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[BREAKING] All LAUSD schools closed due to threat of backpack bomb

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  1. zeeshan2

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    Officials have closed all Los Angeles Unified School District campuses Tuesday morning after receiving a "credible threat" of violence involving backpacks and packages left at campuses.

    Authorities said they plan a search operation of all of the LAUSD's more than 900 schools. The nation's second-largest school district has more than 700,000 students.

    “I think it’s important to take this precaution based on what has happened recently and what has happened in the past,” LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines said.

    The move comes less than two weeks after two shooters killed 14 people in San Bernardino in what was the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.


    Fearing the safety of schools and its students, Cortines said he couldn’t take a chance, so he asking police to search all campuses, adult school and early education centers before reopening Wednesday.

    Officials said the threat came in electronic form and was many to numerous but unspecified campuses. As a result, they made the decision to close them all down for the day.

    Cortines said the threat was rare, considering the many threats the districts receives daily.

    The Los Angeles Police Department and FBI were assisting with the threat investigation, said Los Angeles School Police Chief Steve Zipperman.

    “The threat is still being analyzed,” he said. “ We have chosen to close our schools today until we can be sure our campuses are safe.”

    Students who already arrived at school will be supervised until parents can pick them up officials said.

    "Parents/Guardians please bring proper ID when picking up your child at school. They will be required," the LAUSD said in a statement.

    http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-all-lausd-schools-closed-threat-20151215-story.html




    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LAUSD?src=hash">#LAUSD</a> Closure: All 900 campuses to be searched. Board Presiident Steve Zimmer tells <a href="https://twitter.com/ericspillman">@ericspillman</a>: &quot;It's going to be a long day.&quot;</p>&mdash; Frank Buckley (@FrankBuckleyTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankBuckleyTV/status/676787880673476609">December 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LAUSD update: ALL <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LAUSD?src=hash">#LAUSD</a> buses called back to bus yards; ALL <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LAUSD?src=hash">#LAUSD</a> schools closed due to threat <a href="https://t.co/zM9DwFOlhS">pic.twitter.com/zM9DwFOlhS</a></p>&mdash; Julie Sone (@ABC7JulieSone) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC7JulieSone/status/676778321158410241">December 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WOW. LAUSD shutdown, for those who don't know, involves 900 schools and 640,000 students. Must be one hell of a terror threat.</p>&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/676778417233104896">December 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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    #1 zeeshan2, Dec 15, 2015
  2. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    Well, I'm sick of this ****.
     
    #2 Xerobull, Dec 15, 2015
  3. FranchiseBlade

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    I was at work/school this morning, and heard rumor of it, but it hadn't broken on television or the internet yet. I talked to the plant manager and he hadn't heard anything either or gotten any email. He said he would try and get ahold of his supervisor and find out what was going on.

    I started getting ready for the day when the plant manager had all of us that were there get our belongings and leave that school would be closed for the day. So we left. I talked with some of the other teachers who hadn't heard and arrived later. Police were already there with tactical gear/bullet proof vests on, etc.

    Crazy stuff. But it looks like I'll have some extra time to knock out some errands I need to do.
     
    #3 FranchiseBlade, Dec 15, 2015
  4. bigtexxx

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    This is the America we live in, sadly. Terror has come to our shores.
     
    #4 bigtexxx, Dec 15, 2015
  5. cwebbster

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    Thanks Ronald George Clinton W Obama the III.
     
    #5 cwebbster, Dec 15, 2015
  6. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    I don't think even the most clever high school kid, on his own, could prank the whole district. Must be based on some pretty serious intel. Hope everyone can stay safe and they can get to the bottom of this.
     
    #6 B-Bob, Dec 15, 2015
  7. Air Langhi

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    Isn't this when kids take their 1st half finals?
     
    #7 Air Langhi, Dec 15, 2015
  8. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    In many cases, I would think so. Maybe FranchiseBlade can tell us.
     
    #8 B-Bob, Dec 15, 2015
  9. Air Langhi

    Air Langhi Contributing Member

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    How hard would it be to do? Just break into someones network or use an anonymous proxy. Send some threatening emails. How are you going to trace those emails if they are bounced of a bunch of servers?

    Some 13 year old kid could pretty easily do this.
     
    #9 Air Langhi, Dec 15, 2015
  10. Awesome

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    They started finals yesterday

    Terrorists don't call you and tell you "hey, i might blow yall up today, so run"

    No idea whats going on so all of the kids are off, and the parents of alot of young kids probably had to take off work suddenly.
     
    #10 Awesome, Dec 15, 2015
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    Mayor of Los Angeles:

    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have arranged with <a href="https://twitter.com/metrolosangeles">@metrolosangeles</a> for LAUSD students to ride Metro buses and trains free today given school closures.</p>&mdash; Eric Garcetti (@ericgarcetti) <a href="https://twitter.com/ericgarcetti/status/676797003649581056">December 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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    #11 zeeshan2, Dec 15, 2015
  12. RocketsLegend

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    Why do they hate us?
     
    #12 RocketsLegend, Dec 15, 2015
  13. OmegaSupreme

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    why do you always do this in the hangout?

    all in the hangout. pretty sure there's more. i purposely haven't visited d&d the last couple of weeks because it's the same garbage over and over again only to have it posted here where other folks have to see this crap. you've been here long enough to know that forum exists, right? :confused:
     
    #13 OmegaSupreme, Dec 15, 2015
  14. Awesome

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    They aren't saying it but miliarty personnell are also being dispatched to schools.

    I have no idea what kind of threat that was.
     
    #14 Awesome, Dec 15, 2015
  15. Uprising

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    Yikes. All area schools closed? That's crazy.

    Some seriously insane people out there....
     
    #15 Uprising, Dec 15, 2015
  16. Awesome

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    Starting to think that they intercepted a message moreso than just getting a phone call from someone because there is alot of activity going on from different agencies. FBI, as well as police forces and military.

    Im sure they've gotten plenty of bomb threats but I've never seen this happen before.
     
    #16 Awesome, Dec 15, 2015
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    Most likely the clock kid's cousin who saw the 15M lawsuit his relative just filed. probably this time it's a pack of dynamite sticks that are actually a clock
     
    #17 hotballa, Dec 15, 2015
  18. RocketsLegend

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    This is real, not a prank folks.
     
    #18 RocketsLegend, Dec 15, 2015
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">JUST IN: Officials say the last IP address of the email threat made against <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LAUSD?src=hash">#LAUSD</a> was traced to Frankfurt, Germany. <a href="https://t.co/1hZ7XkRUhP">https://t.co/1hZ7XkRUhP</a></p>&mdash; CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSLA/status/676809543137890304">December 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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    #19 RocketsLegend, Dec 15, 2015
  20. SamFisher

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    NYPD says you are wrong:


     
    #20 SamFisher, Dec 15, 2015
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