The school district’s threat assessment on little Margot concluded nobody was in harm’s way as a result of Margot’s gesture. The mother is angry because her daughter now has a police report on file.
The school resource officer recommended that she be arrested for communicating a threat to commit violence with the intent to place another in fear or with the intent to cause evacuation, lock down, or disruption. No kidding.
Louisiana: Police were called to Oberlin High School last week after a student suggested that a “math symbol looked like a gun.” The comment fueled concern that the student was making a terrorist threat. Police searched the student’s home, and there were no guns found.