From The Providence Journal: "A teacher at Central Falls High School has been disciplined after School Supt. Frances Gallo discovered a doll representing President Obama hanging upside down in effigy in the teacher’s third-floor classroom Monday afternoon. The doll wore a sign: “Fire CF teachers.”
“I was deeply saddened and, actually, quite horrified at the sight of it,” Gallo said.
After she found the 12-inch doll dangling from the whiteboard, Gallo contacted the state police who immediately came to the high school, took photographs and removed the doll. The police investigated and determined that the incident did not rise to the level of a hate crime, and no charges were filed against the teacher, said Lt. Steven Lefebvre."
First, the teacher was quite stupid for having an effigy of Obama in the classroom and it was even more stupid to have the Superintendent of the school to find it.
But it was also stupid of the superintendent to call the State Police. Hate crime? Like it or not, it is political speech and I would hope the superintendent would have realized that. It turns out that the teacher was given a letter of reprimand. So, from a hate crime with the cops involved to a letter of reprimand? Hmmm.
This is the school district where all the teachers have been fired and Obama gave his approval because the superintendent wanted the teachers to work a little extra to help a piss poor school to improve and the union said no, unless the teachers were paid more.
So, I think you have stupidity on both sides on this issue.
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