That's actually an excellent point. I think they will try to settle the case for a number the insurance company is comfortable with, but they can expect their premiums to rise.I have to disagree with all of the above. He repacked a clock, it was not a hoax bomb. It take only a limited technical knowledge to recognize a bomb, explosives for one thing.
If the school or the cops really thought it was a bomb they would have evacuated the school. They did not.
A kid his age is ~50% more likely to commit murder than someone my age. Do you really think he should be above the law? Should I be that much further above the law, merely by virtue of my age?He was a kid, and a civilized society would not do that to a kid -- any kid.
He walked into school with a clock and took it directly to his science teacher. If you think a clock is a bomb part, you should call the SWAT team on yourself.Do you really think that if you walked into a school with bomb parts,
What threat? The threat of knowing what time it is?neutralizing a threat.
But they didn't know that. Perhaps the science teacher had the knowledge to give the clock the once over and see it was not a threat but the administrators certainly don't have the skills nor would they want to try to evaluate the potential danger of the clock.There was no threat before, during, or after the incident.
True. It could have have been handled a lot better. Once the clock was out of the hands of the kid and he kept his hands in plain sight, he presented little danger.They panicked, and they look STUPID!
Thank you, Papa. I was just dropping in as an after thought to see if wayneh missed the fact that the only place a bomb hoax existed was in the imagination of the police and they knew it.There was no threat before, during, or after the incident. It was only in the fevered imaginations of the school officials and the cops.
Do you really think that if you walked into a school with bomb parts, minus the active ingredient, that you would avoid suspicion or action by the authorities? No way. You would be arrested, removed and questioned just like this kid was.
Quite possibly true. We all have the disadvantage of not having witnessed the event nor having any insight into his thinking or intentions. But there's a big gap between acting with an over-abundance of caution and acting upon racism and malice. I don't think they'll be able to close that gap and get the school and cops in trouble.I sincerely think you are very misguided today.
If your point is that anything is weaponizable I agree all the way! --- On the other hand, legal precedent holds that exhibition of facsimiles of weapons with intent to intimidate is (legally) indistinguishable from brandishment of the 'genuine article' (hence "fear" in "by dint of fear or force")...Millions of kids are walking into class every day with bomb parts in their pocket.
If your point is that anything is weaponizable I agree all the way! --- On the other hand, legal precedent holds that exhibition of facsimiles of weapons with intent to intimidate is (legally) indistinguishable from brandishment of the 'genuine article' (hence "fear" in "by dint of fear or force")...
Best regards
HP
Not a joke. Many people have been shot because the police say they feared for their very lives when they saw a cell phone.
All I simply meant was they carry cell phones that can be used as part of a detonator.
Yeah. AllAboutCircuits gets me excited.Whoa, that's a lot of porn!
WHEW! -- And to think I was obsessing over Coca Cola and Mentos!!!
All I simply meant was they carry cell phones that can be used as part of a detonator.
BTDT lots of times. The vast majority was a case of mistaken identity. I finally wised up and started having the police ask for the age of the individual they were looking for. Clearly they were looking for someone 20 years my senior.You guys might have a bit more credibility if you had ever been arrested and handcuffed for any kind of reason.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.There was no threat before, during, or after the incident.
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