Entire School System in response to a Terror Threat that turned out to be a hoax. The threat came less than two weeks after the attack in San Bernardino less than 60 miles away. Critics of l. A. Include the citys former police chief, who now heads the new York City Police department and had a very different response to a similar threat today. Heres jeff pegues. Reporter the email to members of the Los Angeles School board was long and rambling. It was sent last night and threatened an attack with assault rifles on every school with bombs hidden in backpacks in lockers. The writer claimed he was part of a cell of 32 comrades willing to die, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. New york city received a similar email threat, but unlike los angeles, kept its schools open. Police commissioner bill bratton said the threat was a hoax. The language in the email would lead us to believe that this is not a jihadist initiative, for example, that allah was not spelled with a capital a. That