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60 Michigan Schools Close Following Oxford Copycat Threats
Newsweek ^ | 02 December 2021 | JUSTIN KLAWANS

Posted on 12/02/2021 10:04:28 PM PST by blueplum

At least 60 Michigan schools have been forced to temporarily close as a result of copycat threats in the wake of the shooting in Oxford Township, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said Thursday.

Just days after a 15-year-old boy at Oxford High School was charged in the fatal shootings of four students and the injuries of eight others, Bouchard stated that at least 100 instances of direct threats or threatening social media posts have surfaced throughout the state.

This includes a 12-year-old who threatened to "shoot up" his school....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: copycatkids; crumbley; oxfordhigh; schoolshooting
some parents need to be blistering some buttocks over making threats to schools - that, pulling their bedroom doors and access to social media, and grounding them until they're 40.
1 posted on 12/02/2021 10:04:28 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

the lunatics are running the asylum.


2 posted on 12/02/2021 10:07:51 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: blueplum

Well if everyone gets vaxxed and boosted everything will be okay. Right brandon?


3 posted on 12/02/2021 10:09:54 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: blueplum

sro’s should have dropped the punks ass


4 posted on 12/02/2021 10:10:14 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: blueplum

access to social media is worse than access to a gun.


5 posted on 12/02/2021 10:11:56 PM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: blueplum

Another FR poster may have stumbled one of many reasons why there is so much school violence in today’s world:
The kids need to learn how to be more resilient.

They need to know you don’t need to be liked by everyone. Just learn to do without that person who dislikes you.

You may be rejected by a person or a group you really like.
This too will pass.

Don’t waste too much of your time being envious of others.
Be thankful for what you’ve got. If that’s not good enough, show some ambition and clarity of mind; plan to (legally!!) do what’s needed to obtain certain material rewards.

You must believe in the concept of ‘forgiveness’. Learn to forgive imperfection in yourself and in others.

That doesn’t mean allow yourself to be a doormat.
Respect yourself to recognize and leave a toxic situation.
Shake it off and keep walking forward.

Show basic respect and consideration for others. Most will begin to treat you with the same care and awareness.
Things like being to work on time, or calling ahead if sick.


6 posted on 12/02/2021 10:24:15 PM PST by lee martell
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To: blueplum

Good way to draw the lunatics out in the open.


7 posted on 12/03/2021 12:28:34 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: blueplum

Oh the joys living in an educational system that removed gospel of Christ and all Christian virtues.


8 posted on 12/03/2021 12:31:22 AM PST by Rodm
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To: mylife

Just be hopeful God continues to show this nation His mercy because with the corruption, violence and lawlessness going on now at every corner and this allowed and created this Administration and those who stand with them......as we don’t deserve it.


9 posted on 12/03/2021 1:59:35 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: Rodm

Same for the WhiteHouse...


10 posted on 12/03/2021 2:10:51 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: blueplum

I bet you there just might be a few real harsh “time outs” going on right now.


11 posted on 12/03/2021 2:16:36 AM PST by kempster (w President of all time.)
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To: blueplum

“grounding them until they’re 40” makes sense. Most of these kids will still be home.


12 posted on 12/03/2021 3:05:45 AM PST by albie
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To: blueplum
Kids these days are raised so anti gun anti violence they go nuts when they get some freedom to do violence. As kidd we weren't anti gun, we had bb gun fights, smacked each other around, wrestled, played outside dawn to dusk. You didn't go home crying very often. Not If you wanted to keep your friends. There were no " anti bully" programs in schools.

If I screwed up and " GOT CAUGHT" there was usually. Grounding and a garage to clean, a yard to weed or a friend of dads needed some slave labor in his yard or house. oh did I just say the "D" word?

13 posted on 12/03/2021 4:01:59 AM PST by Ikeon (If she's wearing too much make up, it's probably to hide too much ugly)
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To: kempster

I used to run a municipal youth ski club. On occasion we’d catch kids with illegal herbs and spices, especially on a weeklong trip we’d take to a resort that was a seven hour drive away.

We were very clear to parents that if their child was caught with weed or alcohol, the parents had 24 hours to come pick up their kids.

What we didn’t tell them or the kids what that we made the children call their parents and tell them what they had done while we monitored the call.

That made for either a very quiet ride home or a very loud ride home.


14 posted on 12/03/2021 5:17:35 AM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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