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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.

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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 148 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A good six year old with a gun would've solved this. /s

[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was hilarious.

Also no way only Sacha baron Cohen is acting in this, right? Like a few others are in on this, surely

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Holy shit that is absolutely bonkers.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I can't believe I just saw what I just saw. Then again, I totally can.

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only solution is to arm every 1st grader in America!

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

We've got the guns. But do we have the courage?

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 141 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The school board is basically admitting that teaches are gonna get shot as part of their jobs. That’s so fucked up

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

First grade teachers at that.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 134 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] cuibono@lemmy.world 13 points 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.

[–] opp@lemmy.world 110 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's the most American sentence ever.

[–] Rmcc73@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Well, I think that is my first angry up vote

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But how is the little brat going to pay that?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The school shirked it's responsibilities. They will be paying, not the kid.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If American schools are supposed to stop school shootings they will be at it all day.

[–] KredeSeraf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

She warned them multiple times about issues and rumors of weapons. They did nothing. IIRC the child also had a decently long history of other issues. I would sue that school too.

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Forget the school, the individuals in the administration are the ones that need to be sued.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you heard the term "getting blood from a stone"?

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Like the school district is going to be able to pay out $40 million.

Point being, the school district will shoulder all the consequences, or just declare bankruptcy, all at the expense of the taxpayers and the students and teachers that all of those taxes are supposed to be going to, while the actual people that made reckless and criminal decisions face almost no personal consequences.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not in a civil suit. They were working in their position as the legal authority of the school, making decisions in that role and not as private citizens.

They were the school and the school is liable.

[–] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, they need individual punishmemt, too. Same with cops. Same with business executives. They all hide behind their position and avoid personal consequences. Like the south park "we're sorry" episode mocking BP?

We need to be holding individuals accountable when the institution let's things happen. It's the only real way to get bad people out of power.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forget the school, the individuals in the administration are the ones that need to be sued.

No, they need individual punishmemt, too.

They were not saying as well but instead of.

Personally, I believe they should be barred from any position in education but that is not what I was replying to.

[–] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Barring them isn't enough. The only acceptable place is prison. Criminal negligence and child endangerment charges at the minimum.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You have your opinion, I have mine.

Criminal negligence and child endangerment

That sounds like something for the person (parent, I assume) that gave the child access to a pistol.

[–] Trebach@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

She's awaiting trial for felony child neglect and allowing a child access to a firearm.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

That 6 yr old is gonna have to work a lot of jobs to pay back that 40 mil, hell of a grindset they worked out

[–] ExpensiveConstant@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just read the article, she's suing the school because she claims administrators ignored reports the kid had a gun as well as a history of "troubling behavior"

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[–] ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't think that maybe the suit is against the school or the district

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[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wtf are the kid's parents doing? Like, how does a 6 year old smuggle a loaded weapon out of the house? And why would they even have that in the house? (I know it's in the US, that last question was more of a rethorical one.)

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From what I remember about this case the mother had terrible gun safety (obviously) and the child was mirroring terrible behaviors he'd seen from the father. The father has been accused of aiming a gun at an ~~extra~~ [ex]girlfriend and attempting to choke out another.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

extra girlfriend

Extra as in crazy or extra as in multiple girlfriends?

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Good look! My autocomplete changed ex to extra.

[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am curious how the involved kid turns out years later, but I feel that answer is already known.

[–] rosymind@leminal.space 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah. According to the media he apparently choked his kindergarten teacher soooo

[–] TheLordHumungus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

See guys we do need to arm teachers, preschoolers, 1st -7th graders, the janitor, the lunch lady, etc..... /S

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The only good outcome in this case.

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