The Indiana mother was arrested after bringing a gun to her daughter’s primary school and allegedly threatening to kill the family of a lesbian teacher on a mission she thought was LGBTQ-related.
Carrie Rivers, 48, was allegedly attacked at Valley Mills Elementary School in Indianapolis on Wednesday, where a pistol was pushed into the waistband and accused her daughter of sixth-grade teacher of “same-sex-related work assignments.” Retrieved by NBC News.
An officer responding to a “angry parent” call on campus, calling his daughter’s teacher a homophobic slur and said he is withdrawing the girl in support of homeschooling.
“Carrie Rivers said she had a gun because I had removed it from her person,” the affidavit of the response officer read. “[Rivers] She said she was used to wearing it and had not even realised that she had it because she had been in school property before. ”
Rivers was let go, but within 30 minutes she had sent a mean and threatening message to her teacher.
“God will blame you for hell” one of the messages is another message called a teacher (there are pictures of his wife and children on the desk in the classroom” – “Children’s predator.”
“Say your prayers, say goodbye to your children, good night, you will never know when God says our time.” Read another message allegedly sent from the river.
Another accused her of telling her “that it’s okay for precious innocent children to be in same-sex relationships,” but Rivers told police that the teacher was “trying to push her personal agenda regarding her daughter’s sexuality,” the affidavit read.
However, the teacher told police that the assignment was merely about a flag, and she pointed out the rainbow pride flag hanging in the classroom.
Rivers’ daughter was allowed to skip the assignment, the teacher said.
The girl’s father argued that it was completely normal for parents to take guns to school, despite the law prohibiting it.
“You know, for three seconds, you put the kids down, then you drop them down and walk back.
The mother was banned from campus and the school tells NBC News that she poses no threats on the school grounds, but after she sent a threatening message to her teacher, she was allegedly given a warrant for her arrest.
“We are committed to ensuring a safe learning environment for our students and staff, and we are grateful for the prompt action of our office staff and school police in handling the situation safely,” the Metropolitan School District in Decatur Township said in a statement.
