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17. This wasn't a science experiment

Sat May 4, 2013, 12:38 PM

May 2013

This was a The Works bomb. People have been injured by these things. They have been used to blow up mailboxes. They can also be left without being agitated for unsuspecting people to pick them up and then have hot Drano explode in their hands and faces.

This isn't some harmless experiment - these things are unpredictable and people can and have been hurt by them. The last thing a school needs is students making these things all over campus. It takes next to no common sense to know that bringing a bottle of Drano to school before class, and detonating it is going to get you in trouble.

This is NOT the same thing as Mentos in a bottle of Diet Coke. This is made with caustic substances.

Charging her as an adult is going overboard, but these things aren't something that kids need to be doing at school (or at all, really).

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Kiera Wilmot was charged with two felonies, for popping the top off a water bottle. [View all] redqueen May 2013 OP

our country has lost it's mind spanone May 2013 #1

+ 1,000,000 cantbeserious May 2013 #102

Do you blame them for charging her? Th1onein May 2013 #2

Correction. She's ***FEMALE*** and BLACK. One of those GANG RAPISTS was BLACK, too, you know. redqueen May 2013 #3

I'm not assuming ANYTHING about you. Th1onein May 2013 #9

Maybe they just dont allow kids to blow stuff up AgingAmerican May 2013 #69

There is a change.org petition as well. wildeyed May 2013 #14

signed BainsBane May 2013 #145

I have to agree treestar May 2013 #28

Do Something! SaraRhiannon May 2013 #30

It may have something do besides race... Pelican May 2013 #44

I'd like to see statistics on how often school administrators call the police... redqueen May 2013 #48

Sadly, this is far from a new problem. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #115

She wasn't in science class marshall May 2013 #4

Probably another excuse to get Science banned Ilsa May 2013 #5

Please. She wasn't doing an assignment. LisaL May 2013 #74

I doubt that agrees to the anti-science crowd. Ilsa May 2013 #79

I do more science and math Aerows May 2013 #89

I didn't say, "don't do anything". Ilsa May 2013 #105

It was a hydrogen explosion.. X_Digger May 2013 #111

At best you get flying caustic liquid Aerows May 2013 #130

That dumb ass principal is going to learn that his actions have consequences too. nt bemildred May 2013 #6

Sounds like the principal was fairly sympathetic dementianurse May 2013 #133

She did no make a bad choice. bemildred May 2013 #144

In college, my prof used to have people sign stains on the ceiling n2doc May 2013 #7

Why is this a gender thing? lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #8

fascinating. galileoreloaded May 2013 #10

3-3 leave it. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #12

wise. galileoreloaded May 2013 #99

close. Tuesday Afternoon May 2013 #101

Actually that was just a side comment. bemildred May 2013 #13

as a matter of curiousity, to what "reasonable standard for behaviour and gender politics" do you niyad May 2013 #18

Pre-suffragette? cui bono May 2013 #66

"fierce herd pile-on"? "misandric feminism"? redqueen May 2013 #29

what am i talking about? galileoreloaded May 2013 #100

no, you didn't. all the words are english, they are all spelled correctly, the sentences are niyad May 2013 #117

still waiting for an answer to my question--to WHAT "reasonable standard for behaviour and niyad May 2013 #95

re read the OP and find the logic. you can't. pure emotion. nt galileoreloaded May 2013 #103

you did NOT answer my question. to WHAT "reasonable standards of behaviour and gender politics" niyad May 2013 #116

Where's the popcorn smiley? Lordquinton May 2013 #96

LOL Skittles May 2013 #113

America is terrified of its own shadow Bannakaffalatta May 2013 #11

I could list the number of things my science-y kid blew up this week. wildeyed May 2013 #15

Petition SaraRhiannon May 2013 #16

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #52

signed libodem May 2013 #71

:) SaraRhiannon May 2013 #97

This wasn't a science experiment Aerows May 2013 #17

It wasn't an experiment. It was a prank NightWatcher May 2013 #20

Exactly Aerows May 2013 #24

Your evidence that it was a "prank"? redqueen May 2013 #27

It was a prank Aerows May 2013 #31

Evidence? redqueen May 2013 #34

Read what she did Aerows May 2013 #38

I have read what she did. I'll pass on explaining myself to you. nt redqueen May 2013 #41

Okay Aerows May 2013 #45

What was it then if not a prank? NightWatcher May 2013 #39

Even good students who aren't troublemakers engage in pranks. lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #88

You can do the same thing Aerows May 2013 #90

question--you keep talking about drano--and what I read said "toilet bowl cleaner" NOBODY I know niyad May 2013 #120

We've come to an age of overreaction LittleBlue May 2013 #19

Yes, let's just let kids blow shit up at school Aerows May 2013 #21

Let's charge them as adults LittleBlue May 2013 #25

I don't think she should be charged as an adult Aerows May 2013 #33

Wow.nt redqueen May 2013 #36

Fair enough LittleBlue May 2013 #49

So there are no other options to deal with the situation? Mariana May 2013 #46

I've noted more than once Aerows May 2013 #55

In grade school I made a rocket and gave it to my friend. hunter May 2013 #78

That was in grade school Aerows May 2013 #80

When I was sixteen I was building even bigger home brew rockets. hunter May 2013 #91

