Arlington police say boy made hoax bomb threat; family blames classmate’s prank

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2015/12/arlington-isd-says-12-year-old-sikh-student-arrested-for-making-threat-family-disputes-account.html

Armaan says he thought the classmate was kidding Friday when he said at the start of their pre-AP history class that he would tell the teacher Armaan had a bomb. A day earlier, the classmate had joked that Armaan’s backpack, which had a battery charger in it, looked like a bomb.

“I thought it was a joke, so I started laughing and he started laughing,” Armaan recalled. “The next thing you know, I’m reading with my friend and police come in, grab me and take me outside.”
 Another example of why we tell children that officer Friendly isn't your friend, and to NEVER talk to cops.

Why is this labeled "public school idiocy" when it's actually "police idiocy?" The school probably has an airport-style policy mandating they inform the cops of potential threats; the cops, on the other hand, knew this was a misunderstanding and charged the kid anyway.

I'd say that sentence right there explains why it is "public school idiocy". Anyone with half a brain would know this situation was not a potential threat. People and schools have gone full on retard.