Another day, another online threat.
Welcome to the Wild, Wild West.
Just hours after a Chester High School student was arrested for threatening to shoot up several schools, a man in Media was arrested for posting online threats against Chester Police.
The teen girl posted a threat on her Instagram account that "I'm coming tomorrow shooting up every Chester Upland School District school, Chester Community Charter School (both) and Chichester High School as well."
She signed off by adding a racial element to her threats: "All blacks must die."
The teen, who also is black, told authorities after she was taken into custody that she was acting on a dare.
Hopefully, as she sits in the county Juvenile Detention Center in Lima, she realizes this was no joke.
She apparently was in tears as she talked to police. She was staying with friends in Chester Township when police arrived at the home at 2:30 a.m.
You can get all the details here.
In the meantime, a few hours later a Media man was arrested for posting online threats against Chester police. Early reports indicate he was reacting to the teen's arrest. There is no indication as yet that he knew the teen.
David Millbourne, 23, was taken into custody and faces charges of making terroristic threats and harassment.
In the meantime, we used our editorial page to talk about the ugly new twist the teen's case brings up.
It's the world we live in.
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