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BREAKING: NYC officials say they received same threat that closed LA schools, concluded it was a hoax.
New York City officials say they received the same threat that led to the closure of the Los Angeles school system but quickly concluded that it was a hoax.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday morning that he was "absolutely convinced" there was no danger to schoolchildren in New York.
New York Police Commissioner William Bratton said he thought Los Angeles officials overreacted by deciding to close the nation's second-largest school system.
He said a school superintendent received the threatening email Tuesday morning.
Bratton said the person who wrote the note claimed to be a jihadist but made errors that made it clear the person was a prankster.
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: Jakal26
a reply to: intrptr
So, I suppose you can offer your alternative solutions now?
Yah, try not to over react.
originally posted by: anxiouswens
IRA used to alert officials quite frequently when they carried out terrorist attacks. When the huge bomb went off in Manchester I was down thete. The call came when I was in the shopping mall saying thete was a bomb. They evacuated everyone. Then later the police found the van parked ar side of M and S and bomb squad started running and telling everyone to run it was going to blow. It was like the ground was coming apart when it blew. It was the largest bomb ever planted on mainland Britain. The damage stretched for a 2 mile radius but no one was killed. Sometimes the damage and threat is enough to terrorise it doesnt a have to involve loss of life.
Maybe They are having fun watching the terror without lifting a finger or maybe the threat has come from someone who has infiltrated them!a reply to: ghostrager
originally posted by: jaws1975
Get people just scared enough and they will welcome martial law door to door searches. Bye bye guns! For the greater good of course, can't have those guns falling into the hands of all the terrorists in this country right?
originally posted by: anxiouswens
Problem is anyone could do this at any time from anywhere in the world and literally bring our western societies to a standstill all at the click of a keyboard. Its a catch 23 situation if it is someone from overseas just trying to frighten then they will now be laughing at all the chaos they have created, lessons being missed, parents staying off work to be with children, cost of police and security. However, if authorities didnt act and something did happen they would be slaughtered!
One thing is for sure the terrorists are winning as they are encroaching on our free societies!a reply to: kaylaluv
originally posted by: kosmicjack
a reply to: BatheInTheFountain
Threats come in all of the time, but they aren't typically labeled as "credible". Right?
Everything else is political indoctrination, keeping the terror alive, to justify more war overseas.