I'm into electricity Aerows May 2013 #92

Why are you picking on St. Louis suburbs?? Ino May 2013 #60

Ha! LittleBlue May 2013 #67

Ha! ReRe May 2013 #22

Respectfully, I think that your Mr. Wizard used a hydrogen-filled balloon. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #108

You win.... ReRe May 2013 #109

I, too, had a Mr. Wizard. He sure liked to entertain. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #112

I admired this guy... ReRe May 2013 #114

I blew shit up in Chemistry class Aerows May 2013 #122

I am sick and tired of "Zero tolerance" and "three strikes". All they do is get... marble falls May 2013 #23

Yep. I agree with you. Eleanors38 May 2013 #40

If this "zero-tolerance" crap were in effect when I was in High School, Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #65

I firmly believe 80% of the males I knew up to 25 years old including me a ... marble falls May 2013 #75

She should have stolen billions. Turbineguy May 2013 #26

Or a pay on the back by Mittens an Rush for her ingenuity. nt Ilsa May 2013 #106

That hurt! How true. nt joeunderdog May 2013 #137

There should have been no police involvement in this at all. blackspade May 2013 #32

I'd say this is actually dumber seeing as it will likely ruin the kid's life. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #62

Indeed. blackspade May 2013 #70

Here folks Aerows May 2013 #35

Yeah, then read this one. redqueen May 2013 #37

This is not a science experiment Aerows May 2013 #42

YES, she should have been suspended. BUT... Th1onein May 2013 #93

Expelled for being a danger to other kids around her Aerows May 2013 #94

Would you be this outraged if HappyMe May 2013 #43

We wouldn't even be reading about this Aerows May 2013 #50

You keep talking about boys being expelled for the exact same activity. Link? redqueen May 2013 #51

Here's one Aerows May 2013 #58

If she'd just been expelled Mariana May 2013 #53

Oh, I agree that charging her with two felonies and as an adult Aerows May 2013 #57

Yeah, this is a lot different HappyMe May 2013 #56

Here's a guy who got hurt by one. Aerows May 2013 #61

Agreed LittleBlue May 2013 #72

Me either Aerows May 2013 #81

I hope that she's able to work out a plea deal for life imprisonment MannyGoldstein May 2013 #47

Yep. Bothers me too. This is madness. Let criminals go, but scar her for life. geckosfeet May 2013 #54

A zero tolerance society is a zero freedom society DJ13 May 2013 #59

Here's some other kids that were charged with making these and arrested Aerows May 2013 #63

Classic case of POWB cui bono May 2013 #64

My high school chemistry teacher showed us how to MineralMan May 2013 #68

Those times are long gone. LisaL May 2013 #73

You're probably right, but we learned chemistry. MineralMan May 2013 #76

You both have completely missed the point Aerows May 2013 #82

I didn't miss the point. I agree with you, this case doesn't look like some science experiment to me LisaL May 2013 #83

By the way Aerows May 2013 #84

Nope. We made firecrackers, which we set off in different MineralMan May 2013 #85

Setting off firecrackers Aerows May 2013 #86

No, I'm not a scientist. MineralMan May 2013 #87

In my youth we blew up M-80s, Benton D Struckcheon May 2013 #104

In our science lab in middle school d_r May 2013 #77

Contact Information SaraRhiannon May 2013 #98

Was she the daughter of some prominent scientist, truebluegreen May 2013 #107

No, she read about it on Youtube Aerows May 2013 #124

Ah. It is beginning to make sense. truebluegreen May 2013 #125

Pretty much Aerows May 2013 #126

Doing a science experiment while black BainsBane May 2013 #110

Creating a bomb at school Aerows May 2013 #127

no question it was stupid BainsBane May 2013 #128

I have always maintained that trying her as an adult is horrible. Aerows May 2013 #129

Get real - she's black in Florida with Jamaican connections, extremely bright malaise May 2013 #118

You get arrested making these in public period Aerows May 2013 #131

Pray tell, why does she need a mental evaluation? fortyfeetunder May 2013 #143

So who was the friend who set her up on this? Told her to do it, helped her make it, but walked away Blue Diadem May 2013 #119

I presume she knows who the friend is. LisaL May 2013 #121

Funny there has been no mention of this "friend" in any of the news. Blue Diadem May 2013 #138

How can they come up with who this supposed friend is, unless she tells them? LisaL May 2013 #139

I don't understand why you think they'd only find out the name from her? Blue Diadem May 2013 #142

The kid make a Works bomb. Aerows May 2013 #123

LOL, what is your deal? No one agrees with you! You sure.... Logical May 2013 #141

"science experiment' LOL dementianurse May 2013 #132

Flushing a cherry bomb Aerows May 2013 #134

Hey, I'm not saying she shouldn't be punished dementianurse May 2013 #135

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #136

I think charging her with a crime -as an adult, no less- is completely insane. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #140