BY CHRISTOPHER WEBER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s second-largest school district shut down all of its campuses Tuesday after an emailed threat targeted students at many Los Angeles-area schools.
The shooting in nearby San Bernardino that left 14 people dead this month influenced the decision to close all the schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which 640,000 students attend, Superintendent Ramon Cortines said.
New York City officials say they received the same threat, but quickly concluded that it was a hoax. New York Police Commissioner William Bratton said he thought Los Angeles officials overreacted.
Bratton said the person who wrote the note claimed to be a jihadist, but made errors that made it clear the person was a prankster.
A law enforcement official says the threat was emailed to a school board member late Monday and appeared to come from overseas. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation.
And look at Obama! What is HE doing ABOUT this? PLAYING golf! THANKS PJ for ALERTING me to this OUTRAGE!
This will be the new normal. All they need to do is threaten. They don’t even have to blow themselves up.
They closed malls last weekend, diverted planes and now close schools just because of threats.
I don’t think that blaming President Obama for every crime that is committed is very helpful. Feel free to run for public office if you think that you can make a difference
It’s kind of hard to take the man seriously when he makes such comments as fighting climate change will be a factor in tackling terrorism.
Let in the widows and orphans….