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They aren't kidding about a wave of threats from kids. 5 or 6 in my town, both high schools and middle schools. Friends are reporting it in their towns too.
I'm guessing some sort of stupid TikTok challenge.
This sheriff is not helping.
Springfield copycats I bet.
Maybe. But here, there were a bunch of them in a very short time span and kids on social media were the culprits in all of them. That screams something along the lines of a TikTok challenge to me.
I could see children deciding that this is how they get gun control laws.
Or a day out of school, but hey if it in any way lessens the frequency of school shootings that's a win
If this was a recent wave, I bet it was just the end of the summer and some kids just desperately not wanting to go back to school for whatever reasons
Definitely not in the case of this town. School has been in session for over a month.
Edit: There was just no pattern to it- https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/local-news/terre-haute-authorities-hold-school-safety-news-conference-after-threats-arrests/