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HarryH93 · 09-20-2015, 01:48 PM

I don't think the issue here is whether or not the teachers reacted in a reasonable manner, but how the police handled the situation.

1. Teachers were right to call police IMO if they genuinely feared it could've been a bomb. Honestly, better to be safe than sorry.
2. The school authorities handled this situation like ####. Firstly, why wasn't the building evacuated? I mean, if there's a bomb threat then what on earth are you thinking by keeping the children inside the building? And why was no bomb squad called in?
3. The police made this a lot bigger of a story than it could have been, I think. They detained a 14 year old after it was clear the object was not a bomb. No parents, guardians or attorney, which he had every right to have with him. The kid pled his innocence over and over again and yet they still found it reasonable to take a 14-year old kid for interrogation.

Why are people still trying to argue that he didn't actually create a clock because he disassembled an older one and put it in a box? Big deal. He never once claimed it was anything other than a clock. I doubt he would show his teacher the clock if his intention was for it to purposely look like a bomb. The kid was excited and the police overreacted.

09-20-2015, 01:48 PM	#154
HarryH93 Scoring Winger Join Date: Dec 2014 Exp:	I don't think the issue here is whether or not the teachers reacted in a reasonable manner, but how the police handled the situation. 1. Teachers were right to call police IMO if they genuinely feared it could've been a bomb. Honestly, better to be safe than sorry. 2. The school authorities handled this situation like ####. Firstly, why wasn't the building evacuated? I mean, if there's a bomb threat then what on earth are you thinking by keeping the children inside the building? And why was no bomb squad called in? 3. The police made this a lot bigger of a story than it could have been, I think. They detained a 14 year old after it was clear the object was not a bomb. No parents, guardians or attorney, which he had every right to have with him. The kid pled his innocence over and over again and yet they still found it reasonable to take a 14-year old kid for interrogation. Why are people still trying to argue that he didn't actually create a clock because he disassembled an older one and put it in a box? Big deal. He never once claimed it was anything other than a clock. I doubt he would show his teacher the clock if his intention was for it to purposely look like a bomb. The kid was excited and the police overreacted.