Los Angeles schools closed due to threat

[kimi_SFC]

LA Superintendent: (paraphrase)
Planning on updating the media every half hour with "news briefs" via Mrs. Haver/Haber (?sic)
ETA: she is the LAUSD Communications Officer


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[JLSChook]

Mr. Zimmer - President, Board of Education (I can't see his 1st name :blushing: ?Dave?)

"... On behalf of the entire Board, the entire Board is gathered here in solidarity with this decision and in support of everyone who is working and has been working through the night to keep our children, to keep our schools safe so they can return to be the anchors of our community".



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Interesting, seeing that the threat came in this morning, didn't it?

 

[bluesneakers]

I think it was inappropriate for DeBlasio to even comment on how L.A. responded. He should talk about how N.Y. responded, what steps they were taking and leave the decisions in L.A. to L.A.

I also have to wonder what people who truly want to harm us think about N.Y. NOT closing down schools in the face of a threat that another school district considered credible.

He had to address it whether he wanted to or not because people are going to make the comparison and ask him about it. Whatever the reasons there's no easy way to say "They're closing but we're not."

 

[kimi_SFC]

Interesting, seeing that the threat came in this morning, didn't it?

It became public when the media noticed the LAUSD busses returning to the terminal. That's (what I transcribed) new to me (hence BBM)

Also, if the threat occurred in NYC, they're +3hrs. So, it will be interesting to find out the actual timeline.

:thinking:


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[kimi_SFC]

End of presser
(It wasn't completely word-for-word, but it was close!
:blushing: )


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[LaborDayRN]

He had to address it whether he wanted to or not because people are going to make the comparison and ask him about it. Whatever the reasons there's no easy way to say "They're closing but we're not."

I just wish he would have taken the high road and said something along the lines of L.A. having to make the decision that was right for them. I guess it's just politics. :dunno:

 

[Bravo]

Again, a balance yet be found. This kind of climate brings out the crazies of every flavor, it just does. I wrote in the Paris attack thread of this- of working 9/11 and afterwards at an NGO that was targeted with an anthrax threat, of having to fly out of Washington DC a week after 9/11 and witnessing an airport taken over by bomb sniffing dogs and the US Army, fully armed, of staying at a hotel that was evacuated for a bomb scare.

The crazy in those days was palatable, and it fed on fear. The more fear the more crazies felt encouraged to be crazy.

School kids need to be protected, but the best way of doing that IMO is for the adults around them and responsible for them to take a deep breath and do rational risk assessment before upping the fear ante.

I cant even imagine what u have endured. It is truly scary times. I do agree we cannot live in terror or under constant threat. Yet how do we decide where to draw the line. IMO there really isn't an answer to this. I think the threats will continue until the U.S. puts boots on the ground. Which IMO is what they want. Come to them. I pray they never do but this will continue.......MOO

 

[LaborDayRN]

End of presser
(It wasn't completely word-for-word, but it was close!
:blushing: )


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Thanks Kimi for transcribing!! :tyou:

 

[cady]

It became public when the media noticed the LAUSD busses returning to the terminal. That's (what I transcribed) new to me (hence BBM)

Also, if the threat occurred in NYC, they're +3hrs. So, it will be interesting to find out the actual timeline.

:thinking:


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I heard 11pm pacific jmo

 

[JLSChook]

Interesting, seeing that the threat came in this morning, didn't it?

Got my answer...I think.

Law enforcement sources said that the person who made the threats could have masked their location. District officials have been investigating the threat since about 10 p.m. Monday night, according to a school police source. The FBI and LAPD are assisting.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...215-story.html

 

[kimi_SFC]

Broadcaster recap (I missed this past :confused)
Leslie Sipes @abc7:
"He did mention the words 'assault rifles and attacks with machine pistols.' So that's more information that we got about those threats."

Say what? I have to see if this DVR will let me go back (I didn't record the segment, so :crossfingers



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[cady]

....so, if one wants to appear to be a jihadi, don't fail to capitalize allah....JMO

 

[JLSChook]

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.-27th District) told CNN's Ashleigh Banfield that while the email threat was written by someone who claimed to be a Muslim extremist, there were some red flags concerning its credibility.

"In the whole text of the email there is a pornographic reference to a body part that ... this person claims to be a devout Muslim, I don't think that that's consistent. There is certainly nothing in the text of the email that shows that the person who wrote it has any particular understanding of Islam," he said. "The second issue is ... [the author] claims that he's got 32 accomplices--that's way beyond what ISIS or even al-Qaida have been able to put together in any western city."

http://keprtv.com/news/nation-world/unspecified-threat-shutters-los-angeles-public-schools

 

[Tillicum]

Got my answer...I think.

Law enforcement sources said that the person who made the threats could have masked their location. District officials have been investigating the threat since about 10 p.m. Monday night, according to a school police source. The FBI and LAPD are assisting.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...215-story.html

And here

But the city's mayor, Eric Garcetti, denied that assertion, saying that officials had contacted federal law enforcement officials. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference that he was contacted late Monday night about a "very specific threat" delivered by email to school board members.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-los-angeles-threat-idUSKBN0TY1YR20151215

 

[kimi_SFC]

Chief Beck:
The implied threat, we believe to be much closer than Germany. Given all the school shootings, given San Bernardino, some people, the Superintendent, had to make a decision.

We are still vetting this threat. There's work left to be done. Still running this to ground with the FBI. My role in this scenario is to give the best info I have. It is not my decision. My advice is to them not to you.


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[JLSChook]

Sorry if these have been posted already, I came to the end of the thread when I heard about this

[video=twitter;676824665294249984]https://twitter.com/CNNAshleigh/status/676824665294249984[/video]

 

[kimi_SFC]

Threat specific to LAUSD - if other institutions want to follow suit
Mayor cuts in: there is no threat to any other schools except LAUSD in Los Angeles
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Media recap: a lot of defense of Ramon Cortinez.
Not much detail given. Explosive devices mentioned.


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[kimi_SFC]

Per @ABC7
• Threats made to multiple campuses
• eMail threat came from
Overseas
• students already at school will be with staff until parents can be contacted
• proper ID required to pick up your child
• updates at lausd..net & (213)241-2064


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[Treelights]

End of presser
(It wasn't completely word-for-word, but it was close!
:blushing: )


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Thank You!!

 

[margarita25]

(Slightly O/T, just seeing this, there was a threat against a CO HS a few days ago:

"The deputies determined the threat was credible, which resulted in two 16-year-old female students at Mountain Vista being taken into custody.

There is a pending charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder against the two girls.

"We take these types of threats extremely seriously and will take all efforts necessary to ensure the safety of our schools, students, and teachers," Sheriff Tony Spurlock said. "We thank the Douglas County School District for all their assistance during the investigation.""

Threat made against Mountain Vista HS
http://www.9news.com/story/news/education/2015/12/15/mountain-vista-high-school-threat/77363926/ )