NJ Teacher Suspended After Having Class Send ‘Get Well’ Cards to Cop Killer
What kind of class activity is this for elementary students?
Fox Philly reports.
Teacher Suspended Following Get Well Cards To Convicted Cop Killer
ORANGE, NJ – An elementary school teacher has been suspended for having her third-grade students write “get well” letters to an inmate convicted of killing a cop.
In a statement to NJ.com, district officials criticized the assignment given by teacher Marylin Zuniga to write letters to former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.
School officials said they “vehemently deny” having prior knowledge of the assignment, and said Zuniga neither sought prior approval nor notified parents about this “unauthorized activity.”
According to FOX and Friends, Zunig, a teacher at Forest Street School in Orange, New Jersey, had her third graders write letters to Abu-Jamal. The letters were delivered by Johanna Fernandez, a professor of history at Baruch College.
Zunig tweeted moments after sending the letters saying, “Just dropped off these letters to comrade Johanna Fernandez. My 3rd graders wrote to Mumia to lift up his spirits as he is ill. #freemumia”
Fernandez says Mumia appreciated the public school children’s letters.
“It had been a long time since we had seen Mumia smile. He chuckled as he read excerpts from these touching letters,” she writes.
The former death row inmate was rushed to a hospital in March to be treated for complications from diabetes.
Teacher Suspended Following Get Well Cards To Convicted Cop Killer (Fox Philly)
Comments
Why am I NOT surprised to see the name of Mumia Abu-Jamal in this piece?
This teacher should be FIRED and her certification to teach should be revoked.
There’s always, ALWAYS some MORON who has been swept up in the “he’s a political prisoner” bullshit that the Black Panther Party started. The “it was a hit on the officer for interfering with graft” line plays well with people who don’t know the facts by playing on the “dirty cop” routine.
They very rarely actually know that Abu-Jamal ran up and shot the officer who was speaking to his brother first in the back, then in the face FIVE times, matched the bullets to Abu-Jamal’s revolver which he was WEARING THE HOLSTER on his shoulder, and was SHOT BY THE OFFICER.
Also, notice what her tweet said:“Just dropped off these letters to comrade Johanna Fernandez. That’s comrade in the “Socialist/Marxist” for those of you playing the “home game.”