10 Years After San Bernardino Terrorist Attack – OpEd |
Tuesday, December 2 marked 10 years since Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik shot dead Robert Adams, Isaac Amianos, Bennetta Betbadal, Harry Bowman, Sierra Clayborn, Juan Espinoza, Aurora Godoy, Shannon Johnson, Larry Daniel Kaufman, Damien Meins, Tin Nguyen, Nicholas Thalasinos, Yvette Velasco, and Michael Wetzel, Farook’s co-workers at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. Farook and Malik wounded more than 20 others before local police took them down after a car chase.
The deadly anniversary had journalist Beau Yarbrough wondering, “Why did the San Bernardino Mass Shooting Happen?” The 3,332-word article comes subtitled “childhood abuse, terrorism, workplace conflict and semi-automatic weapons combined in the murders of 14 people.” The order invites a closer look.
“The attack was committed by a man who had grown up in an abusive home,” writes Yarbrough, alluding to “mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety, and paranoia” on the part of Farook. He........