Posted on 02/23/2018 4:34:44 PM PST by nickcarraway
A high school student in Louisiana was investigated and his home was searched after he allegedly made comments interpreted as possible terrorist threats that compared the square root math symbol to a gun.
According to local news station KATC, an investigation Tuesday by the Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office revealed the incident began when a Oberlin High School student drew the square root symbol while completing a math problem in class.
Another student then made a comment on the similarity of the mathematical sign to a gun, sparking opinions and comments from multiple students.
Authorities then say the student being investigated made a comment that could be interpreted as a threat when taken out of context.
“The student used extremely poor judgment in making the comment,” read a post on the Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. “But in light of the actual circumstances, there was clearly no evidence to support criminal charges.”
Subsequently, authorities conducted a full investigation and searched the student’s home, but concluded there was no evidence that suggested the high-schooler had any intent to cause harm to students or faculty.
Disciplinary action has not yet been taken, but will be determined by the Allen Parish School Board.
The investigation came less than one week after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida on Valentine’s Day.
However, people took to social media when news of the investigation spread, many of whom say the reaction to the comment was extreme.
Ban all male genitalia from schools!
This is my rifle
this is my gun
This is for ________
this is for fun
This kind of a stray remark can get someone in trouble? Where has has simple common sense gone in our society?
Actually it does resemble a rubber band gun I made in Jr. High.
Scarred of a math symbol. But 168 murders in a movie is fine?
A kid gets in trouble from biting a pop tart a certain way...
A high school kid gets in trouble for saying the math symbol looks like a gun...
A kid has 39 police visits to his house...Calls to police about his actions and threats...Reports to FBI about him...and NOTHING is done....
See what happens when you try to make sense with Libtards?
The usual programming code for square root is SQRT. So it’s a SQRT gun, or a squirt gun.
Unbelievable.....
Retard High. Home of the Stupids.
A radical idea.
Me either, because geometry is math torture.
Square roots and “radicals”
“A “radical” equation is an equation in which at least one variable expression is stuck inside a radical, usually a square root.”
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solverad.htm
We are able to deal with it in a well-adjusted, rational fashion.
That’s funny, a 0 reminds me of a liberal.
That’s funny, a 0 reminds me of a liberal.
LOL. When I was young I had a large tabletop US jigsaw puzzle map. I’d always grab Idaho and pretend it was a gun.
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