BS: Suspicious man was a parent

Subject: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Bert
Date: 13 Feb 14 - 08:59 PM

Woodland Park High School and Gateway Elementary were locked down Wednesday afternoon (2/12/14) while police investigated a report of a suspicious person in the area.

School District RE-2 said a man in his 30s was seen in the area with camouflage and a backpack.

On Thursday, February 13, 2014 police told KRDO NewsChannel 13 that the "suspicious person" has been identified as a parent.

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Gives a whole new meaning to Parents' Day. Imagine what a ribbing that poor kid is going to get.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 13 Feb 14 - 09:29 PM

Because his dad showed up at the school dressed for hunting? In this day and age? Yeah I hope his dad has learned a lesson in common sense. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Feb 14 - 09:33 PM

Pretty daft, but I can suppose you can imagine how it might happen. It's east enough to look suspicious. I always seem to get searched going through the checks at airports.I think it's the beard.

Less excusable is the case I came across online about a father in Tennessee who got arrested because he wanted to collect his child from school on foot instead of doing it with a car or letting them catch a bus.
See here for details of that curious incident.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 03:20 AM

Some of the children's parents I came across during my years as a teacher weren't fit to look after a gerbil. When they came to collect their unfortunate offspring, I was tempted to refuse them access!

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 04:25 AM

I have a Remington camo 5-in-1 parka and matching insulated pants. Great for shovelling snow at -25C in a 70kph wind. Bought em at half price after huntin season one year even tho I hadn't hunted for many years on accounta I knew of the capability of these in foul weather. Can't beat that unless yer a yuppie who has $$$ to waste on that there designer 'sportswear'. Ya cant wear the full parka unless it's a real nipply day or ya'll sweat just readin a newspaper.

Now, a backpack? That there is suspicious, eh?

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 05:36 AM

You've made me smile, gnu. Here we say 'a nippy day'. I hardly dare ask what a 'nipply' day is, but I can guess!

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 05:45 AM

Most people here say 'nippy' but not tha girls I goes wit. Matter of fact, the first person I ever heard say 'nipply' is me. Pronounced nip-lay, emphasis on the first syllable in a high pitched tone to convey the physical sensation of the glass nipple effect induced far too often in this nech a tha woods.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 06:21 AM

I guess wearing camo means something a bit different in the states. We, in the uk as know, don't have a substantial gun culture beyond farmers culling rabbits and posh folk shooting pheasant - and both types tend to keep to their own rural property.

Here in the UK wearing camo or khaki is usually simply a sign of someone who's bought cheap durable clothing from an Army Surplus store. A lot of less affluent folk use Army Surplus including people I know who live outdoorsy lifestyles in boats and vans, and sometimes blokes who like to go fishing and sit quietly on the riverbank on a sunday afternoon. In other words, mostly peace loving folk. So odd as it may sound, I don't associate camo with guns or potentially dangerous people!

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 08:22 AM

I'd be more worried if he'd been wearing a hoodie and baggy jeans with the crotch round his knees and his arse-crack (or, even worse, dingy boxers) on display. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 08:49 AM

A "Call of Duty" tee shirt, and "Mountain Dew" sweatpants would be concerning.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 10:23 AM

Perhaps Guest,CS is confusing 'camouflage' with 'commando'.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Greg F.
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 10:31 AM

I'd be more worried if he'd been wearing a hoodie...

Like Trayvon Martin? Gotcha - just can't trust those Black folks.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 11:25 AM

This happened to my very Jewish-looking brother-in-law right after 9-11, and he just walked in looking like himself!

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 12:00 PM

School District RE-2 said a man in his 30s was seen in the area with camouflage and a backpack.

On Thursday, February 13, 2014 police told KRDO NewsChannel 13 that the "suspicious person" has been identified as a parent.
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When you stop and think about it, those two sentences sure leave out a lot of information.

1. What time of day was it? Was it opening or closing time, when an adult might be expected to pick up a kid? Or was it the middle of the school day?

2. What did the man do? Did he walk confidently up to the front door, looking relaxed and pleasant, or did he hang around, just waiting (i.e, loitering).

