News story: prep school, NFL, bullying, gun, and mental health

[ucbalumnus]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-harvard-westlake-security-risk-20180223-story.html
http://ktla.com/2018/02/23/threat-on-social-media-prompts-harvard-westlake-to-close-studio-city-campus-friday/

@James Queally

Former NFL player and Harvard-Westlake alumnus Jonathan Martin was taken into custody Friday in connection with an Instagram post that displayed a shotgun and referenced the school by name, a source told the Los Angeles Times.

A picture of the weapon with the words Harvard Westlake written across the barrel triggered the school’s closure on Friday, according to three sources.

The image, which referenced revenge and suicide as the only options for a victim of bullying, was posted to a verified Instagram account belonging to Martin, the former Miami Dolphins’ offensive lineman who accused teammates of bullying in 2013.

The KTLA article includes a screenshot of the Instagram post.

[Consolation]

Harvard Westlake??? And an NFl player? Not at all the image I had!

[ucbalumnus]

Not mentioned in the articles was that Martin played college football at Stanford.

[deb922]

What a sad story. Mental illness stinks