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"He Said 'Bro,' Red Flag"

  All these 'school shooting' stories are starting to look the same. Except perhaps for this one. Because with this one we get a controversy over the use of the word "bro." There was an active shooter in the halls of Oxford High. One particular classroom followed the protocol they had learned on 'shooter drills.' They sheltered in place -- locking the door, taping the windows. So far as I can tell, there was no teacher in the room at the time. One of the students seems to have been 'in charge.' Then came a knock on the door. The voice that presumably belonged to the knocker said that he was from the sheriff's office and "it's safe to come out."   In-charge guy, "We're not willing to take that risk right now." Voice from outside, "Come to the door and look at my badge, bro."  I'm impressed that the students in that class had the operational common sense to understand that sheriff's deputies don't cal...