Student in High School zombie terror threat

[the_leander]

At first when I read this story, I was thinking of Zombiefied computer DDOS attacks, and had that been the case, I would have had to agree with the desision to incarcerate this student, but as I found out, and what you will by reading the story in the link I'm about to give out, this is simply not the case.

From the article:

"A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the "writings" that got him arrested are being taken out of context.

Winchester police say William Poole, 18, was taken into custody Tuesday morning. Investigators say they discovered materials at Poole's home that outline possible acts of violence aimed at students, teachers, and police.

Poole told LEX 18 that the whole incident is a big misunderstanding. He claims that what his grandparents found in his journal and turned into police was a short story he wrote for English class.

"My story is based on fiction," said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. "It's a fake story. I made it up. I've been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was about a high school over ran by zombies.""

Full, story, as ever here.

I have to ask, is the standard of education so low that in the USA that this is to be taken seriously?

[the_leander]

Interesting stuff, but the fact still remains: He was arrested as a terrorist for writing about zombies overrunning the school.

This kid may be an utter gobshite, and by the accounts of these kids its more then likely, but of all the things to be imprisoned for, assault, threatening behaviour (if this kid is a bully these are the sorts of things I'd expect charges to be drawn up on) but raising an undead army to attack your school is not what I would call plausable, at worst I could concieve of him being sectioned under some mental health provision, but as a terrorist? Come off it.

Whats next, Steven King gets arrested for planning to have New York sucked into a shiny vortex on charges of terrorism, crimes against humanity and genocide??

I would however like to retract the last part of my first post, I don't think it was called for in retrospect. I would change it like this: Are people in parts of the USA so paranoid that things like this can happen for real?