‘Burn This B***h to the Ground’: Michigan Father Who Threatened to Set Fire to Daughter’s School During Racist Rant Receives No Jail Time

A Michigan man facing more than 20 years in prison for threatening to kill his daughter’s teachers by burning their school to the ground avoided jail time Tuesday. Instead, 38-year-old Thomas Latting received eight years probation after pleading no contest to four felony charges: Ethnic intimidation, intentional threat to commit an act of violence against a school, false report or threat of terrorism and false report or threat of a bomb or harmful device.The threats were contained with a racist rant by Latting, who was angry that an afterschool activity ended earlier than he expected. Thomas Latting (Photo: Genesee County Prosecutor’s Office)The incident occurred in February. Michigan State Police Det. Stacey Moore said Latting was also confused about where he should collect his daughter. He had arrived around 5:30, well past the 5 p.m. pick-up time, according to Mlive.com.He directed his animus towards an after-school teacher at McMonagle Elementary School in the Flint suburb of Mt. Morris Township. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Latting used the N-word more than once as part of his threatening remarks.“I’m going to come back and kill all of you and burn this [expletive] to the ground,” he said while pointing at the school...