NY Officials: LA Overreacted
New York City school officials apparently received the same threat of terrorist attacks as Los Angeles, but the reaction was 100% different:
Click here for reuse options!NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton slammed the response as a “significant overreaction.”
Hours after Los Angeles officials abruptly shut down their schools, Bratton revealed New York received the same anonymous email threat but investigators quickly determined that it was a hoax.
Among the tip-offs: The “A” in Allah wasn’t capitalized in the email promising an attack, an error no true jihadist would make, Bratton said.
Other red-flags emerged after the NYPD learned Los Angeles had decided to close its schools, and the two police departments compared the threats.
The emails sent to both cities were identical except for the last line stating the location of the attack, and the writer claimed to be a student who was bullied for four years in each city, a police source told the Daily News.
“The letters are the same email,” the source said, noting that the threats also contained references to guns and explosives that suggested a lack of knowledge about them./blockquote>
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rg9rts December 15th, 2015 at 15:59
Want your terrorist?? Who had a major exam,
CHOCOL8MILK December 15th, 2015 at 15:59
It is finals week.
rg9rts December 15th, 2015 at 16:42
It is ??? Damn I’m good LOL
FatRat December 15th, 2015 at 16:30
Among the tip-offs: The “A” in Allah wasn’t capitalized in the email promising an attack, an error no true jihadist would make, Bratton said.
An American student that doens’t know to capitalize is not a tip off.
Larry Schmitt December 15th, 2015 at 17:50
That’s pretty flimsy to base a reaction to a threat.
CHOCOL8MILK December 15th, 2015 at 18:07
The terrorists have won. There are scared Americans. Why would terrorists warn of a bomb threat? They want body counts.
Suzanne McFly December 15th, 2015 at 20:41
I am sorry but in New York received this threat a few days after 9/11, they would of done the same thing.