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Next time you want to write a horror story, better make sure it doesn't involve zombies overrunning a high school. Apparently, that's a crime in Kentucky.
So, it's now okay to arrest high school students for writing short stories about violence in high schools? Joss Whedon, Alfred Gough, Josh Schwartz, Bob Stuber, and Michael Moore better not travel to Kentucky.
Oh, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books are now illegal too...
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UPDATE
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I just re-read the title of the news article: "Student Arrested for Terroristic Threatening..." Terroristic threatening? The kid wrote a short story about zombies attacking a high school ( a non-descript high school, according to the author) and now he's being called a terrorist? I think I'll look into this some more.
posted by Aaron Bynum at 20:48
5 Comments:
At least you give teh benfit of the doubt. Most people are just assuming his story is true. Here are som emore facts: He first said this was an assignment for a vocational class (that would be things like carpentry and welding). When his vocational teacher would not confirm a creative writing assignment, it suddenly became an English assignment. But he's not in an English class this semester. His sister, who read the "story" said it made no mention of zombies but it did list the sites of the campus security cameras, how long it would take the police to arrive on campus once they were called and talked about recruiting a gang and obtaining weapons in order to raid the school. It isn't his first terroristic threatening charge, either.
7:27 PM
Here's the local newspaper story. It has more than the kid claiming he wrote a short story. And like I said earlier -- he doesn't have English this semester.
http://www.winchestersun.com/art...news/news01.prt
Student jailed for alleged school takeover threat
By TIM WELDON/Sun Staff Writer
Winchester police have arrested a George Rogers Clark High School junior whom they allege was attempting to organize an armed takeover of the school.
William Poole, 18, of 426 E. Broadway, was arrested at GRCHS Tuesday. Acting on a tip from a family member, police reported that he was attempting to "recruit a gang to take over the school," according to Detective Berl Perdue.
The threat involved the use of weapons, according to Purdue. "He didn't have a gang, but he was attempting to organize one," he said. Purdue added that no threat was made against a specific individual.
GRCHS Principal John Atkins said he could not comment on whether Poole has been in disciplinary trouble at the school due to confidentiality reasons. He did comment that, "I know him."
Police recovered writings in whicGRCHS Principal John Atkins said he could not comment on whether Poole has been in disciplinary trouble at the school due to confidentiality reasons. He did comment that, "I know him."
Police recovered writings in which Poole allegedly attempted to convince other students to participate in an armed takeover. He was being held this morning at the Clark County Detention Center. During a hearing in Clark District Court this morning, Poole's bond was increased from a $1,000 to a $5,000 cash bond based on a prosecution motion.
Atkins said he has been unable to share some information with students and staff about the incident due to the continuing investigation. Classes continued normally Wednesday and today and there have been no problems, Atkins said.
"We did not have any concern that students had weapons at school," he said. "We don't know who's included in this. That's what we're working on, to see if there were other individuals involved. ... We're not sure that there are."
- Managing Editor Jennifer Ginn contributed to this story.
8:25 PM
Thank you for the information, whoever you are. Calling the school didn't get me very far (for obvious reasons). I would still like to read the story before passing judgment on the kid though. Here are my questions: What did he write - verbatim - in this story? Did other kids in any of his classes have the same assignment? What is this guy's background? What's his home life like? Obviously, a good detective will be trying to answer all of these questions and a lot of other ones. Too bad I don't live in Kentucky.
I will be monitoring this case as it continues.
9:02 AM
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, as is Poole. But I think from the information you have, you can at least see that it isn't something as simple as a guy having written a short story about zombies and zealous grandparents and police jumping to bizarre conclusions, as people are trying to indicate based on the one story where the kid is claiming to have written a short story.
People may think Kentuckians are idiotic hillbillies, but we aren't THAT stupid.
Trust me, if this happened in your kid's school, with a kid like this and the same circumstances, you wouldn't be nearly so critical of the response.
9:46 AM
I agree completely. My knee-jerk reaction was "they're trying to kill the second amendment!" But after looking into quite a bit more, I believe that there is alot more to the story that would seem to indicate that he may very well be guilty. To reiterate what you said, he is innocent until proven guilty. There's a lot to this story that hasn't been sorted out yet. Thank you again for the info. Keep it coming.
12:46 PM
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