Crime & Safety
Bridgeport School Worker Threatens Violence: PD
A school employee threatened violence against white people, according to police.

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Harding High School was put into lockdown Wednesday after in-school suspension coordinator Carl Lemon, 63, threatened to go on a killing spree, according to police.
Lemon was arrested after the school principal reported that he made threatening statements to another teacher, according to the Connecticut Post. Lemon allegedly said he hated white people and would execute every white man after being given the OK from the panthers, police said.
The school principal also got an anonymous note that said Lemon talked about, "shooting whites a lot."
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Lemon was charged with second-degree threatening and breach of peace.
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