Leopards Don't Change Their Spots- They Just Get Spottier

The Boston Globe is doing an outstanding job of tugging on the loose threads involving the life of Dr. Amy Bishop, the shooter at the University in Alabama. The University yesterday defended it's hiring of Bishop claiming that none of the reported information ever led to a conviction so the information wasn't available when they checked for criminal cases.

Weak!!!

Today, the Globe reported that in 2003, Bishop walked into an IHOP in Mass, asked for a booster seat for her young child and when told the seat was in use, walked over to the other woman with an infant, demanded the seat and then PUNCHED HER IN THE HEAD. Bishop being really grounded in this Universe then screamed at the woman "I'm Dr. Amy Bishop" as if to say how dare you use a booster seat meant for my child because I'm so important. Of course- this also tends to cause you to get arrested when you identify yourself as you slug someone for no reason.

Clearly, she was losing a grip on her faculties (sorry) and the University should have known this. For those at the University- this is referred to as NEGLIGENT RETENTION. They might as well just turn out the lights. But, surely, they will claim they didn't know. Bishop didn't tell them-- but that doesn't get them off the hook. This happened on their watch and they most definitely should have known about it.

Here's also why I think they lose the background investigation argument. Background investigations can be done on the cheap- a fingerprint check- or running a fee for service database-- or they can be thorough-- checking public records including civil and domestic relations cases as well as using publicly available information-- News articles fit the bill here.

No doubt, there are news articles about the killing of her brother and the armed carjacking attempt, of the search warrant served on her home in conjunction with the pipe bomb sent to the co-worker she was feuding with at Harvard.

Finally, did these background folks ever hear of interviewing people? I am guessing not.

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