Totally ridiculous "Terrorist Arrest"

Totally ridiculous "Terrorist Arrest"

http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=2989614&nav=EQlpWjof


CLARK COUNTY
Student Arrested For Terroristic Threatening Says Incident A Misunderstanding

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."

Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky," said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill.

Poole disputes that he was threatening anyone.

"It didn't mention nobody who lives in Clark County, didn't mention (George Rogers Clark High School), didn't mention no principal or cops, nothing,"
said Poole. "Half the people at high school know me. They know I'm not that stupid, that crazy."

On Thursday, a judge raised Poole's bond from one to five thousand dollars after prosecutors requested it, citing the seriousness of the charge.

Poole is being held at the Clark County Detention Center.

my goodness, this shit is gettin ridiculous in schools

some kid got suspended for 2 weeks from highschool here for saying the word "booty" over the intercom

I agree, a lot of this stuff is stupid, but, on the other hand, there is a lot of stuff going on in this country & the world. I work for Homeland Security at the state level and sometimes it may be in your best interest (such as this story) to let a teacher know what you're working on. There's probably more to this incident than we know.

I expect more of this...

With the Patriot Act, he can be charged as a terrorist, they can hold him for a long time without a trial, can search his home without a warrant...basically throw his Constitutional rights out the window because he wrote a creative short story about zombies running over a generic high school

i saw something like that on t.v. he said booty on the school news when referring to some girl or something in the girls soccer game