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Sheneca Cowart faces multiple felony gun charges following the incident at The Academy of McCrory Lane on Thursday.

A Tennessee teacher has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to shoot a colleague in the preschool where she worked, police said.

Sheneca Cowart was charged with assault, threat of mass violence at a school and two counts of carrying a weapon onto school property following the Thursday incident at The Academy of McCrory Lane in Nashville.

Authorities took Cowart into custody after witnesses said she threatened to "retrieve a firearm and made threats against another teacher and the school after an argument," the Metro Nashville Police Department said.

Staff members alleged 29-year-old Cowart threatened to “shoot up” the preschool and that she keeps a gun “on her,” according to NBC News affiliate WSMV.

Another teacher claimed to overhear Cowart say “when I start shooting, you better run,” prompting the preschool to go into lockdown, WSMV reported.

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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

Yeah, that's how out justice system functions almost everywhere in the US, unless you seem to be an imminent threat or a flight risk. If you can post bond you can continue living your life until you're convicted. DC got rid of this because it's pretty fucked up that it very heavily hurts the poor more than the wealthy. That's why you have all the January 6th coup participants sitting in jail while awaiting trial.

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