brother don’t have to suffer.
It the parents who get the life of suffering day after day. It never goes away a year feel like a day sorry to hear about your brother. L know how you feel. God bless you and your family.
He's shown exactly no emotion At all.
the nerve of some people
my biggest fear of having a child is not being able to convince them that popularity and being liked in school by your peers doesn't matter in the long run.
Well said
@xZeFFy -_- you think being a good parent always equals a good child? Please ✋🏾
In all countries around the world, it happens but kids dont have access to weapon! they get bruses and concusions but no one gets killed
But is popularity and opinions worth ending someone’s life over?
@I Luv Ginny weasley eh, idk. My aunt who I assume is a pretty good parent had a daughter who is very wild and just getting out of control. Parties every day and car crap. It had to do with her school and bullies. Honestly it can be the kids themselves dude
This kid really said “I can’t even watch Tv anymore” well buddy the people that died can’t either never will got so upset when he said that
man has his priorities straight
He's still thinking about himself.
I understand the feelings and pain the family's victims are going through. It's very sad for the children who died in this homicide and hope that God may bless their parents and give them the strength to live with these memories. I just notice that the shooter seems polite and correct at the courtroom, looked like he really meant it when he said he was sorry and wanted the families to decide whether or not he should live. I don't know what motivated him to do what he did but I'm pretty sure he took some drugs or something like that. This country should take these persons issues seriously and focus more on the drugs issues. A country where people are allowed to use guns, have access to drugs and alcohol easily and where mental health is not well considered, is always confronted to these types of events. Sad for the whole situation
Hé is a psychopat no drugs just evil
You don’t understand. You didn’t lose any one
@@Lol-lj4qz sure but that’s not the point. As I said, I feel sorry about the situation, but if we want to be honest, we have to look forward and try our best to avoid these kinds of catastroph. And for that, we need to know how deep is the problem and then try to fix it. Killing him or sending him to jail, then continue to live like we are sure he is the only and last individual who will do such things is denial.
He's not sorry, he's just a good actor.
The families deserve every bit and ounce of support this great country has given them.
Something I'd like to say, which will be a hot take, is that this boy needed/needs love and support and not a single soul walking this planet gave it to him. Constantly bullied, by peer and family alike. "Golly gee willikers, I wonder what drives a person to do this?"
I like how she kept asking the questions about his mental level. Making sure he can’t proceed with an insanity plea or appeal. Smart move on judge
he tried to do that already
he tried once already all judges have to ask these questions its protocol hes already tried to blame it on mental and such.
Standard practice it would be more of a talking point if she didn’t do that. Simp
@@jamesdixon7776 Hey kid, grow up.
They all have to do that
I just have no words. My heart goes out to the parents of the victims having to hear the details of how their babies died.
Yeah it’s hard to have any sympathy for Nikolas, cuz if you were being bullied then why not just go after the people that bullied you.. don’t go after innocent people.
@@thetruthdatedr.4766 That is not how the psychology works in these scenarios. There's a study that I read a few years back about these things, the name of the study would translate to "white rage." (it hasn't been translated into english yet) Meaning a sort of passive rage or hatered against what the subject would define as a group. In this scenario it was a high school. And the cause of these events is not the person, it's the events that the person has gone through, shootings are just the effect.
You have to keep in mind here that Nikolas had been suffering from ADHD, depression and autism, he never saw his real parents, his last adoptive parent died only 3 months before the shooting.
You can probably guess that an autistic ADHD kid wasn't probably treated very well in school by other students. In my opinion the cause of this shooting was childhood trauma and bullying amplified and probably at least to some degree caused by his mental disorders. And when you're mentally sort of pushed into a corner, you don't care much about who you take your hatred out on. In his mind, the people who hurt him, and the place where he felt the pain became one entity, and he took his anger out on it. It didn't matter to him if the same people no longer studied there.
I have no words, also you just leaving a comment 😂 🤡
@@Zaggy221 see you get it
@Jonathan Huisman I have no words is a phrase one uses to convey they can not express their thoughts or feelings well enough to match the gravity of the situation. Does not mean I can't try, ya pr*ck!
Oh my god! What a horrendous crime!
I believe "tragedy" is the only word that can nearly come close to what the entire events have been. This is the perfect example of what violence is: a circle. You fill one individual with all the hatred in the world starting from day one with his toxic mother, until every boundary becomes blury in a world that never showed him what justice or love resemble to. He'll spread pain and hatred in no time.
He must have fantasized thousands of times what it would look like to make every one suffer like he did the day of the shooting. So must be doing a lot of kids where I live. But the reason Nikolas went through it is because he had access to the automatic rifle. I'm not pro or anti gun control, I'm just saying school shootings aren't even a thing in many countries.
I've watched hours of this trial, people have the right to hate him because be now he deserves the hate. But you never say a baby is a monster since birth, it just becomes one later in the hands of the wrong people.
It takes a dangerous combination to raise a shooter. Access to a gun, entitlement, and a heart full of hatred. I don't think he deserves any pity, though. He knew what he was doing from the second he made his plans.
