A 17-year-old Black girl who filmed a biology teacher unleash a torrent of expletives about George Floyd sued the school Wednesday for intervening only to quell a public-relations crisis.
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William L. Dickinson High School courtesy of the Jersey City Board of Education via Courthouse News)
NEWARK, N.J. (CN) Months after Timmia Williams reported to school administrators that her teacher had sworn at the students in class, the 17-year-old says she was left in tears when the educator spun what was meant to be a lesson about climate change into one about the worth of her life and those of other Black people.
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George Floyd a criminal in a profane rant that was caught on video.
The video (see below) shows Howard Zlotkin, 61, at William L. Dickinson High School going off inside a classroom about Floyd and Black Lives Matter. The incident occurred on April 28.
We reported earlier, the police killing of Floyd last May launched ongoing protests and a racial reckoning across the United States and around the world. Former Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin, a white man, was found guilty last month on all counts of murdering Floyd, a Black man, on May 25 2020 by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes until he died. In video footage of the incident, Floyd can be heard repeating, “I can’t breathe.
New Jersey teacher suspended after calling George Floyd a criminal during profanity-filled rant Christine Fernando, USA TODAY
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A New Jersey high school teacher has been suspended after he was recorded calling George Floyd a criminal in a profanity-filled rant during class, school officials said.
Video shows Howard Zlotkin, a 61-year-old teacher at William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City, railed against Black Lives Matter and Floyd during an online landscaping class on April 28. I hear people whining and crying about Black Lives Matter but George Floyd was a (expletive) criminal that was being arrested, Zlotkin, who is white, said in video obtained by WNBC-TV.
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A New Jersey high school teacher has been suspended after he was recorded calling George Floyd a criminal in a profanity-filled rant during class, school officials said.
Video shows Howard Zlotkin, a 61-year-old teacher at William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City, railed against Black Lives Matter and Floyd during an online landscaping
class on April 28. I hear people whining and crying about Black Lives Matter but George Floyd was a (expletive) criminal that was being arrested, Zlotkin, who is white, said in video obtained by WNBC-TV.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recently convicted of Floyd s murder, which set off months of protests worldwide calling for an end to police brutality last year. Floyd, who was Black, died last year after Chauvin pressed his knee on his neck for more than nine minutes.