happened in these individual cases as though we got this formula right we could have prevented it, the broader systems issues here. there are patterns. it s not just mental health although i think adequate mental health treatment in this country is essential but it is also about guns. in this case, it s also about misogyny. we have this idea that we can individualize these cases. we can deal with the trends and the commonalities. elliot rodger was clearly mentally disturbed in many ways but he directed a lot of his anger to women. what role, if any, do you think misogyny played in this crime? is a guy that took part in rejection denial. of course, the doctor said his brain was broken.
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there is leakage, the signs that someone is extremely disturbed. we talk about it with school shooters, the youtube videos, and the people that blog and say to their friends. and we need to take this so-called leakage very seriously. the problem is, there is so much of it that cops are going to suffer from battle fatigue with every parent, every teacher, every neighbor calling and saying, the child said this, the kid said this but when the parents, i would say that when the reporting factor is someone very close to the subject, you have elliot rodger s mother calling the cops and saying, you need to see these videos. i m very scared about my son s safety and his ability to hurt others. you need to take that very seriously. i think what happened and what could have happened differently, the police needed to see those videos and they needed to go with somebody, like dr. amador, a mental health professional who is well-trained and properly trained to make a better diagnosis than cops are
killing veronika weiss and katie cooper. there was a young girl laying right here and she was i could just tell immediately she was gone. reporter: a couple of minutes later, rodger drives to a nearby deli and kills christopher martinez. surveillance cameras capture the attack. he was the most warm, loving, kindhearted kid you could ask for. i mean, it s just if you talk to people that know him, they would tell you he s a great kid. reporter: before the spree is over, rodger speeds off in his car firing at bystanders, driving down the wrong side of the road to get closer to his targets, hitting a bicyclist with his car. one woman records part of the rampage on her cell phone.
i am going to enter the hottest sorority house of ucsb and i will slaughter ever single spoiled, stuck-up, blond [ bleep ] i see inside there. reporter: she calls 911 and rodger s father. they rush from los angeles to santa barbara, but they are too late. we need three ambulances here. reporter: the shooting began around 9:30. rodger had already killed his roommates, stabbing to death george chen and cheng yuan hong and weihan wang and then rodger heads to the sorority house. he beats on the door but when no one answers, rodger shoots three women standing outside, seriously injuring one and