Jul 28 2010Where The Hell Was Batman?!: Student Dons Joker Costume, Sets His High School Ablaze
Note: Picture is 100% related.
Christopher Clancy (who may or may not have been conceived on the Red October) used six cans of gasoline to set his former high school ablaze and cause over $1.3 million in damages, all while rocking a sweet Joker costume and videotaping the act with his cell phone. Somebody get this man on the honor roll!
He smashed in a glass door and proceeded to spill the contents of one can along the corridor. He then lit the petrol and escaped from the school.
"He was dressed up as The Joker from 'Batman'," said Gda Ganny. "He then told us to go around the corner and we would see what he had done."
He purchased the jerry cans over a five-week period and hid them in the bushes near the school. He bought 100 litres of petrol from a nearby petrol station.
He told gardai: "I am glad I did it because the people will realise they can't treat students as sub-human."
The judge in the case called this a "one-off incident," and seemed inclined to be lenient - she ordered Clancy to get medical help and postponed sentencing until October. Clancy is currently planning to attend the Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design in September.
Medical help and postponed sentencing?! Why didn't I set my high school on fire?! Because I was home-schooled and wouldn't have had a place to live? I know, I know, I should've done it anyways.
Teen dressed as the Joker burns down his high school in Ireland for "hypocrisy" [io9]
Thanks to [S]d:G, who dressed as Mr. Freeze and froze his middle school for getting made fun of when he could only do two pull-ups in gym.
Reader Comments
1. first - July 28, 2010 3:06 PM
FIRST!!!!!
2. Why so - July 28, 2010 3:13 PM
"I am glad I did it because the people will realise they can't treat students as sub-human." I''m sure that is the exact effect this will produce starting with the Irish authorities.
3. RolloTheApollo - July 28, 2010 3:21 PM
OHHH MY GOD that picture is going on my friends background!
4. Circe - July 28, 2010 3:24 PM
what's with the kids in the background of that picture? and why are all the guys in the back smiling... gay and future gay brain washing event or something?
5. wow - July 28, 2010 3:31 PM
I dare say, the Batman is looking fit.
6. wes - July 28, 2010 3:36 PM
honestly, good for the kid... lol maybe not. I can feel for him, but at least he didn't hurt anyone.
7. David appel - July 28, 2010 3:38 PM
the joker... will ferrel?
8. (◕_◕)┌∩┐Closet Nerd - July 28, 2010 3:41 PM
i just picture that Joker skating through the halls like that spilling gas all over.... just sayin
9. OMG it's BRICKS - July 28, 2010 3:44 PM
Someone needs to find the video of him doing this... epic
10. Matt - July 28, 2010 3:56 PM
SirTom strikes again!
11. TheAdmiral - July 28, 2010 4:02 PM
I hope he was wearing the sweet, classic Joker outfit and the not the new, trendy one.
12. ted - July 28, 2010 4:38 PM
"jerry cans"?
13. Whatevs - July 28, 2010 4:58 PM
This is not about gadgets!
14. naas=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ ̿̿ ٩(๏̯͡๏)۶ <- you - July 28, 2010 6:14 PM
san frantastic
15. Victoria - July 28, 2010 6:30 PM
The guy is a fucking emo nutcase. I live 15 minutes from Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design and if I see that creepy fuck, he's getting a swift kick in the ball sack.
16. Jaded Icon - July 28, 2010 6:32 PM
@ 6
Fan of the crazies huh? Maybe after he's out you'll want to invite him over for tea...
17. Andrew - July 28, 2010 7:44 PM
bahahahaha dude in the Joker suit looks like Will Ferrell
18. chiakitea - July 28, 2010 10:10 PM
picture = win
19. bladedemon04 - July 29, 2010 4:50 AM
@ 15 Oh come on, "emo nutcase" - grow the fuck up. He's awesome!!!!!!!! He dressed up as the Joker and set his school on fire . . . How is that not brilliant?!?
Granted, it wasn't the building's fault, it was the teachers, but you can't set people on fire . . .
He didn't kill anyone. He made a fucking point. What form of protest is available to him - none, because we treat kids like retarded monkeys and expect them to fall in line just because some arbitrary higher power (which is in effect nothing more than a local bureaucracy run by a bunch of unequally talented people, most with no training in administration of a school in the first place) decides something is "right". Oh wait . . . that sounds a lot like our government in general . . . Irish education is famous for ignoring the needs, wants and rights of children, and when you repress someone long enough you get an extreme reaction.
20. redbridge1 - July 29, 2010 11:18 AM
@15,If you really would like to meet with Chris Clancy and call him a Emo Nutcase/Creepy Fuck and administer your ninja like swift kick to the ball sack face to face it can be arranged.................That is of course if you have the potatoes, and are not just another keyboard hardman?
21. Victoria - July 29, 2010 11:25 AM
@19 and 20 Hey, don't be mean to me or I'll dress up like the Penguin and burn your shit down.
22. Mike - July 29, 2010 12:40 PM
@19 Your post sucked. Please email me your address so I can burn your house down and be aweeeeeeeessssssoooooommmmmmmmmeeeeeee!
23. kuroneko - July 29, 2010 4:57 PM
this kid had the balls i never had :D if you fuck with someone, expect to get fucked in return.
24. Thumperchica - July 29, 2010 8:41 PM
I am unable to get past the awesomeness of that picture.
25. ED - July 30, 2010 2:07 AM
It's a shame he peaked so young.
26. Stan - August 5, 2010 11:19 PM
He did it on broad daylight, thats why! XD