Breaking News - Bomb Threat
By marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
United States
December 15, 2015 12:02pm CST
This is breaking news right now Dec. 15th, 2015 as there is a Bomb Threat for the Los Angeles school system and the Charter schools in that area.
The parents were informed of this via text messages and phone calls.
The authorities consider this a credible threat.
This is impacting 640,000 students and their teachers.
There was also a bomb threat made in New York but the authorities in New York do not consider this a credible threat.
If someone makes a bomb threat I would want the authorities to close the school rather then have someone be blown up and it is only one day of school lost which can be made up.
How do you feel about this?
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10 responses
@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Dec 15
I just wrote about this too - because it is our school district and we are living it! Hoax or not, we don't know - but I'd rather we all keep our families safe. I support the decision to close the schools - but I wish they had communicated this to everyone better and in a timely manner. We were supposed to have our holiday program today - what terrible timing, but yah, better to be safe than sorry.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
18 Dec 15
@sugartoes
I haven't heard if they caught someone or not.
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
18 Dec 15
Yes this was just what they like to do is terrorize people.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
18 Dec 15
We can only hope that they will be caught and dealt with@TiarasOceanView
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@moffittjc (118606)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Dec 15
Our local schools in my community get 3-4 bomb threats a year, usually around exam time, and it is always kids who are playing a hoax trying to get out of taking exams. It's a shame, because our police force takes each threat very seriously, so not only does it disrupt the school day, but it takes a tremendous amount of resources to respond to these threats. Luckily, our police department has been able to catch the perpetrators every time, and they actually charge them for the costs of the response. So, not only are these pranksters charged with a crime, but in addition they face financial penalties.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
18 Dec 15
The young man who called in a bomb threat to the high school here has been in observation for mental health for about a month now and will spend more time than and then he will have to pay $19,000 for that prank because the bomb squad had to come in and they even had dogs sniffing plus the school had to be evacuated and the children and teachers were sent out of the building then on top of that he may be sent to a correctional facility. So I think he may have learned a lesson from this.
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
19 Dec 15
@sugartoes
I think the judges who are lenient on those type of people should not be on the bench.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
15 Dec 15
it is better to be safe rather than sorry - hope they get the creep who called it in even if it is a hoax
