Book Review: ‘Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America’s Students’

How PC education policies fail children

The father of a murdered Parkland, Fla., high school teen, Andrew Pollack, now a school safety activist, speaking in Las Vegas on April 6, 2019.Ethan Miller / Getty Images

On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. Witnesses identified Nikolas Cruz, an expelled, 19-year-old student, as the assailant.

In respect for the victims, I will refer to the assailant here only as the shooter.