Arlington school shooter, 18, was bullied
and robbed multiple times by students
'jealous' of his 'nice clothes and fancy
car' before he opened fire on classmates
and principal, say family, as teen is
charged with aggravated assault and held
on a $75,000 bond
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Harriet Alexander
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
10/7/2021 12:51:14 AM
An 18-year-old Texas student charged with opening fire inside his classroom, wounding four people including his teacher, is facing three counts of aggravated assault as his family said he was bulliedTimothy George Simpkins, 18, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault for firing a .45 caliber gun during a fistfight at school on Wednesday morning, before fleeing in his Dodge Charger. He is pictured in his booking photo taken on WednesdayTimothy George Simpkins, 18, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault for firing a .45 caliber gun during a fistfight at school on Wednesday morning, before fleeing in his Dodge Charger.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Northcross 10/7/2021 12:57:22 AM (No. 937570)
Bullied because of his nice car, fancy clothes, and illegal guns...
I call baloney
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I've seen the pictures. He's another gang-banging piece of garbage. Shoot in face.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 10/7/2021 1:14:08 AM (No. 937576)
Poor little rich boy! I could hardly read the Daily Mail (UK) article through my tears. Sniff. I may need counseling. Nothing like this has ever happened in Arlen, Texas, Heimlich County.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
MrDeplorable 10/7/2021 1:17:12 AM (No. 937578)
Are you kidding? A mere $75,000 bond for attempted murder x three! How can they trust this moral cipher not to go get another gun and do the insanely irrational thing he did in the first place?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 10/7/2021 1:53:13 AM (No. 937586)
Really stupid 18 year old "logic", but I had been starting to get a feeling that this was different than the standard "violent black teen gangsta" story.
I can see that he's getting zero sympathy from the posters here. Maybe that's right, maybe not.
As someone who fought bullies repeatedly with fists in Jr Hi and HS, I can understand the frustration. I thought about beating up one bully with a two by four a few months after multiple attacks on me. But, I didn't do it, and figured out that there was no percentage in that sort of action. I only defended my self with fists at the times attacked. Never used any weapon, let alone a gun, which I did have access too, but it literally never entered my mind to use it that way.
We'll see how this unfolds.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Californian 10/7/2021 2:03:13 AM (No. 937596)
Gun was the wrong answer to getting beat up. But I'd have sympathy if he'd shattered a few structural facial bones with a brick or something similar. Fighting back was the right answer but he escalated too far.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 10/7/2021 2:21:03 AM (No. 937601)
White Supremacist Wilding, nothing new here.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chumley 10/7/2021 3:24:35 AM (No. 937608)
I am sympathetic so far. I was relentlessly beaten in the early 70's for the crimes of being white and going to a black school. They dont just punch you and leave. They punch and kick and beat without mercy, and only stop when they get tired. Then as often as not three more start in. We hear from all kinds of tough guys about how they fight them. I guess they've never had to actually fight against odds like that. I did. Pretty much daily around 1971. He should have killed them all.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
rfr46 10/7/2021 5:00:59 AM (No. 937618)
Feel sorry for a punk who tries to murder a teacher and two other students? No, thank you.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
dickiedeeb 10/7/2021 5:04:51 AM (No. 937620)
Eighteen year old high school student righteously lashed out from the longtime trauma of being a victim of systemic racism Oh by the way Have You Seen Juniors Grades
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
5 handicap 10/7/2021 5:35:13 AM (No. 937639)
Anyone can tell just by looking, Timmy G Simpkins was the victim here, just ask Joy Reid or Don Lemon. Evil White Teacher needs to be charged with attempted murder. Very probably would be in California, Washington or Oregon.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/7/2021 5:54:25 AM (No. 937649)
Who wasn't bullied or robbed in school? I was robbed first day of first grade. After I got over the surprise that there was evil in the world, I took measures to defend, which did not include a 45. And it is not a racial issue. There are mean people in every race. I have been threatened by them all, and helped by them all.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Roscoelewis 10/7/2021 6:13:59 AM (No. 937660)
Suuuure, po little black kid bes a victim.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
watashiyo 10/7/2021 6:29:03 AM (No. 937667)
I'd like to send some money to his legal defense fund.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
CivilServant 10/7/2021 6:54:23 AM (No. 937677)
Trenton, NJ. School. Group told me I was a dead man end of day.
