09-16-2015, 03:08 PM
This definitely got blown out of proportion, but I don't blame the school for being cautious about a suitcase like device with a digital counter (clock) on it. I think the kid could have been brown, purple, white, or rainbow colored and they would have acted the same.
From a police perspective, they were probably thinking it was likely nothing... but in this day and age what if it wasn't? What if the kid had put a propane tank somewhere, and was going to connect the suitcase clock to it later? Securing him and asking him questions doesn't seem overtly inappropriate to me.
The story surrounding it seems more of an overreaction than the actual event.
From a police perspective, they were probably thinking it was likely nothing... but in this day and age what if it wasn't? What if the kid had put a propane tank somewhere, and was going to connect the suitcase clock to it later? Securing him and asking him questions doesn't seem overtly inappropriate to me.
The story surrounding it seems more of an overreaction than the actual event.