New Jersey School District Commits "Act" Of Terrorism



Hello.

Here is something that is completely outrageous. The Acting Superintendent of Schools and the Chief of Police of Phillipsburg, New Jersey decided to mount an intruder drill at the Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center.

Now, holding various types of drills are fine. We have all participated in fire drills, stormy weather drills, and in today's era some schools are holding armed intruder drills. However, this time no one was informed of the drill and several teachers were traumatized, suffered injuries, and some had to go to the hospital.

Here is the link to the local newspaper report.

Now, what is missing from this report are the details of what happened. I have a source at this school who is willing to talk to members of the press as long as their identity is not revealed because of fears of retaliation from the school district.

This school district has a new acting Superintendent. The previous Superintendent had refused to go along with the following idea. The school has held intruder drills in the past, when students were not present. It is for the teachers to know where to go during an armed attack and where the safe locations in the school are. There have usually been at least two drills per year when students were not present. Like all other types of drills the teachers were always made aware that there would be a drill.

Until yesterday.

On Friday, August 29, 2008 a series of gunmen burst into the school and starting shooting. There were screams and several people appeared to be shot and/or dead in the halls of the school. The teachers and school staff were terrified. Some called 911 and many called their loved ones saying that they were under attack and were afraid that this would be their last day alive. One gunman came into the library and a teacher tried to protect the other teachers in the room by leaping at the gunman. This gunman struck the teacher in the chest with a rifle, shot multiple rounds toward the ceiling, and then pointed the rifle in the teacher's face and said that if he moved again he would "blow his head off".

Now, it turns out that this was just an "act" of terrorism, because the gunmen were a combination of police officers and actors and the wounded and dying people in the halls were also actors. The bullets were blanks, and the grenades were blanks as well.

This "act" of terrorism was entirely made up by the acting Superintendent and the local Chief of Police. They thought that it would be a good idea to not tell any of the teachers about the drill in order to see how they would react. Well, the teacher in the library was beaten and had a rifle put in his face and has been severely traumatized. (It is unknown at this time if the library gunman was a police officer or an actor.) A janitor at the school drove himself to a local hospital because he was suffering from chest pains. And others have been so traumatized that they are nervous about starting the upcoming school year.

The most painful thing is that the teachers and school staff feel as though they cannot come forward and speak openly about what happened because they have been told not to reveal the security plans for the school in case there is ever a real attack.

Like I said earlier, I have a source at this school who wants to talk about this and try to prevent any such thing from ever happening again, but wants to keep their identity hidden because they fear retribution from the school district for speaking out about what happened yesterday. If you are a member of the press and want to discuss this situation with my source please feel free to contact me. My email is listed on my member page.

Thank you.

-Derek

Posted: Sat - August 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM              

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