The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts the 3rd study session on Dave Cullen's COLUMBINE. The April 20th, 1999 Colorado High School shooting resulted in 15 casualties - including the two White shooters. Eric "Rebel" Harris and Dylan "VODKA" Klebold used firearms and bombs to slaughter their classmates before taking their own lives. This massacre inspired school shootings around the world, changed law enforcement's rules of engagement, and remains one of the most significant events of the last 30 years. Harris and Klebold were allegedly fascinated with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. They carried out the attack on Hitler's birthday and a mere 4 years after Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building - which was on April 19th, 1995. The White teen duo apparently had contact with enforcement officers well in advance of the shooting. Last week, many listeners commented on the tone and word choice in the book. Specifically, they submitted that the text sounded like an action movie that praises the intelligence and upstart personality of these White teen terrorists. We also made note of the extraordinary resources available to the students of Columbine High School: Psychology classes, patio area for White teen smokers (presumably illegal), unarmed security officers on site, off campus lunch for students with cars. Cullen gives a second-by-second account of how the attack unfolds. Surprisingly, many victims reported hearing the gun fire, but incorrectly thinking the noise must be a prank, student movie, or other non-violent school project. Some even ran towards the White gunman because they wanted to be apart of "the fun" or to admonish the duo for their excessive noise. Orenthal James Simpson is mentioned in this week's reading. Addendum: During the program, there was confusion about whether the black parents of Isaiah Shoels were being comforted by White people or if these non-white people were reassuring White parents. Lauren contacted Mr. Cullen. He confirmed that Shoels's parents were being comforted by Whites. #OJSimpson #TheCOWS14Years INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE: 564943#