School threats are on the rise after a Jan. It's been a little more than a week since year-old Josselin Corea Escalante was killed and a year-old classmate was injured after another year-old boy opened fire and later shot himself in the school cafeteria, and Metro Police say there have been 10 arrests connected with violence in Nashville schools.
Nine of the arrests were related to making threats against schools while the tenth arrest involved a student bringing a gun on school property, police said. More: Nashville mayor denounces additional threats of violence in wake of Antioch High shooting. The new arrests come during a continuing wave of threats of mass violence that began in and after a July state law made it a felony to make such threats against schools.
The measure followed a similar law that passed in requiring public schools to expel students for one year if they make a threat of mass violence.
The expulsion law was meant to serve as a deterrent against threats in the wake of The Covenant School shooting. It has triggered at least two lawsuits , with parents arguing it's far too harsh. The suits say children are being held in juvenile detention and solitary confinement as well as being strip-searched and expelled. Here are the details police gave regarding the most recent arrests in Nashville:.
A year-old male student was charged Jan. Kennedy Middle School. Nashville police said the teen warned students not to come to school tomorrow because he would be bringing a gun. Two teens were arrested Jan. In one case, a year-old girl from Antioch High School was charged with communicating a threat after police said she posted an Instagram threat against her principal.
