"I don't like Monday," says A Lady who killed because she hates Monday, Brenda Ann Spencer

- Brenda was one of the first school shooters in the United States. But why did she do that? Well . she hates Monday.

I have been arguing with myself for months about whether there is an opportunity to cover such a case, but in the end I feel that I can cover it in a way that is sensitive to the victims of the crime and who they may have been. They have been influenced by something similar in the current era. That said, it will be difficult for some of you. This is the case for Cleveland Elementary School markswoman Brenda Ann Spencer.

Early life

Branda was born on April 3, 1962 and lives in the small town of San Diego, California. Her home was across Cleveland Element Street. At 16, her parents separated and she had to stay with her father. Both were far in good condition and barely excavated. He was a troubled alcoholic and the two had to share a one-size-fits-all mattress on the living room floor.

Soon after, in 1978, Brenna entered a medical center for anxious children, hoping to save her life. It has been accommodated many times to play orderly and play for the class. While there, staff offered therapy to the girl while showing signs of suicide, but her father refused to let her go. That summer, she was arrested for stabbing the Cleveland Element window with a firearm and robbing the school.

In December of the same year, her parole officer gave her another psychiatric evaluation. Although she showed extreme signs of clinical depression, her father refused to allow her to enter any institution. To add fuel to the fire, her father bought her a .22 caliber 10/22 Ruger semi-automatic rifle. This ended with a telescope and 500 rounds of ammunition. Later in the interview, Brenda said, "I asked on the radio and he bought me a gun. I felt like he wanted me to be killed."

In this case, in particular, it seems that the favorable blame falls on the father and her reluctance to put Branda on a kind of therapy, which was offered by her conventional first officer. There were obvious signs of this in her early life disorder. According to those who knew him, he was a frequent drug user, an ordinary thief, who stopped by school every day, and was known to be quite cruel to animals. In addition, he was interested in firearms from a young age, and at 16 he was a very talented marksman.

January 29, 1979

Right on the street from her home, Brenda pulled out a .22 caliber rifle her father had given her on Christmas Day to shoot the Cleveland Element. It was 8:30 in the morning when the first shot came from a large crowd of children waiting to go to school. As the shooting continued in our direction, the faculty and children began to understand what had happened. Despite the sheer horror of the situation, Berton Vrag, principal of Cleveland Elementary School, and his guard, Mike Sayesar, played the role of the hero. The two men ran out to pick up the children near the building and were quite successful, but they would both lose their lives to Brenda. Two children died and eight others were injured, including a police officer who was shot in the neck.

The police quickly left the house, where the shots of despair went out and went out, called the house number mentioned in the address. To their surprise, a sweet 16-year-old girl replied: They asked her: "Do you know where the shots came from?" Police with riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, taking hundreds of protesters out by truck. "Yes, who do you think is shooting?" Later, when asked why she did this, she gave a very familiar expression that focuses on this case. "I don't like Monday. This brightens up the day."

The shooting itself took place 15 minutes before the police were able to move a garbage truck in front of the school to block more fires. After that, however, Brenda's house was closed for six hours, when the police ended, when she calmly left and turned herself in to the police. Initially, she was charged as an adult, given the seriousness of her crime, and will likely go to the "insanity" argument, but her case has never been brought to justice.

She blames herself for all the accusations. Two counts of first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. she was sentenced to 25 years in prison on probation charges after 25 years. she was officially convicted on April 4, 1980, immediately after her 18th birthday. Despite four conditional early hearings over the years, Brenda still has her time: she will probably never be released on parole. She is currently 57 years old.

Aftermath

Brenda's work inspired many things, including various documentaries, books, and even songs. Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldof wrote his song, "I don't like Monday." It topped the UK charts for over four weeks. In my personal opinion, the song is extremely little taste. Some words are on the nose, and the music video is mainly for children at school. I can't play the song here for copyright, but I'll read some more disturbing words. At first, the singer says: "And today no one will go to school / sh e will have to force them to stay home / And Dad doesn't understand that / He always said it was as good as gold."

Within minutes of the song, there is a passage describing the shooting, which reads: "Now all the games on the field have stopped (she wants to play with toys for a while) and school is too early and we will soon learn." / Today's lesson is this: how to die / And then the bullfighter broke / And the captain clings / With problems and how and why. / And can't find a reason for it / 'There are no reasons for it / Why do you have to die, why die?'

At the moment, there seems to be no real explanation for why Brenda did what she did. she claims she was high on Angel Dust and also marijuana at the time of the shooting, but since then her toxicology reports show she was completely sober. She also claimed to have been raised by her father as a child and adolescent, but those claims were never substantiated.