Bomb caller identified.

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Anonymous wrote:They should fine the parents. Like $1000.

Fine them for what?

For negligence. Clearly they don't have a good handle on what their child is up to.

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Anonymous wrote:They should fine the parents. Like $1000.

Fine them for what?

For negligence. Clearly they don't have a good handle on what their child is up to.

Where is that in state law?

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Anonymous wrote:Since he can't be charged criminally, I hope he can be expelled from school?

I doubt it. First, it's not clear he committed the offense while on school grounds. Second, it's not violent. Usually you need to be involved with drugs or weapons to get expulsion.

But he'll get a heavy dose of restorative justice!

Honestly....the kid clearly needs intensive help if he's making email bomb threats for attention. So while I think RJ is cringeworthy and meek way to discipline with high-risk behavior, if they coupled it with suspension/expulsion, it could be something....

Thank you.
I am honestly shocked by the tone of most of the posts. The lack of empathy makes me feel pretty hopeless about our area.
The child is 12. He should not be expelled but probably needs another school where he can get more support. He is not a sicko. He needs help.

And it’s really the people like you that make ME hopeless. This kid doesn’t need “support.” He’s effed in the head. “Support” won’t fix that.
Face reality here folks. This is not a low level cry for help. This is a broken person who can’t be fixed. Show more empathy to the victims than the perp. Please.

He’s 12. He’s not a lost cause. I imagine that there are quite a few people on DCUM and in positions of power and prestige today who made bomb threats at that age or thought it was funny when it happened.

My anxious teen came home from Blair that morning so I know it wasn’t a victimless crime. However, writing off this 12 year old is overkill. Charge his family $80k for expenses and make him do community service until he graduates.

We've all be forcefed this bullshit that kids who go wrong do so because of something that went wrong with parenting. It's just plain wrong. Sometimes parents are doing the best they can and kids go out of control due to external factors. Kids spend most of their waking hours at school and if you study incidents where kids committed crimes they can often trace the cause back to something that happened at their schools.

Dp yup. It's the thought process of people who grew up watching Oprah and Phil Donahue. The fact is people who display antisocial behavior have personality disorders. Period. If their parents were abusive on top of that it's because many personality disorders are inherited. Only in very extreme cases of abuse does parenting lead to criminal behavior.

A statement of opinion doesn't magically become a statement of fact when you add "Period." to the end of it.

There is research about this.

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Anonymous wrote:We can eliminate the anti-correlation between graduation and incarceration by keeping criminals in school terrorizing the population until after graduation. Equity achieved.

That's a big win for society especially if we continue to make schools more like prison!

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Anonymous wrote:They should fine the parents. Like $1000.

Fine them for what?

For negligence. Clearly they don't have a good handle on what their child is up to.

Where is that in state law?

https://www.peoples-law.org/crime-child-neglect

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I'm angry. I'm angry that I worked hard to afford to live in a nice area but miscreants who's parents don't own are mixed in by law

Wow!

"Poor people don't deserve good schools."

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I don't understand how we can't hold parents liable for their underage children's' crimes.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how we can't hold parents liable for their underage children's' crimes.

I don't understand how you could. They are different people.

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I'm angry. I'm angry that I worked hard to afford to live in a nice area but miscreants who's parents don't own are mixed in by law

Wow!

"Poor people don't deserve good schools."

Didn't you know that? The children of homeowners are never juvenile delinquents! Only renters have bad kids!

What an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:They should fine the parents. Like $1000.

Fine them for what?

For negligence. Clearly they don't have a good handle on what their child is up to.

There are real costs that school systems and public safety departments incur when there’s a false bomb threat.

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I’m not at all surprised it’s a 12-year-old. I have about a dozen kids at my elementary who would do this in an instant if they knew how. I’ve never seen preteens like this before. Lots of agents of chaos. Breaking things and provoking people just to see what happens.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not at all surprised it’s a 12-year-old. I have about a dozen kids at my elementary who would do this in an instant if they knew how. I’ve never seen preteens like this before. Lots of agents of chaos. Breaking things and provoking people just to see what happens.

That's what they're programmed to do from the YouTubers they watch who pull pranks and do reaction videos that go farther and farther to get shock, awe and attention.

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My HS in the 80s in a conservative state had lots of bomb threats because kids could call them in from pay phones and it was untraceable. We all got out of class.

But I think it's ridiculous that there are no consequences when they can identify the kid who did it. I don't think it should be criminal consequences. But the kid and parents both should be required to perform significant community service, and sit through a class about the police shortage and effect on communities of having resources diverted.

I would love to know what the kid's parents did upon hearing this news. It's possible he is grounded for months, no screen privileges, writing a 10 page essay on civic responsibility and the importance of education, etc., etc. It's possible his parents were appalled and are taking this seriously. We just don't know. And we'll never know.

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Anonymous wrote:They should fine the parents. Like $1000.

Fine them for what?

For negligence. Clearly they don't have a good handle on what their child is up to.

There are real costs that school systems and public safety departments incur when there’s a false bomb threat.

There is also a cost when you think your child is missing, you call the police and you realize they fell asleep in their closet. (happens more often than you would ever want to know)

There is also a cost to a fire department if you leave a candle burning.

There is also a cost when the cops show up because your MIL forgot your house alarm code.

YOu can't charge people for services, your just irrational and emotional .

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not at all surprised it’s a 12-year-old. I have about a dozen kids at my elementary who would do this in an instant if they knew how. I’ve never seen preteens like this before. Lots of agents of chaos. Breaking things and provoking people just to see what happens.

That's what they're programmed to do from the YouTubers they watch who pull pranks and do reaction videos that go farther and farther to get shock, awe and attention.

That's what they're programmed to do from being 12-year-olds. 12-year-olds, as a group, are not known for their good judgment and wise decision-making.