For the second time in three school days, police rushed to East Lansing Public Schools following a threatening call on Tuesday.
On Friday, the high school was evacuated and students were sent home after a bomb threat targeting the school was called in. Tuesday afternoon, schools were again placed on lockdown in response to a call about an armed suspect outside the building. Both calls were eventually deemed to be false threats, or “swatting” calls.
Following the incident on Friday, Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a statement calling on lawmakers to enact stricter penalties for those who make false threats, pointing to how these incidents divert resources from law enforcement and the psychological harm they cause for those targeted…