3. If the student had a doctor's appt, or similar, and needed to be picked up, had the school been informed?

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Me, I applaud the school for protecting and kids, and the police for checking the man out. Imagine the courage it takes to approach a man who might whip out a handgun and start shooting at the sight of you.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 12:44 PM

Talking about camouflage, it's supposed to stop you being noticed. Camouflage on a street is the the same stuff other people wear on the street. If you were lurking round a school you'd want to look like a parent, or a teacher.

It always strikes me as weird when you see pictures of soldiers on duty on street corners in troubled places dressed up in stuff designed for jungles that makes it impossible not to spot them. And that gets referred to as "camouflage."

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Greg F.
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 12:57 PM

As Rocky the flying squirrell said lo these many years ago, Kevin:

"Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms".

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST,Stim
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 01:42 PM

According to the International Hunting Association(whoever they are), there are about 1000 people accidentally shot by hunters every year in the US and Canada. About 100 are killed. Given that, when hunting, camouflage is the last thing one would be inclined to wear.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 05:15 PM

In France during the hunting season, I am told, anyone who goes hunting, or even just for a walk in the guarrigue, wears bright orange.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Greg F.
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 05:21 PM

Given that, when hunting, camouflage is the last thing one would be inclined to wear.

Ah, but Stim, you're positing the existence of a large number of sentient beings that simply don't exist.

In order to save these idiots from themselves, there ARE a number of U.S. states that mandate blaze orange clothing for hunting ( since the critters being hunted are color-blind anyway )- but I think that by doing so they're only short-circuiting natural selection, to the detriment of the species overall.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Bert
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 05:38 PM

Camo is quite normal attire in this area, what with hunters and the military.

When you pictures of child molesters and sex offenders, they are never wearing camo, they all seem to be ordinary nerdy looking types.

A macho guy in camo with a back back would be one of the least likely people to harm children.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST, topsie
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 05:55 PM

The people who have gone into schools and started randomly shooting were not, I think, child molesters and sex offenders.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Monique
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 06:09 PM

Topsie, only for a battue when they're hunting wild boars. Otherwise they dress as they see fit. There are strict regulations for battues and nobody's supposed to stroll in the garrigue when there's one going.
Now, during the hunting season, if you want to take a walk in the garrigue, you'd better make some typical human sounds such as singing, whistling or talking aloud to yourself!

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 06:30 PM

Of course if it's true that "A macho guy in camo with a back back would be one of the least likely people to harm children", that would be the stuff to wear if that was your intention...

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 07:42 PM

xBroIL was mortally offended and the rest of us thought it rather funny - the school was embarrassed and the children too young to care. It was not normal closing time, he was dropping something off for a project. They completely panicked, called 9-11, went into overdrive lockdown, if it were today he'd probably have been shot. Which would not have been funny, at least not at the time.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: Mrrzy
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 07:43 PM

Oh, and pedant alert, the man of the title was suspect, not suspicious. Everybody *else* was, apparently, suspicious... isn't English fun?

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 07:57 PM

Actually suspicious has both meanings. To avoid the imputation that the suspected person must somehow have been at fault it might be better to say he was suspected of being suspicious.

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: gnu
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 08:16 PM

Stim... "According to the International Hunting Association(whoever they are), there are about 1000 people accidentally shot by hunters every year in the US and Canada. About 100 are killed. Given that, when hunting, camouflage is the last thing one would be inclined to wear."

That's as far as I read in this thread.

Hahahahahahaaa!

gnightgnu

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Feb 14 - 10:26 PM

The idea that it would be some kind of macho guy wearing camo betrays your embarrassing ignorance of current fashion trends. In point of fact, camo is this year's pink, especially among the young people, and not just the ones that shop at Cabela's. Folks from all walks of life are stunning in their camo coats, jackets, shirts and pants. Check PBTeen's Camo Duvets, Shams, Backpacks, and Luggage PBTeens is Pottery Barn.

If that isn't enough, check the latest look for fashionable brides and their bridesmaids:
Camo Bridal Gowns

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST
Date: 15 Feb 14 - 01:22 AM

"In point of fact, camo is this year's pink"


pink camo !!!???


Now that would take a real man to defiantly wear that out in public...

Subject: RE: BS: Suspicious man was a parent
From: GUEST,Stim
Date: 15 Feb 14 - 03:53 PM

The GUEST with the camo links was me. For the GUEST who was not me, I have this link:Pink Camo BDU Pants from the Army/Navy Store Read 'em and weep...