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Title: Root Symbol in Math Class
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Published: Feb 22, 2018
Author: BY HEMANT MEHTA
Post Date: 2018-02-22 23:20:49 by tpaine
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Root Symbol in Math Class FEBRUARY 22, 2018 BY HEMANT MEHTA In a story that I didn’t believe at first, a student at a Louisiana high school was investigated — the police searched his home for weapons — because his classmates said he made vague threats and drew something that looked like a gun. It was actually a square root sign. This happened in math class. image: w p.production.patheos.com...018/02/SquareRootSign.png Seriously. They went into his home to make sure he didn’t have weapons to carry out his alleged “terrorist” threat. I guess they all thought he was… (•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) … radicalized. Here’s the message posted on the Facebook page for the Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday afternoon, February 20th, Detectives investigated an allegation of terrorist threats at the Oberlin High School. The investigation revealed that a student was completing a math problem and drew the sign for square root. Another student made a comment that the symbol looked like a gun and several other students made similar comments. The student in question made a comment, which taken out of context, “could” sound like a threat. Detectives also searched the students home and found no evidence that he possessed or had immediate access to any type of firearm. Further there was no evidence that the student had any intent to commit harm upon any students or faculty. The student used extremely poor judgement in making the comment, but in light of the actual circumstances, there was clearly no evidence to support criminal charges. The matter was turned over to the Allen Parish School Board for determination of disciplinary action. I don’t know what he said that concerned his classmates so much, but this seems like irrational thinking run wild. Read more at www.patheos.com/blogs/fri...theist/2018/02/22/police- investigated-a-hs-student-who-drew-a-square-root-symbol-in-math- class/#SA5oPaKv8eI6bZk0.99 Poster Comment: The investigation revealed that a student was completing a math problem and drew the sign for square root. Another student made a comment that the symbol looked like a gun and several other students made similar comments. The student in question made a comment, which taken out of context, “could” sound like a threat. The student comment? -- Yep, it looks like a gun, and if you're square you'll be buried root deep... ;-)
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#1. To: tpaine (#0)
After the FBI screw up over the Florida shooting, no one wants to take any chances by not looking into any and everything that comes anywhere remotely into the vicinity of being in the ballpark of looking like it might possibly be anything at all that somewhat resembles any real threat.
Did they really screw up? They can't check every lead. It just isn't practical. It's not a perfect world.
I think that yes, they did. They had specific info about this guy and it the information was well beyond the min required to cause concern. I point out all the numerous instances of the FBI, upon getting a tip about some muslim that said something somewhat critical of US foreign policy, would go through all the hassle of sending in an "informant" that would encourage this guy to actually do something like get an radio controlled plane to fly into something, and then bust him for taking steps to do what the informant encouraged him to do. The FBI has done this exact type of entrapment numerous times which requires a lot more resources than responding to a real warning. If the FBI is going to brag and advertise about all the terrorist threats they supposedly thwarted by entrapping people like the guy above, then yes, when they miss a real one even after being told about it, they screwed up. I guess going through all the informant entrapment stuff is just so much more cool than investigating someone with mental issues. Maybe they figured a mental case is not someone they could ever have an informant befriend, so they didn't bother. Maybe it just doesn't sound as good bragging in Congress about stopping a mental case than it does stopping a muslim.
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#4. To: Pinguinite (#1)
After the FBI screw up over the Florida shooting
#5. To: A K A Stone (#4)
Did they really screw up?
They can't check every lead. It just isn't practical.
#14. To: Pinguinite, tpaine, no gnu taxes (#5)
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