Posted on 02/23/2018 5:09:10 PM PST by Impala64ssa
A discussion among students at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, La., about a mathematical symbol led to a police investigation and a search of one of the student’s homes, according to the Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office.
On the afternoon of Feb. 20, detectives investigated a report of terroristic threats at the school, where they learned that a student had been completing a math problem that required drawing the square-root sign.
Students in the group began commenting that the symbol, which represents a number that when multiplied by itself equals another number, looked like a gun.
After several students made comments along those lines, another student said something the sheriff’s office said could have sounded like a threat out of context.
Police searched the student’s home, where they found no guns or any evidence that he had any access to guns. Authorities also wrote there was no evidence the student had any intent to commit harm.
“The student used extremely poor judgment in making the comment, but in light of the actual circumstances, there was clearly no evidence to support criminal charges,” the department wrote, adding that the school board had been contacted to determine any disciplinary action for the student.
The investigation came about a week after a gunman opened fire in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Valentine’s Day, killing 17 people and wounding 14 more.
The mass shooting sparked a wave of reported threats against other schools across the country — threats that are still coming in by the day and have set local parents, students and emergency officials on high alert.
In the Miami area alone, school threats jumped from one a week to as many as 50 a day, the Miami Herald reported.
Still, many on social media thought the reaction to the “threat” in Oberlin was more than a little overblown.
Looks like a meat cleaver.
LOL! One of my daughter’s neighbors thought our Scottish Clan Macpherson flag was Confederate...
Two postings from earlier today if anyone cares to scan thru them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3634673/posts
Students in Louisiana thought this math symbol looked like a gun. Police were called ^
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10:17 am
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3634754/posts
High School Students Claim Square Root Symbol Looks Like A Gun ^
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4:34 pm
Better...ban California and Broward aka Coward County!
The Saudi Arabia flag has a sword on it. But swords don’t hurt people. They probably use it for preparing salad.
Oh, I could do a lot of damage with that!
Apropos of nothing, every generation has thought the following one was stupid; we may have reached the one that actually is.
It is just plain sad that none of those students had a clue what that “symbol” was. That’s a real humdinger of an edumacation they’ve gotten... *shaking my head*
Remember, when you think people have hit bottom in stupidity, the grab a shovel and start digging.
If one of those kids go to a wedding and they serve 1.5 litre bottles of champagne, he had better not tell anyone about it. They would lock him up.
The Islamic sword has traditionally been used to win converts so to condemn it is islamophobic, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist and symbolic of global warming denial
Where does it say they didn’t know what it was? They were doing math problems with square roots.
Wait, wait, don't tell me!
It's a MAGNUM!
Type 14 Jap Nambu! I have 5 of them!
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So what percentage of congress critters do you think could recognize this symbol, let alone compute a square root?
And a black on white crime. Shame on you.
I wasn’t trying to make you feel better...Just stating my opinion...
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