WINTER HAVEN, FL – Classrooms full of students and staff members were terrified when gun-wielding police officers unexpectedly charged in and locked down their middle school – an event that was actually part of a realistic drill that no one was allowed to know about.
The disturbing event happened early in the school day at Jewett Middle Academy on Thursday, November 13th, 2014. Without explanation, the principal announced at 9:00 a.m. that the school was being put into lockdown.
Moments later, police officers swept through the school, classroom-by-classroom, with weapons drawn. The bewildered children and teachers actually thought they were in real danger.
‘We actually thought that someone was going to come in there and kill us,’ said 7th grader Lauren Marionneaux to FOX affiliate WTVT.
The event was an ‘active shooter drill,’ which are becoming commonplace in America’s public schools, with varying degrees of realism and notification. Ostensibly promoted as a way to thwart school shootings, the controversial and dangerous drills also subtly shape the perspectives of young, impressionable minds.
This post was published at Police State USA on November 15, 2014.
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