DiipuSurotu
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Throw him in jail and see how his training to "prevent and manage aggressive behavior" works out in there.
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Teen loses leg after teacher 'body slam,' lawyer says
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Trojita
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Shameful. This kid deserves money for the injury he has suffered and the further disability he will have now.
The contractor should be in jail and the school district fined (unfortunately that would probably effect the poor Georgia schools the most).
Mods acting quick on that comment.
The contractor should be in jail and the school district fined (unfortunately that would probably effect the poor Georgia schools the most).
Mods acting quick on that comment.
ArkhamFantasy
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Legally speaking, what is going to be harder for the school to justify, The multiple body slams or the refusal to give medical attention?
Medical attention. The body slams can be blamed on the contractor. Medical attention falls on the school itself.
Trojita
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Medical attention.
IdreamofHIME
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The part about trying to make him take the bus home reminds me of when I broke my wrist in Gym class and the teacher didn't believe me. Refused to let me see the nurse and made me finish the fucking class.
Some of these people are true power mad assholes. They should be 100ft near a kid.
Some of these people are true power mad assholes. They should be 100ft near a kid.
FloatingDivider
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That seems unlikely though because he would have had to have sat on the limb for a period of roughly 2 hours which seems excessive? I think it's more likely the leg was fractured in some sort of awkward fashion which cut off circulation and the fact that they postponed treatment until he got home essentially allowed for ischemia to set in. If that's the case the school is beyond liable and I hope this kid sues the everliving bajeezus out of them.
Argh, kid is handicapped for life because of something that was completely avoidable. If he says he's in pain then just call an ambulance, don't body slam him to the ground 3 times, especially don't make the poor kid take a freaking bus without making sure anythings wrong.
All the authorities in this fucked up.
All the authorities in this fucked up.
Dreams-Visions
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This is indeed the most disturbing part. The systemic failure. The utter disregard for the health of a student. The "suck it up", "you're faking it" and "walk it off" mentality.
We see this sort of callous disregard for the health and well-being of people of color on a regular basis. The Baltimore boy with the broken back, tossed into a police van. The NY man who was laid on until he simply died of asphyxiation with police knees in his back. But maybe they wouldn't have called for medical assistance if he was white too. I guess we'll never know, but I'll make my own educated guess there.
I got the reference, but I still don't see how the two sentences are connected.
SENPAIatLARGE
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Its really odd that you need more facts than a kid losing a leg due to extreme negligence. Go back to posting in LOLgaf ASAP
Millionaire and they better name the damn school after him. What the flying fuck man. This wrong on every level imanigable.
Trigonometrize.
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Belongs in a cell
We all know the state is going to be the one paying him off.
LordKasual
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....uh? We already know the ending of the story, I don't see why the beginning needs to be omitted.
Anyway, hopefully they can sue the shit out of the system, that kid deserves more compensation than the guy just going to jail. The school's response is almost as alarming as the body slamming itself.
How hard do you even have to pulverize someone for their limbs to start dying? Something tells me the guy is gonna like, plead insanity or something
CadetMahoney
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I really hope we get a follow up where the school gets sued into oblivion and the guy in prison.
Killer Queen
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Of course, it's easy to sit down and talk shit about someone else's situation until it happens to them. I wish karma was real
grap3fruitman
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Both.
A leg for a leg leaves the whole world... hopping...
My guess is that they tried to call his bluff in the hopes that he was lying and just wanted them to get medical help to draw attention and maybe sue and they ended up being wrong, and now the new situation is far worse than what could have happened from the one that they were trying to avoid.
Or they just employed a bunch of asshole who treat their students like shit for the hell of it.
Either way, he lost a leg and they're all legally screwed.
Or they just employed a bunch of asshole who treat their students like shit for the hell of it.
Either way, he lost a leg and they're all legally screwed.
Shamrock7r
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Pretty disgusting story. Unless there is just some out there story that explains these circumstance, these are the type of people that need to be discovered and taken out of the school environment.
teruterubozu
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I'm not sure this "contractor" is a teacher. Sounds like some kind of bouncer at a reform school.
Literally no info other than the kids was black and his leg was amputated due to someone else's actions and that's the conclusion they jump to. Smdh
BlazinSkatinAxel
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Blackwater?
For an alternative school?
That's not too far off from what you get sometimes.
Shit's rough.
Horrible. Three body slams to keep the kid from leaving class?
I can just imagine the guy who did it in a huff as he carries the kid over his shoulder to the bus because he can't even walk. "Can you believe this kid? First he ruins my class by forcing me to physically assault him, and now I have to carry him to the bus? Ridiculous."
I can just imagine the guy who did it in a huff as he carries the kid over his shoulder to the bus because he can't even walk. "Can you believe this kid? First he ruins my class by forcing me to physically assault him, and now I have to carry him to the bus? Ridiculous."
Fulminator
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what the fuck? fire this man immediately holy shit he does not deserve to be a teacher.
arrest him too, while you're at it
arrest him too, while you're at it
FormallyMegadrive
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I feel for the kid. I hope he gets justice. Behavioural problems do not allow violence, it just compounds the problem further. The fact he lost an entire leg due to this is pretty fucked.
I can't believe the school didn't administer medical attention. I legitimately can't believe that. That kid would have been in so much pain and they put it off as faking it. What the hell?
I can't believe the school didn't administer medical attention. I legitimately can't believe that. That kid would have been in so much pain and they put it off as faking it. What the hell?
I'm ok with him in chains crushing rocks to pay the kid too.
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