No charges over teacher's evil tweets

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Oakland Tribune

No charges over teacher's evil tweets
September 19, 2014 - 12:39PM
Chris De Benedetti

Newark, California: A teacher whose Twitter messages expressed violent thoughts about students will not be charged with a crime, police said.

Investigators found that Krista Hodges – whose tweets said she wanted to "stab some kids" and wished two students "would get hit by a car" – did not rise to the level of criminal threats, said police commander Mike Carroll.

"The tweets, while inappropriate and unprofessional, did not meet the elements (required) to establish a violation of the code," Mr Carroll said.

Police said they spent three weeks interviewing students, teachers and other school district employees.





Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/world/no-charges-over-teachers-evil-tweets-20140919-10j7fv.html

[freshwest]

1. Also wanted to spill hot coffee on 'em? Unprofessional? Not fired? Send your kid to that classroom?

What a total breakdown on the part of the school!

[bluestateguy]

2. Maybe she can still be fired

And if they start dismissal process now, there's a good fighting change she might be fired by 2018.

[Journeyman]

3. That's tame compared to some of the shit I endured from a few of my teachers . . .

and nothing was done about them, either. And that was some 45 years ago. And not too far from where this whackjob terrorizes her charges.

I guess there's something to be said for consistency and tradition.

[Feral Child]

4. "She received a written reprimand from school district leaders but was not fired."

How can she be an effective teacher with this kind of hatred within her?

In our "Zero Tolerance" culture, what actions do they take against children who post the like?

This woman shouldn't be trusted around children.

[jberryhill]

5. They treated her almost as if she had some kind of right to say whatever she wants on her own time

[JoeyT]

7. Except if one of the kids had said anything half as bad

they'd have had a SWAT team kicking his or her door in and they'd have probably gone to juvie/prison over it.

So let's not pretend we're all freezepeachy about schools.

[lunasun]

8. +1

[onethatcares]

6. if, and only, IF

her students would have tweeted similar thoughts, they would be in custody by now.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

9. She's a real piece of work

http://gawker.com/racist-teacher-tweets-wanna-stab-some-kids-keeps-job-1627914242

It's like Cameron Diaz's character from Bad Teacher.