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slayer370 t1_jea9n2p wrote

Reply to comment by yhwhx in Capital Region schools in lockdown amid mass-shooter hoax by Melodicmystery5

if it's out of country there's a good chance they'll get away with it. Seems like easy way to fuck with the U.S if you live in russia or something similar.

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Targash t1_jeacjrf wrote

Yeah it's been happening all this school year too. People keep making jokes about it being kids but there's more to it.

Hundreds of calls to various schools in Ohio for example, from one number in Africa where a heavily accented voices calls in an active shooting threat.

Same thing happened in Michigan, then the calls stopped. After awhile they resumed with shooting sounds in the background.

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sanash t1_jeaak0m wrote

Was just about to say this.

I'm honestly surprised this hasn't happened before; but willing to bet that since it's clear that the US has no intention of addressing the problem it will probably be pretty common for bad actors outside the US will engage in this tactic.

Now that bad actors in foreign countries know that the US doesn't give a fuck about children being slaughtered, they'll engage in these sorts of hoaxes to disrupt the lives of citizens and create situations where people become complacent to the threats that allow more mass shootings to happen.

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