After I hit the biggest guy with a piece of pipe-repeatedly- in the head, opening up the skull, I was left alone.
Frankly, in that school a .45 would not have been enough gun.
I’ll wait to pass judgement.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bgarrett 10/7/2021 7:25:30 AM (No. 937703)
"... by students 'jealous' of his 'nice clothes and fancy car' ..."
by BLACK students 'jealous' of his 'nice clothes and fancy car'
FIFY
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 10/7/2021 7:28:51 AM (No. 937708)
I knew, it I knew it, I knew it! The millisecond I saw a pic of the alleged shooter I knew there wouldn't be a word about gun confiscation/control and the 'he was such a good boy and its the rest of the world's fault' stories would be coming. Right crime for gun control nuts. Sadly, its a protected quota pulling the trigger so it changes the narrative.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Hazymac 10/7/2021 7:40:39 AM (No. 937722)
$75,000 bond for attempted mass murder at a school is laughable. There shouldn't be any bond at all. This loser would probably try the same thing again.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Clinger 10/7/2021 8:13:51 AM (No. 937745)
What percentage of the adult population was bullied at some point in their lives? It's a given in life, the differentiator is how you deal with it.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
harleynyc 10/7/2021 8:19:26 AM (No. 937751)
Something's fishy. The being bullied excuse could be an ruse. my 2 cents.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 10/7/2021 8:29:36 AM (No. 937766)
I think I'll wait to see what the police and DA say about this case. I'm skeptical of families that talk about their precious "turning his life around," and how he "had a good heart" apart from the mugging, stealing, and other crimes. It is just a matter of luck and a few millimeters this "good boy" doesn't have a murder charge lodged against him.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 10/7/2021 8:42:34 AM (No. 937780)
Apologies for the second post, but I suspect some family dysfunction here - he lives with a grandmother, and an aunt went to the school to report the bullying. Why not one of his parents? No mention of his father in the article, and his mother talked to reporters outside the grandmother's house after the shooting. Was she around before, or did she just show up after the shooting? Also, one picture looks like Timothy might be sporting the gold teeth popular with a certain minority demographic.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
czechlist 10/7/2021 8:49:40 AM (No. 937787)
I have a daughter who lives in the area. Homes range from $300k to over $500k with a couple of kids, pets, newer cars in the driveway, boats here and there, pools, and other signs of wealth. Funny thing is the presence of so many black families in such an oppressed country.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
walcb 10/7/2021 9:06:24 AM (No. 937809)
I reserve judgement until more is known. Shooting people is not the answer but what #8 said will make most people cross the line.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 10/7/2021 9:24:19 AM (No. 937835)
Nobody's jealous of anyone driving a three year old Dodge.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
mc squared 10/7/2021 10:18:59 AM (No. 937904)
#5 expressed it very well: 'But, I didn't do it, and figured out that there was no percentage in that sort of action. '
What 18 yr old drives around in an expensive car with a pistol in the door and PHOTOGRAPHS IT?
Three guesses:
1 Gangbanger
2 Gangbanger
3 Gangbanger
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
sunshinehorses 10/7/2021 10:53:40 AM (No. 937944)
The bond is ridiculous for the number of people injured. Also, how is it that he managed to have a lawyer at his beck and call to take him to the police station and turn himself in???? Something stinks with this whole scenario.
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Y'all don't get it. He can't use the excuse about them calling him the n word, he had to fall back to the bully card.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Hugh Akston 10/7/2021 12:37:23 PM (No. 938063)
To #8 comment - The joy of forced integration starting in 1972(?). Glad I got out in 1970 and went thru 12 years of less than 1% diversity. Never had to experience the 'coming of age' by surviving a 3 or 4 or more on 1 and never put my fist in another kids face for the entire 12 years. My sister graduated in 1974 and her stories are different.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Penney 10/7/2021 1:44:30 PM (No. 938127)
He sounds like the Sal Mineo character in Rebel Without A Cause.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 10/7/2021 3:22:59 PM (No. 938193)
Have never been bullied but the best answer if possible, run! Get out of the situation! If you are forced to engage do so until you can run If it is a matter of life and death or protecting my wife or another, I will gladly stand and fight!
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
skacmar 10/7/2021 3:27:41 PM (No. 938195)
Was he acting too white?
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