Georgia educator suspended after restraining student in possession of loaded gun

A Georgia highschool athletic director was suspended after he defended himself and restrained a pupil who was in possession of a loaded weapon in class. 

“I do not really feel like I did something incorrect,” Tri-Cities Excessive College coach Kenneth Miller mentioned, in line with Information 19. “I solely adhered to what Fulton County College Board Coverage says you are allowed to do.”

Miller mentioned that on Aug. 20 of final 12 months, the varsity’s principal referred to as him to her workplace about reviews of college students on campus with weapons. 

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“Throughout that course of, we positioned weapons. We saved lives,” Miller informed Fox 5.

Miller confronted one feminine pupil whereas within the presence of law enforcement officials. Miller and the officers have been unaware the coed, who eyewitnesses described as belligerent and aggressive, had a gun on the time of the confrontation.

The scenario escalated when the coed hit Miller with a stapler, Information 19 reported. Miller then grabbed the woman and restrained her till officers stepped in and took her into custody.  

A loaded gun was later present in her backpack. One other gun was additionally discovered that day, in line with Miller, but it surely’s unclear if the identical woman was in possession of that gun. 

“I am OK with him standing up for these youngsters,” a supporter of Miller, Kavon Smith Arnold, informed Fox 5. “What I am not OK with is him being railroaded, as a result of on the finish of the day lecturers are put in very uncompromising positions to deal with our youngsters.”

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Miller was initially fired, however the college district later reversed the choice to a suspension which has lasted months, Information 19 reported. 

Display shot of Georgia highschool coach Kenneth Miller confronting pupil who was in possession of a loaded gun 
(Fox 5 )

“The district administration doesn’t assist Mr. Miller’s actions regarding this occasion and believes his conduct failed to fulfill the skilled expectations it has for workers. Mr. Miller inappropriately intervened in a pupil matter being dealt with by college directors and regulation enforcement. Mr. Miller acted outdoors of the scope of his authority and duties,” Fulton County Faculties mentioned in an announcement to Fox Information Digital on Thursday. 

“Mr. Miller’s conduct resulted in an escalation of a bodily altercation with a pupil in disaster, which conflicts with district expectations to deescalate in these kinds of conditions. Mr. Miller has not exhausted his due course of rights right now and stays on full, paid administrative depart.”

Miller’s lawyer referred to as on college techniques to assist lecturers who “get put in terribly harmful conditions.”

“These lecturers are our first line of protection in opposition to weapons and different sorts of horrible violence that occurs in faculties,” Miller’s lawyer mentioned.