A judge in Virginia has ruled that a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in class can press forward with a $40 million lawsuit.

  • @[email protected]
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    1348 months ago

    IIRC the teacher expressed concerns about the student having a gun, and the school administration said something like, “he has tiny pockets! a gun can’t fit in tiny pockets” and she got shot like less than an hour later. I used quotations but it’s not an exact quote.

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      8 months ago

      This is actually kind of hilarious, how do you fuck up this bad

      https://apnews.com/article/newport-news-school-shooting-a40dfad64388aadf1f90211177412522

      The administrator downplayed the report from the teacher and the possibility of a gun, saying — and I quote — ‘Well, he has little pockets,’ ”

      Shortly after 1 p.m., another teacher told an administrator that a different student who was “crying and fearful” said the boy showed him the gun during recess and threatened to shoot him if he told anyone. Again, no action was taken, she said.

      When another employee who had heard the boy might have a gun asked an administrator to search the boy, he was turned down, Toscano said. “He was told to wait the situation out because the school day was almost over,” she said.

        • snowe
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          338 months ago

          Seems like they’re already giving the incompetent superintendent a golden parachute. 500k for getting someone shot.

        • @atzanteol
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          38 months ago

          I’ll give you a little bit to consider what ones life is like after being shot.

        • Piecemakers
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          18 months ago

          And they’ll still continue to vote against their interests. 🙄

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        8 months ago

        Can we just get whoever these chucklefucks are and ask them why they were so unconcerned with the fact that three different people came to them talking about a 6 year old they’re in charge of being seen with a gun?? Isn’t the normal response to ONE person telling you about a child being seen with a gun on school grounds to actually investigate whatever is going on?

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        258 months ago

        I remember when a kid got suspended because he pointed a chicken nugget at a teacher and said bang…

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      138 months ago

      When you’ve got this level of stupidity in charge of those expected to educate the next generation, I think you may have already lost.