The number of threats after a Georgia school shooting this month is much higher than usual, many officials said. In response, some have cracked down with arrests and detention for children as young as 10.

Earlier this month, a detective knocked on Shavon Harvey’s door, in suburban Ohio, to ask about her son. The son had sent a Snapchat message from her phone to his friends, saying there would be shootings at several schools nearby.

She rushed to the police station, where her son was already in custody, but the police did not release him. He was charged with inducing panic, a second-degree felony, and officials kept him in detention for 10 nights.

He is 10.

  • Flying Squid
    5•2 months ago

    We got 4 or 5 a year before big tests when I was in high school in the 90s.

    The funny part was that there was a pay phone outside the school but right by the main walkway everyone used to get into the school. I guarantee you the bomb threats were always called anonymously from that pay phone, almost in view of the office.

      • Flying Squid
        2•2 months ago

        Yeah, but as far as I know, they always got away with it. Just like the kids that pulled the fire alarm for the same reason.

        • @LaunchesKayaks
          2•2 months ago

          The kids at my school didn’t get away with it because social media and all that shit. This was also in 2014-2015, so tracking down whodunnit was exceptionally easy lol