Parents react after Greenbrier student arrested for Sept. 13 school threat

[LiberalArkie]

Posted: Sep 20, 2024 / 05:53 PM CDT

GREENBRIER, Ark. – Parents, students and school officials are sharing fearful feelings and frustration in a central Arkansas community after the arrest of a student.

The Greenbrier Police Department took a 13-year-old eighth-grader into custody after making a threat against the city’s junior high on Sept. 13. Officials said the teen is facing a terroristic threatening charge.

A statement from the Greenbrier School District says while at school, the student said, “I am going to shoot up the school.”

Officials said that the School Resource Officer was notified of the threat and that safety protocols were followed. Greenbrier Police Chief Buster Locklayer said other students were sent home for sharing a separate threatening post, but they were not charged.

https://www.kark.com/crime/parents-react-after-greenbrier-student-arrested-for-sept-13-school-threat/

[captain queeg]

1. You gotta take these people seriously when they start threatening

How many times have we read about someone who “had been on the radar”? I the office I used to work there was an old guy who seemed bitter. I never talked to him enough to know his issues. But he used to go into detail with a female coworker about he could set up across the street on the roof and start shooting. She told him it made her uncomfortable but he persisted and was finally called in to the big boss and attornies. Even then from from what I what I heard he wouldn’t disavow what he’d been saying. They fired him, and rightly so.