"Having a package and wearing a hoodie does not make a bomb."
So, if you observe a person wearing a hoodie, gloves; sneak into a public building (airport, school, bus stop, hospital - any building where unarmed, innocent lives will soon occupy) with a large wrapped package - what would you do? Go pick up the package? Kick it? Open it and hope it wasn't a bomb? The school did the ONLY thing they could do - with the evidence at hand.
A felony rap is a bit over the top - but this was a poorly conceived plan from the get go. If he had smuggled the inflated doll in - there wouldn't have been a problem. But sneaking a large box into a building - something should have gone off in his head saying "Should I really be doing this?". Funny? ... yup. Smart? - uh, nope. Try doing the exact same thing at an airport - and let me know how it goes.
He is 18 years old.
He prolly wasn't even born when the rag heads bombed the Trade Center.
He was only 8 when the towers and Pentagon were attacked.
All this “...in a post 9/11 world” rationale is just an excuse to act idiotically under the guise of security.
So, if you observe a person wearing a hoodie, gloves; sneak into a public building (airport, school, bus stop, hospital - any building where unarmed, innocent lives will soon occupy) with a large wrapped package - what would you do? Go pick up the package? Kick it? Open it and hope it wasn't a bomb? The school did the ONLY thing they could do - with the evidence at hand.
Actually not. In every school in the country every day million of kids walk in the door wearing backpacks - each of which is large enough to hold a bomb or a blow up doll. And in many parts of our nation kids wear hoodies. So by the test of "we saw a person who could have left a bomb behind" because they had a hoodie on and were carrying something that could have contained a bomb, you'd have to evacuate every school in the country every day - or at least every day in the winter when they all have their gloves on.
Real security requires thinking. In this case that was lacking.
Dangus said, “Just give an 18-year old a felony conviction so he can never get a decent job.”
My guess with a name like Tyrell, the kid probably already had a feloney record history. (Note I said “probably”)
Dangus said, “Just give an 18-year old a felony conviction so he can never get a decent job.”
My guess with a name like Tyrell, the kid probably already had a feloney record history. (Note I said “probably”)
Opps, I meant “Tyell”