Results: Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy's mugshot to social media
Source: https://apnews.com/article/school-shooting-threats-arrests-kids-mugshot-florida-345a409f8e8feda3215f71cd205c9eb3
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A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he's posting the mugshot of any offender on social media. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood on Florida's Atlantic Coast said he's tired of the hoaxes targeting students, disrupting schools and sapping law enforcement resources. In social media posts Monday, Chitwood warned parents that if their kids are arrested for making these threats, he'll make sure the public knows. Do you agree with Sheriff Mike Chitwood's decision to post the mugshots of children who make false school shooting threats?
Yes
65%
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1768 votes
No
11%
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308 votes
Undecided
23%
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624 votes
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The video prompted a stream of reactions on social media, with many residents praising Chitwood, calling on him to publicly identify the parents as well — or press charges against them. Should parents be held legally accountable if their child makes a false school shooting threat? Yes, parents should be legally responsible
37%
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999 votes
Yes, but only in certain cases, such as they provided the weapons or knew the child was making threats
39%
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1043 votes
No, the responsibility should fall solely on the child
7%
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198 votes
Undecided
16%
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435 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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25 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.74% | 20 | |
| Not just for that | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't think he should be held entirely responsible because he didn't pull the trigger. His child on the other end should be held responsible for his actions. | 0.04% | 1 |
| N/A | 0.04% | 1 |
| The parents are not responsible for the threats, but they are responsible for not teaching their children better. | 0.04% | 1 |
| NA | 0.04% | 1 |
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