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A 17-year-old Black girl who filmed a biology teacher unleash a torrent of expletives about George Floyd sued the school Wednesday for intervening only to quell a public-relations crisis.
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William L. Dickinson High School courtesy of the Jersey City Board of Education via Courthouse News)
NEWARK, N.J. (CN) Months after Timmia Williams reported to school administrators that her teacher had sworn at the students in class, the 17-year-old says she was left in tears when the educator spun what was meant to be a lesson about climate change into one about the worth of her life and those of other Black people.
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Activists call for termination of Jersey City teacher
Profanity-filled, racist rant leaves activists disgusted
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Frank Educational Gilmore joined Pamela Johnson and student Timmia Williams at a rally calling for the firing of a teacher following his recorded rant.
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Pamela Johnson, director of the Jersey City Anti-Violence Coalition Movement, comforts 17 year old Timmia Williams with Frank Educational Gilmore.
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Frank Educational Gilmore joined Pamela Johnson and student Timmia Williams at a rally calling for the firing of a teacher following his recorded rant.
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Pamela Johnson, director of the Jersey City Anti-Violence Coalition Movement, comforts 17 year old Timmia Williams with Frank Educational Gilmore.
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George Floyd a criminal in a profane rant that was caught on video.
The video (see below) shows Howard Zlotkin, 61, at William L. Dickinson High School going off inside a classroom about Floyd and Black Lives Matter. The incident occurred on April 28.
We reported earlier, the police killing of Floyd last May launched ongoing protests and a racial reckoning across the United States and around the world. Former Minneapolis police officer
Derek Chauvin, a white man, was found guilty last month on all counts of murdering Floyd, a Black man, on May 25 2020 by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes until he died. In video footage of the incident, Floyd can be heard repeating, “I can’t breathe.