Opinion ID: 1442370
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Lockdown

Text: After a meeting with representatives from the Sheriff's Department and an FBI agent, Hord decided to implement a lockdown at the school in early April 2005 [3] to be proactive and show that the school [was] secure and it [was] safe and we [were] interested in keeping it that way. J.A. at 54 (Hord Aff. 3/10/06 at ¶ 4); J.A. at 115 (Hord Dep. at 36:20-22); J.A. at 117-18 (Hord Dep. at 44:24-45:2) (reiterating the need to demonstrate that the school was safe and free of guns). Hord pointed out that there had been threats to bring guns, to hang people, to do all of this stuff. I had been accused by some people of not taking this serious[ly]. J.A. at 115 (Hord Dep. at 36:17-19). One parent Hord remembered in particular, John Cleveland, called Hord because his daughter had been called racially derogatory names, threatened because of her race, and exposed to being taunted by the [Rebel] flag or something to that nature. J.A. at 116 (Hord Dep. at 40:4-7, 20). Hord was concerned about violence. J.A. at 116 (Hord Dep. at 37:15-16). The Sheriff's Office maintained a continued presence, J.A. at 228 (Henderson Aff. at ¶ 3), at the school on April 7-8, 2005. The office assigned approximately 40-50 officers to secure the high school and investigate racial incidents. J.A. at 228 (Henderson Aff. at ¶ 3). Officer Waters checked purses and backpacks at the school entrance as part of the security assigned to the school. J.A. at 204 (Waters Aff. at ¶ 3). The investigation did not reveal any suspects for the graffiti, racial threats[,] or racial slurs. J.A. at 184 (Crisp Aff. at ¶ 5). One student, J.H., was charged and delivered to the Blount County Juvenile Detention Center after he admitted that he stated that he and his friends were going to bring a gun to school and kill all African American students and other people they did not like. J.A. at 184 (Crisp Aff. at ¶ 5).