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Fresh Prince Lockdown

Wow. A bit on edge?

The Times Online in Beaver, Pa., explains what happened. A receptionist from a doctor’s office called to remind student Travis Clawson about an upcoming appointment. Clawson didn’t pick up, so the call went to voice mail.

The receptionist heard what sounded like a threat about “shooting” and “school” on Clawson’s outgoing message. Apparently, the message was intended to quote a lyric from the Will Smith sitcom’s theme song that goes, “And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school.” It’s unclear if the receptionist misheard Clawson’s message or if the student altered the lyrics.

The receptionist notified police, who notified school officials, who instituted a lockdown on every school in the county. After 20 frantic minutes, authorities located Clawson in the high school’s guidance counselor’s office.

Posted by Owen at 0735 hrs
Culture + Politics + Politics - General

1. Talk about over-reaction…, what’s next, a false alarm tornado alert in the middle of winter?!

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 04, 2013 at 1157 hrs
   
   
   

2. That’s funny Duke. My cellphone also had the test warning. Odd. At first I was worried I had a worm or virus. But alas no.
   Back to topic, we are getting pretty weenie as a society. At McLane, a couple of boys (friends) were given a suspension for throwing snowballs. Really??

   Posted by Charlie Hillman on March 04, 2013 at 1215 hrs
   
   
   

3. On tonight’s news I saw a story about a grade school kid that was booted for biting his pop tart into the shape of a gun. The school district had no comment.

   Really!

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 04, 2013 at 2221 hrs
   
   
   

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