Review: HBO's "Thoughts and Prayers"

The HBO original documentary examines the $3 billion active shooter preparedness industry in America and its effect on students and educators

By Kristen Mulrooney

I was an eighth grader in Massachusetts when the Columbine massacre happened. At the end of the school year, we had an assembly where they played a slideshow of yearbook photos taken over our three years at middle school. Our class of roughly 200 students sat in the dark, stifling auditorium laughing at the images projected on the bi…