He was a cashier at the Dollar Store I frequented. Small and unassuming guy. Never imagined that he would commit such horrific crimes. For a long time after these poor kids and teachers savage murder, I wonder what made him wake up that morning and actively decided to take so many lives. The memorial outside of the school is beautiful and so incredibly beyond sad. I will never forget the day it happened.
I highly suggest you watch “What pretending to be crazy looks like” by JCS Criminal Phycology. It is the original interview of Nikolas Cruz on the day of this horrific crime.
@@WakeTheFuckUpSamurai yes, I've watched it.
Never pick on the quiet kids
You should've got an autograph I guess he wasn't famous back then though still cool that you met him
@@spider3755 ???
This judge is very fair and I love how she really really makes sure the defendant is represented and understanding- seriously good judge! More need to watch her and replicate themselves-
This is weird. She makes it complicated. Citizens always have rights. You dont wave your rights. You plea guilty or not.
Pleading guilty waives your right to trail by jury. You have the right but you can waive that right by pleading guilty. She made that abundantly clear
@Retro_Afterglow Very beautiful, and so young!
@Retro_Afterglow Would be intimidating to go up in front of her!
@@freshstart4423 she doesn't tho she's making everything clear so he knows what hes up against. she's a good judge
After 15 minutes of going through the sort of replay of everything inhumane, horrendous and heart wrenching this lunatic had committed on that day to those poor souls. I do not know how a part of me still wanted to acknowledge the fact that he too must have been a human at some point in his life and would have the decency to say something better for the life’s he has taken. But all he had to say was how least he cares of what people think about him and how he couldn’t live through the aftermath of his own actions. How he couldn’t watch ‘TV’ and still expects a second chance of bringing another nightmare cause he is having way too many!
😢 WHY? I pray for the families!! 🙏❤
If he thinks being nice and cooperative now is gonna help him, it’s not.
Uhhhh… I don’t think he thought that at all….
I don't think that is going through his head at all. The guy is as cold blooded as they come and would probably be happy to get the death penalty
well i would assume being cooperative and nice is the better way to go.. any smart person would do that
not saying he’s a smart person or a good guy but being nice and cooperative is wayyyy better than anything else
It'd have played out better for him if he had just been an arse the entire time.
It’s so hard to watch this man who looks like a boy stand up there being polite saying yes ma’am and no ma’am. When you know he took precious lives away. That hurts to think about. Smh
Yup - it's so bizzare. He looks so kind and well spoken but we know that it's not true. It's twisted to think about how horrible people like him can assimulate so easily into society.
You’re not allowed to say anything to a women judge besides Yes mam / No mam or Your honor…. It’s not that he’s a polite kid..
@@bluelife1503 you’re not allowed?
@@bluelife1503 no but hes also very softspoken. If I didn't know what crime he commited I'd say he's a regular guy
He clearly has psychological issues, that makes the entire situation all the more difficult.
He seems almost normal here & polite… It makes you wonder what went wrong back in 2018 for him to do what he did.
It's another manipulate tactic even his foster mum said he is good at manipulating situations or how he was feeling this little show here was just to try and wriggle out of getting a death sentence he was probably laughing when he got back to his Jail cell
How can any sane attorney accept to defend a horrible criminal like this monster ?
I dislike where things are in my life sometimes, but at least I'm not him.
or his victims
So have to watch losers to make yourself feel better. Just pray to God for yourself and the losers you watch....
@@Cogic stop jumping to conclusions bro ain’t even say all dat
@@Cogic God is a lie. Everyone knows deep down he doesn't exist.
@@RNFLACKOratshobo Sorry for the ignorance of jumping to conclusions and don't let Satan fool you in believing God is a lie.....
One cannot begin to grasp the horror of this massacre. My heart bleeds with the families of each victim. I am praying for all of you.
u posted this 2 weeks ago. have u prayed yet? or is this a holier then thou typa thing lol
@@trejenkins4053 God bless you.
@@mel-yx4gp 🙏🏾 but no I’m wondering cuz I respect if u really prayed. These people need it
I do. As a follower of Christ I cannot but pray. This horrible event has caused such tragedy and brought such hurt. I firmly believe hat only Christ can enable them to move on (as from my own experience of loss). They have a been dealt a Terrible blow.
"my heart bleeds" really not the best picture you could have picked here buddy
Aw Nicky I hate seeing you like this. I saw so much potential in you. Why did you take Alex away?
Is there anyone else who feels sorry for him? He had a screwed up mother/life and NO ONE helped him growing up. Maybe I am warped
Yeah, one of the main motivations of many murderers to kill was the traumas they went through when they were young...does this justify the crimes? no! but this justifies the criminal's intentions!....and when you bring these aspects of the criminal's past to the public, majority of people say that you are defending the criminal..like wtf
I think a lot of us feel bad for the life he's had, persoanlly i think he's broken inside or he wouldn't have done it!
He had a foster mom and lots of help growing up.