Justice System Abuses Teacher

Roanoke Times, 2-15-12, pg 1, 18: “Assault” by teacher called ‘nonevent’
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A local teacher was convicted by a Bench Trial in Botetourt County Domestic Relations Court of assault and battery of a student. The media describes the incident as a teacher restraining an unruly student from entering his classroom without striking, hitting or exercising direct physical force.
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The teacher had been removed from the classroom for over three months and has been living under the cloud of being a convicted abuser.
A special prosecutor found the incident to be: “a nonevent in its entirety”.
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The Roanoke Times totally missed the real story.
How could this miscarriage of the justice and judicial system have happened and what will be done to ensure it doesn’t happen again?
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There are very nasty kids in our school rooms. They are disruptive and dedicated to the premise that they aren’t going to learn, others are not going to learn and teachers are not going to teach.
Cases like this embolden and empower these nasty kids and totally demoralize and scare the hell out of teachers!
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Lot’s of folks will be waiting to hear the next chapter of this sordid story!
Hopefully the Roanoke Times will step up to the challenge!
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/11/student-suspensions-not-just-stupid-kid.html
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http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/commentary/wb/301481
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