Entire School District Went To Lockdown Because Of...

[TechMan]

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song as a voice mail greeting.  

http://www.timesonline.com/news/police_fire_courts/schools-locked-down-over-ambiguous-message-taken-as-threat/article_e0ead4e5-046f-5679-991c-4aea6d915123.html

Eye doctor receptionist called student's phone to remind him about an upcoming appointment and got his voice mail.  She misunderstood the voicemail greeting and called police.  A county-wide lockdown was initiated because they didn't know where the student was.  The police finally got a hold of the student, who was in the guidance office of the high school, which was then swarmed by officers who took him into custody.  He was imitating the rap song to the tv show.  The DA listened to the message and determined that it did follow the original song and did NOT press charges.

 
ETA: Correction pointed out by birdman.

[dogmush]

[MechAg94]

I thought Will Smith was the happy rapper or something.  

So did all these people actually call and listen to his voice mail or did they just take the word of whoever it was that called them?  A some level, someone needs to gut up and put a stop to nonsense like this.  Why did they even take him into custody?  Just talk to the kid for 5 minutes.  I am sure they could have figured out that he wasn't a threat. 

Another example of the evils bureaucracy and lack of leadership.  I recall hearing my pastor talk about the difference between being a leader and just a manager.  Stuff like this illustrates that very well IMO.

[MillCreek]

If one of my receptionists did this without checking with me first, she would not remain one of my receptionists very long.

[Tallpine]

When singing is outlawed, only outlaws will sing.

[birdman]

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song as a voice mail greeting. 

http://www.timesonline.com/news/police_fire_courts/schools-locked-down-over-ambiguous-message-taken-as-threat/article_e0ead4e5-046f-5679-991c-4aea6d915123.html

Eye doctor receptionist called student's phone to remind him about an upcoming appointment and got his voice mail.  She misunderstood the voicemail greeting and called police.  A county-wide lockdown was initiated because they didn't know where the student was.  The police finally got a hold of the student, who was in the guidance office of the high school, which was then swarmed by officers who took him into custody.  He was imitating the rap song to the tv show.  The DA listened to the message and determined that it did follow the original song and did press charges.

did NOT press charges is what you meant.

District Attorney Anthony Berosh said it was determined after listening to the message closely that it did follow the Quincy Jones-penned song and Clawson was released.
Berosh said authorities decided not to charge Clawson in the incident. However, Mann said he urged Clawson’s parents to have him change the message.

[TechMan]

did NOT press charges is what you meant.

Ooops my bad.  Changed OP.  Thank you. 

[Nick1911]

A whole society, skittish and afraid of it's own shadow.  Willing to take extreme measures attempting [poorly] to mitigate freak occurrences.  Outstanding.

28 people die because of a nutjob, the country is in an uproar and changes to public policy.

98 people die EVERY DAY on the roads, no one complains.

[Tallpine]

A whole society, skittish and afraid of it's own shadow.  Willing to take extreme measures attempting [poorly] to mitigate freak occurrences.  Outstanding.

28 people die because of a nutjob, the country is in an uproar and changes to public policy.

98 people die EVERY DAY on the roads, no one complains.

We must ban those evil assault high capacity ess-you-veez 

No honest man needs a car that weighs more than 3000 pounds. 

[Neemi]

No honest man needs a car that weighs more than 3000 pounds. 

  Glad I'm not a man!

[MechAg94]

So only dishonest men can have SUV's?

[griz]

From the article:

“An innocent young man was embarrassed,” he said. “How is he supposed to go back to school and face his classmates?”

He'll probably manage better than the officers that detained him because he sang a song for a phone message.

[freakazoid]

However, Mann said he urged Clawson’s parents to have him change the message.

There was no actual wrong doing but we still want you to not do it.