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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I watched the entire trial and I am surprised that I changed my mind on this. The teacher knew about the gun for an hour and a half and didn’t act on it. She just kept pushing it off to the assistant principal. I think people would be less forgiving if a child would’ve been shot rather than a teacher. I would vote in favor of the assistant principal. Lots of blame to go around but the teacher needs to look in the mirror on this one. The teacher knew for an hour and a half about the gun and didn’t even bother searching his backpack, which was allowed. The AP didn’t show concern either.[/quote]

[b]People in my circle have reached the same conclusion as you.[/b] There is a lot of talk about how if this were so foreseeably dangerous that people would go about their business. The feeling is that people who truly believe they are in danger don’t go about business as usual - they take steps to protect themselves, even if it breaks rules. Since that didn’t happen, it raises questions as to whether the threat was as dire as is now argued.

In court it isn’t what they knew after the decision but rather what was known when the decision was made. And the standard is gross negligence not simple negligence in this case. [/quote]
Yea, we know what that means.[/quote]

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