A teacher has been “temporarily” removed from a school in Cheshire after a profanity-riddled video of her alluding to violence against supporters of President-elect Donald Trump surfaced on social media.
“Unfortunately, it came to my attention over the weekend that someone had taken a video of one of our teachers who shared what she intended to be a private message to her group on Snapchat,” Cheshire Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Solan wrote in a message to the school community.
Solan said a video of the unnamed teacher was filmed by someone and posted publicly to various social media platforms including the controversial Libs of TikTok account.
“The Cheshire Public Schools is reviewing this situation as a personnel matter and as such we are following all applicable laws,” Solan said. “That being said, it is immediately clear that it will be impossible to conduct business as usual for our students and staff without temporarily removing the teacher from the building so we have done so until the outcome of the investigation.”
According to Solan, school officials have been “inundated with calls and emails” about the video mostly from individuals outside the Cheshire community.
“Although we have received no direct threats to the school, we will have a police presence out of an abundance of caution,” Solan said.
In the video, a woman can be seen and heard saying that if people of color, poor people and gay people aren’t going to be safe in America then “neither the (expletive) are you guys.
“Just because you won doesn’t mean we don’t remember who the (expletive) you voted for,” the woman continued. “You’re not in the clear.
“And just please, please don’t test your gangster on me because you will end on a stretcher, gone forever,” she said.
“So serious, nobody (expletive) talk to me unless you wanna swing,” she said. “If you wanna fight, text me, call me, whatever.”
The woman went on to say that those who voted for Trump should block or delete her on social media or come forward so she could “handle you how I see fit.”
The video comes after Solan last week sent a message to the school community warning them about the “tense” political climate and the “strong feelings about candidates and their positions.”
“Civic engagement is certainly strongly encouraged,” Solan said. “An important part of that process, however, is respecting the position of others. We will continue to educate our children about appropriate civil discourse and maintain disciplinary standards when discourse becomes ridicule or harassment.”
Solan on Tuesday did not immediately return a request for comment.
