Abby Zwerner, Shot By Her Student, Wins Civil Case Against Principal

[LeftofLeft]

The black asst principal shit herself over the optics of a 6 year old child threatening to shoot and kill a white teacher. She ignored it hoping it would go away. She played, she lost.

 

[Seymour Flops]

By taking away the gun.

Whoops!

You're FIRED

 

[Seymour Flops]

By taking away the gun.

Whoops!

The kid didn't know how to carry a gun safely, so it goes off when you grab it.

You're shot in the foot and you're FIRED!

Next player?

 

[Unkotare]

Quick!

Tell us step by step how you would have disarmed this gun-wielding child!

By taking away the gun.

 

[Unkotare]

Whoops!

The kid didn't know how to carry a gun safely, so it goes off when you grab it.
...

Maybe when YOU grab it.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Maybe when YOU grab it.

Gove us details so we can learn!

Step by step how to disarm a 1st grader while guaranteeing the gun cannot go off.

 

[Unkotare]

Gove us details so we can learn!

Step by step how to disarm a 1st grader while guaranteeing the gun cannot go off.

A 1st grader? Seriously? Even you should be able to do that.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

She won $10 million dollars in the civil suit against her principal.

In normal circumstances I would be opposed to a suit like this. Many times teachers/admin are making quick decisions in fluid and uncertain situations. But in this case, the principal was told MANY times, by many different people, that the child had a gun. She downplayed and ignored the information, and Zwerner was shot.

A jury awarded $10 million to former first grade Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot and seriously wounded by a 6-year-old student in 2023, in a civil case that accused the school's former assistant principal of ignoring multiple warnings the day of the shooting.

Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest by a single bullet while at a reading table in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, in January 2023. Zwerner spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and underwent six surgeries. The bullet to her chest narrowly missed her heart and remains lodged there. She no longer has full use of her left hand and has left teaching.

Zwerner's lawsuit had sought $40 million in compensatory damages. It accused former assistant principal Ebony Parker of gross negligence. In the lawsuit, Zwerner said she went to Parker's office the morning of the shooting and said the boy "was in a violent mood" and had threatened to beat up another student. The lawsuit said Parker "had no response" to Zwerner's concerns.

Virginia teacher shot by first grader wins civil trial against school administrator, awarded $10 million

Fair and just considering the warnings were ignored.

You couldn't pay me enough to teach in those circumstances

 

[Seymour Flops]

A 1st grader? Seriously? Even you should be able to do that.

But . . . mysteriously . . . you are unable to say how you would do it.

Since you must be on the cleaning or cafeteria staff, and not an actual teacher, I'll explain something.

A teacher has to be more careful, not less careful, when dealing with a smaller or much younger child. Had she tried the undescribed ninja move you are suggesting, it would have been she who was sued, after certainly losing her job.

Try to give some real world answers if you are going to participate.

 

[SweetSue92]

Quick!

Tell us step by step how you would have disarmed this gun-wielding child!

Oh I see my biggest fan is mucking up the thread. He's still mad that I called him out for posting prolifically during the school day.....

And all: I did not "quit". I retired after 32 years of teaching.

 

[SweetSue92]

Fair and just considering the warnings were ignored.

You couldn't pay me enough to teach in those circumstances

I used to love teaching so much. Now, 10 days into retirement, I feel like I'm actually healing from a terrible experience

 

[Correll]

She won $10 million dollars in the civil suit against her principal.

In normal circumstances I would be opposed to a suit like this. Many times teachers/admin are making quick decisions in fluid and uncertain situations. But in this case, the principal was told MANY times, by many different people, that the child had a gun. She downplayed and ignored the information, and Zwerner was shot.

A jury awarded $10 million to former first grade Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot and seriously wounded by a 6-year-old student in 2023, in a civil case that accused the school's former assistant principal of ignoring multiple warnings the day of the shooting.

Zwerner, 25, was shot in the hand and chest by a single bullet while at a reading table in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, in January 2023. Zwerner spent nearly two weeks in the hospital and underwent six surgeries. The bullet to her chest narrowly missed her heart and remains lodged there. She no longer has full use of her left hand and has left teaching.

Zwerner's lawsuit had sought $40 million in compensatory damages. It accused former assistant principal Ebony Parker of gross negligence. In the lawsuit, Zwerner said she went to Parker's office the morning of the shooting and said the boy "was in a violent mood" and had threatened to beat up another student. The lawsuit said Parker "had no response" to Zwerner's concerns.

Virginia teacher shot by first grader wins civil trial against school administrator, awarded $10 million

I've said it before and I 'll say it again.

I want the confidentiallity for children REMOVED.

I want to know everythign about EVERYTHING in that ******* school, where a report of a child with a ******* gun was ignored.

Was that the first time a child with a gun was ignored? How many KNIVES have been brought to school?


What is the bullying situation? And don't talk shit to me about ZERO TOLERANCE when a ******* GUN was ignored, until a woman was shot.


ect. ect. ect.


Incompetent leftards are HIDING their damage done to society, behind this "CHILDREN CONFIDENTIALITY" clause.

 

[buckeye]

I used to love teaching so much. Now, 10 days into retirement, I feel like I'm actually healing from a terrible experience

I heard another teacher say something similar a couple of years ago.

Kids' mental health is in the shitter and we're ignoring it. Instead we locked them down for two years.

 

[Unkotare]

But . . . mysteriously . . . you are unable to say how you would do it.
...

Is this really a mystery to you?

 

[Unkotare]

...

A teacher has to be more careful, not less careful, when dealing with a smaller or much younger child. Had she tried the undescribed ninja move you are suggesting, it would have been she who was sued, after certainly losing her job.

...

If you are likely to be shot and killed, are you going to stop and worry about your job?

 

[Unkotare]

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And all: I did not "quit". I retired after 32 years of teaching.

You finally quit. Now you can STFU.

 

[Unkotare]

I used to love teaching so much. ...

But somehow you never gave that impression here.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Is this really a mystery to you?

It is to you, clearly.

 

[Seymour Flops]

If you are likely to be shot and killed, are you going to stop and worry about your job?

Ah good. You admit your ninja idea would lead to a teacher getting fired. If you can admit it might get someone shot, you'll understand how foolish it would be.

Of course I would worry about my job. Your thinking that you wouldn't confirms you are not a teacher.

 

[LibertyKid]

Would be interesting to understand the circumstances of how a 6 year old brought a loaded gun to school. After reading further, the mother of the child was sentenced to only two years for child neglect after the shooting. The gun used was a 9mm Taurus G2 designed for CCW.

This incident starts where many of these terrible tragedies start. At home. I have no problem with the mother owning a firearm for personal and family protection. What we should all be very angry at is the fact that the mother left a loaded and chambered 9mm pistol for her son to place in his backpack and take to school. Keep in mind, that chambering a 9mm is not an easy process for many adults, let along a 6 year old. That mother left this firearm out, chambered in plain and easily accessible site.

IMO, she's getting off easy with only 2 years.

Let's also not forget that this has had emotional and anger issues. Why? Instability at the home with no parental guidance, love, and mentorship. If we could fix poor parenting in our country, many of the issues this country faces today would be resolved.