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.

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.

  • robocall@lemmy.worldEnglish
    134·
    1 year 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.

    • PatFusty@lemm.ee
      122·
      1 year 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@programming.dev
          33·
          1 year ago

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

        • atzanteol
          85·
          1 year ago

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

      • cuibono@lemmy.world
        27·
        1 year 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?

      • Fisk400@feddit.nu
        25·
        1 year ago

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

    • cuibono@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 year 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.