Teacher Fired for Shockingly Racist Post Defending Overzealous Cop at McKinney Pool Party
Posting
a fiery rant on her personal Facebook page defending the police officer
who confronted a group of teens at a Texas pool party cost one teacher
her job. (Photo: YouTube)
June 12, 2015
Yahoo! Parenting - The
police officer
caught on tape throwing an African-American bikini-clad teenage girl on
the ground at a chaotic pool party last week in McKinney, Texas, isn’t
the only person out of a job.
Yesterday,
a teacher from McKinney got axed from her position for posting a
racially inflammatory rant about Officer Eric Casebolt’s resignation on
her personal Facebook page — hotly defending his actions and referring
to African-Americans as “having no education” and “the ones causing the
problem” when it comes to racial tension.
“This
makes me ANGRY! This officer should not have to resign,” wrote Karen
Fitzgibbons, formerly a fourth-grade teacher at Bennett Elementary
School in McKinney, on her Facebook page on Tuesday, according to the
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. The page has since been deleted.
“I
guess that’s what happens when you flunk out of school and have no
education. I’m sure their parents are just as guilty for not knowing
what their kids were doing; or knew it and didn’t care,” she continued.
“I’m almost to the point of wanting them all segregated on one side of
town so they can hurt each other and leave the innocent people alone.”
Karen Fitzgibbons apologized for her inflammatory post, but she was fired anyway. (Photo: Fire Karen Fitzgibbons/Facebook)
Fitzgibbons, who had worked for the school district for 16 years, according to the
Avalanche-Journal,
ended her post with this sentence:
“Now, let the bashing of my true and
honest opinion begin…GO!”
She got her wish. The post went viral, and
outraged readers called for the school district to fire her.
District
officials took just a day to give Fitzgibbon the boot.
“On Wednesday
afternoon, Frenship Independent School District was made aware of a
statement posted on a Facebook page by a Frenship ISD employee during
the week,” the district said in a news release.
“Frenship
ISD is deeply disappointed in the thoughtlessness conveyed by this
employee’s post. We find these statements extremely offensive,
insensitive, and disrespectful to our Frenship community and citizens
everywhere. … The employee whose account is responsible for the post
will be relieved of her teaching duties at Frenship ISD.”
Facebook
comments about the Texas pool party also got an educator in Florida
fired earlier in June. North Miami Senior High School principal Alberto
Iber defended the Texas officer who resigned in a comment posted to the
Miami Herald using his Facebook account.
“He did nothing wrong,” Iber wrote. “He was afraid for his life. I commend him for his actions.”
After
her post went viral, Fitzgibbons issued an apology on Wednesday
evening.
“I let my emotions get the best of me, and instead of taking a
deep breath, vented in an inappropriate way,” she wrote. “I am truly
sorry. I don’t want my comments to reflect poorly on my district or
campus, as the words came from me, not them. …
“I
am ashamed of my post. As I look back and reflect, I see how hurtful
those words sounded. It is my hope that my sincere apology will be
accepted,” wrote Fitzgibbons.
The school district decided otherwise.
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