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That’s domestic terrorism… assuming it’s the GOP backed white nationalists doing it as opposed to Russian operatives (it’s hard to tell the difference these days).
We just had I want to say one school shooting threat and another threat to shoot up a costco in just the last week.
This seems to be now a pretty consistent thing we're just going to live with. It sucks. I hate this timeline. >

I think 3 Walmarts in my area had false shooter reports last week or so. >

I wonder if someone is doing this to cry wolf before they go do it for real. Or perhaps doing this as a diversion to commit other crimes while police are busy with it? >

Had a similar thought.  Gauging the response? I don't know if school/mall-shooters are more likely to plan things out or do it in a passion though.   I keep seeing Ethiopia/Africa as a possible source, but I don't understand that motivation either.  I do expect some local (US) fuQwads to copycat this just to sow terror though. >


“This was a hoax call made by an unknown Google Number,” Beal said. “We understand that this phone call has been sent to other schools across Michigan this morning.”

Could be from anywhere in the world. >

Last I saw someone dig into this, they determined that these hoax calls in multiple states were almost certainly coming from Ethiopia.
I think the feds generally have an idea as to where these calls keep coming from, but with it being outside the US, it complicates matters. >

Ethiopia?!!! Supposedly the war is over so people have time to prank Americans? >

Relative of an immigrant >

So... This is a new thing that has hit multiple states now. From what I've been reading on these cases, it's coordinated and not likely originating within the US. (I think I read Africa at one point.) Few outlets have picked up on this being a national story rather than a statewide one, but NPR had done at least a couple of good write ups on it. Here's the most recent one I could find.
It's almost always a recorded message and someone with a thick accent. Several districts will be hit all at once. It goes far beyond the usual robodialer scam, because it's not random. Whoever is doing it has done their research and targets schools within a certain area.
And nobody knows what the motive is. >

Thanks for the article. It does list Ethiopia, but it could be a proxy. While thankfully not in the target school, my wife and daughter are in the same district and had to lockdown and release early. I listened to the police scanner to glean as much info as I could while it was going on. >

Someone recently called in a bunch of fake active shooter reports at Walmarts where I live. Caused a lot of trouble. >

Somebody is a major PoS for doing this. Hope they find them and throw them in jail. >

Some kid had a test he wasn't gonna pass