Teacher Caught on Camera Slapping Student in 'Horrific' Incident Is Sentenced to Probation/$100 fine

[Nevilledog]

https://lawandcrime.com/caught-on-video/indiana-teacher-caught-on-camera-slapping-student-in-horrific-incident-is-sentenced-to-probation-and-100-fine/?utm_source=mostpopular

A former Indiana high school teacher caught on tape slapping a student in the hallway was sentenced on Thursday.

The defendant won’t serve any time in jail. Instead, he was sentenced to one year of probation and a $100 fine.

Michael Hosinski, 62, was filmed by a security camera following a student, grabbing his backpack from behind, and then slapping the 15-year-old boy in the face on Feb. 25, 2022. The student immediately reported the incident, and the social studies teacher was suspended. Baugo Community Schools officials announced that Hosinski was “no longer employed” by the district and banned him from school grounds.

In the footage, the student’s head appears to slam into the wall after the slap. Hosinski is also seen pinning the student back with both hands. Following the attack, the boy crumples to the ground.

But the community rallied around the teacher.

The former Jimtown High School teacher was granted an early retirement in lieu of termination by the Baugo Community School Board three days later – and allowed to retain his full pension, according to South Bend, Ind.-based NBC affiliate WNDU.

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Our kids are being failed on every level.

[Demovictory9]

1. Tax payers will payout to parents

[flying_wahini]

2. Looks like they bent over backwards to protect the teacher.

Too bad he still has a profession. His credentials should be revoked.

[dalton99a]

3. "The defendant is still licensed to teach"

[johnp3907]

4. Arm the teachers!!!!!11!!

[sdfernando]

5. wonder if the kid can sue and get some of that asshole's retirement $$ ??? /nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Interesting that there's no indication why the teacher flipped out like this

The action seems to be universally regarded as out of character for the man, so ... what actually happened?

15 year old boys can be little shits sometimes when you get down to it.

Important to know what led to this in order to properly gauge how egregious this was, IMHO.

[NickB79]

9. Um, no. Fuck no, in fact

Being a "little shit" does not, and never will, rise to the level of justifying, in ANY WAY, a teacher coming up behind them and beating on them.

The ONLY time a teacher is justified in laying hands on a student is in self defense of themselves or others. That was clearly not the case here.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. I'd simply like to know the reason. Article implies it was out of character

and the dude was well-respected.

What if, just as a for instance, the teacher reacted this way because he just saw the kid reach up a cheerleader's skirt and groped her ... and he lost his shit?

That's the kinda thing I'd like to know in a story like this.

Instead it says NOTHING, so I don't know.

[kcr]

12. No

It is no way important to speculate on whether this was justified.. I'm sorry, but that's ridiculous.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

15. See post #14

IMHO, not entirely ridiculous to WONDER what led to this?

The cause MAY matter as to the DEGREE of how egregious an act this was.

To me. Which I thought was clear from my first post, forgive me if not.

For the record, I think there's a very good chance it was highly egregious, but with ZERO context, it's hard to know.

And if it's 100% irrelevant to you, that's fine too

[RockRaven]

7. "But the community rallied around the teacher."

:sigh:

The reaction of a community to a misdeed by one of its members is often more disgraceful to the community than the mere fact of such a member existing within the community.

[Trueblue1968]

8. SUE SUE SUE THE TEACHER FOR $3,528,497,364.99

[mzmolly]

10. That teacher is lucky that wasn't

my kid. SOB.

[Kid Berwyn]

11. A good Union is a great thing.

Now bad apples are something else.

Hope the kid’s parents sue the sonofabitch.

[Delphinus]

16. So do I

I was appalled when I saw that, sickened to my stomach. And he gets off with a slap on the wrist.

[SYFROYH]

13. I'd pay $100 to slap the shit out of that teacher.