A Connecticut special education teacher who threatened people who voted for President-elect Donald Trump in a viral video has resigned and tearfully offered an explanation on camera. interview.
I spoke directly to Annie Dunleavy from Chapman Elementary School in Cheshire. WTNH-TVtrying to explain myself, sometimes tearfully. Her demeanor in the interview was certainly a contrast to that seen in her viral video threatening Trump supporters.
“The message I was trying to send was very wrong. If this is something that gives people permission in their minds to commit violence against women and others, What I was basically saying was: I'm not going down without a fight.
among them videoshe said, “People of color, poor people, gay people, and all the people I care about will not be safe in America. You will not be safe either. Just because you are safe, we will not be safe.” It does not necessarily mean that it is safe.” I don't remember who you voted for, you're not clear. ”
She added, “Don't try me as a gangster, because you'll die on a stretcher. Go away. Forever. Very serious. Don't let anyone talk to me unless you want to swing. If you want to fight, text me, call me, whatever, just keep everyone else out of my face. ”
The menacing video ends with her words: “If you voted for Trump, literally delete me, block me, get rid of everything about me. “I'll see how you can deal with it.'' Please come forward or tell me.'' ”
inside her WTNH interviewBut it also included an interviewer reading out some of the threatening words against her, which Dunleavy admitted: “It sounds very extreme and, again, I got emotional.” I shouldn't have posted the video because it was in the moment. But…the message I was trying to get across was so wrong…that this is what women and women are trying to convey in people's minds. If it's going to give me permission to use violence against someone, I was basically saying, “I'm not going to go down without a fight.''
Dunleavy also declared, “I will fight for myself and if anyone tries to hurt me, I will defend myself,” Dunleavy said, according to the station.
Another clip from the interview shows Dunleavy in tears. “I mean, it's my life's dream to be a teacher. I don't have kids of my own, so I consider those kids my kids. And I want them to do it for me. It's very fulfilling and very rewarding…I know I'm not that person that people see right now, but I want to help children and families in need. I will do anything to help.”
WTNH added that Dunleavy said he had received threats and left the home. She told the station that Cheshire Police – who launched an investigation into her viral video – added that she was told on Wednesday that she would not be charged with any offence.
Watch excerpts from Mr. Dunleavy's interview. here. WTNH said at the beginning of the snippet that Dunleavy “apologized to the students,” and the station said in the article that Dunleavy was “sorry,” but the station's video snippet does not include an apology from Dunleavy. There wasn't. The apology will likely be part of Dunleavy's full interview, which will air at 10 a.m. Sunday.
“You can't take the video back…and you can't go into that school. …I'm literally shaking, you can't go into that school and hand your child over to that person.”
Cheshire School Board Chair Samantha Rosenberg said in a written statement that the school board recognizes “the intense emotions this situation has evoked,” the department said.
WTNH reported: “The Board of Education unanimously finds the teacher's conduct reprehensible and unacceptable, and is appalled and deeply outraged by the statements made in the video. ” reads part of the statement, WTNH reported.
Before Dunleavy resigned, Cheshire Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Solan said Dunleavy had been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. WFSB-TV reported. Solan added that the district received numerous calls after the video went viral, most from people outside the Cheshire community, making it impossible to conduct business as usual with teachers on campus.
WTIC-TV reported Cheshire City Council met on Tuesday night and some parents said they were not happy with what was portrayed in the video.
Amy Bourdon, a Cheshire mother whose special needs son attends a school in the district, said she watched “Woman in Crisis” and replayed it several times, WTIC reported. “When I saw him, he got up from the table and went to his house,” he said. I locked the front door. ”
Bourdon, a Republican, added, according to WTIC: “We are being targeted. There is an attempt on our lives by individuals from the town of Cheshire who are cashing in their paychecks every week.”
Laurie Burns told WTIC. “I’m tired of being a Trump supporter and whispering.”
Burns, who has lived in Cheshire all of her life, added to WTIC that her grandson is moving from England to enroll in the Cheshire School District, which is scaring her right now.
“I can't unsee the video… and I can't walk into that school. … I'm literally shaking, I can't walk into that school and hand my child to that person,” Burns said. said WTIC.
You can watch the video report of the news station here About the controversy.
Other riots by anti-Trump teachers
As Blaze News reported this week, the day after the election, a Southern California high school teacher assaulted a student wearing a Trump hat in his classroom.
Blaze News also reported this week that a teacher at another public high school in Southern California was placed on administrative leave after using a profane tirade against Mr. Trump during an Advanced Placement world history class the day after the election. .
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