“Wanting to stab someone” on Facebook gets girl banned from school

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A University of Minnesota grad student in mortuary sciences had a messy break-up with her boyfriend, leading her to post on Facebook that she “had lots of aggression to take out with a [sharp surgical instrument].” She allegedly followed that up by saying that she “still want[s] to stab a certain someone in the throat,” leading to three of her instructors reporting her to police.

[A] University of Minnesota mortuary science student was upset and angry after breaking up with her boyfriend, and told her Facebook friends that she was “looking forward to Monday’s embalming therapy. … Give me room, lots of aggression to be taken out with a trocar [a sharp surgical instrument used in embalming].”

According to the police report, Amanda Tatro, 29, followed her first posting with one that read: “I still want to stab a certain someone in the throat with a trocar though. Hmmm … perhaps I will spend the evening updating my ‘Death List #5′ and making friends with the crematory guy. I do know the code …”

Now she’s banned from campus because three instructors in the mortuary science program felt threatened after being made aware of her Facebook posts, prompting a police investigation.

The instructors had shared their concerns with police, with one saying that she “did not feel comfortable having [the student] in the lab due to the remarks on Facebook,” according to the police report

Tatro told the police that the posts were “just [her] venting,” since she “got dumped, which is never a nice thing. I was bitter and really angry about it. For whatever reason, this professor took it personally.”

Given yesterday’s news of a second grader getting suspended over a drawing of Jesus on a cross, is this another case of someone being taken down due to over political correctness? Or do you think she posed an actual threat?

All I know is that I’d never particularly want to hang around with someone who spends a significant portion of their lives in a mortuary. “Having rage issues” and “easy access to corpses and sharp objects often covered in human goo” typically aren’t popular search terms on Match.com. Plus I saw Six Feet Under and, as a result, I know that everyone who works in a funeral environment is a creep. Except for gay guys…they typically are the most well-adjusted, except when they go on to become Miami Police blood splatter analysts. Then all bets are off.

[Star Tribune]

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