Colorado teacher faces termination after misidentifying Covington student, calling him ‘Hitler Youth’

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A Colorado teacher is reportedly facing termination for calling a Kentucky high school student a member of the "Hitler Youth" after she incorrectly identified the teen as being one of the students at last month's March For Life seen in a controversial viral video -- which itself has been widely misrepresented.

The superintendent for the Douglas County School District recommended Mountain Ridge Middle School teacher Michelle Grissom be dismissed, KDVR reported.
In a statement, Superintendent Thomas Tucker said Grissom is entitled to a hearing, however, before the school board makes a final decision, according to KDVR.

Grissom, who has been on administrative leave since Jan. 20, is accused of sharing tweets wrongly identifying a student in Kentucky as one of the teens seen in a video showing an interaction between students from Covington Catholic High School and a Native American activist after a Jan. 18 pro-life event in Washington D.C. That viral video itself was initially misrepresented to paint the teens in a bad light. A more lengthy recording of the encounter, however, showed the Covington students were not harassing the activist, as had been alleged.
“His name is Jay Jackson. His twitter account is closed to non followers so we don’t interfere with his training in the #HitlerYouth,” Grissom tweeted, according to Complete Colorado.
Much like the initial video misrepresenting the Covington high school students, Grissom’s tweet went viral.
The 17-year-old boy’s father saw the tweet and responded, saying his son was not on the field trip to the nation’s capital, and instead was playing in a varsity basketball game hundreds of miles away at the time of the incident. The man even went so far as to provide proof of his claim, Complete Colorado reported.
He later tweeted, tagging the school district: “she finally apologized but has refused to take down her post and my son’s picture. My son was harassed and bullied as a result of this teacher’s rush to judgment…totally abhorrent behavior and inexcusable actions that need to have consequences.”

Grissom’s Twitter account has since been made private. According to Complete Colorado, Grissom has been employed with the school district since Aug. 1, 1999, and earns $74,015.55 per year.
The March For Life incident at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial went viral after a short video purported to show Covington high school student Nick Sandmann harassing Native American activist Nathan Phillips. The teenager was vilified online.
Subsequent videos that captured the full incident revealed the students – some, including Sandmann, wearing red “Make American Great Again” hats – were actually the ones who were accosted and yelled at before Phillips and other Native American activists approached them. Another group – the so-called Black Hebrew Israelites – were heard and seen shouting at the students.
Both school officials and the Native Americans involved have said they’ve received death threats since the encounter.

Sandmann and his family have retained a legal team, which this week prepared for the first steps in possible legal action for libel, defamation and cyberbullying.
“Many statement(s) were published that urged the idea of subjecting Nick to acts of physical violence,” L. Lin Wood, a nationally-recognized attorney in the fields of libel, defamation and the First Amendment, told Fox News in a statement Tuesday. “Although the courts’ opportunities to identify appropriate causes of action for harm caused by unlawful speech on the Internet have been somewhat limited in number to date, I believe that there are a number of viable causes of actions available to this young man who is and remains a private figure plaintiff.”
Sandmann’s legal team has also sent out preservation letters to more than 50 media organizations, celebrities and politicians advising them not to destroy any documents connected to the incident as the lawyers prepare for a possible libel and defamation fight.


Mary Grissom - a teacher who wrongly identified a Covington young man as "Hitler Youth" and present at the Covington -Nathan Phillips interaction - and refusing to correct it even when given proof of error.

Classic DPST - I can label anyone I want a Nazi and nothing you can do about it!!!!

I wonder - perhaps she might be a match for someone on the forum!!!!
They should be introduced!

why do you bring race into every post oeb

Mary Grissom - a teacher who wrongly identified a Covington young man as "Hitler Youth" and present at the Covington -Nathan Phillips interaction - and refusing to correct it even when given proof of error.

Classic DPST - I can label anyone I want a Nazi and nothing you can do about it!!!!

I wonder - perhaps she might be a match for someone on the forum!!!!
They should be introduced! Originally Posted by oeb11

This shows 2 of societies problems.
First- There is a problem with bigotry. Its also called reverse racism. If you disagree with a lib. they are quick to label you as a racist or hate monger.
Second- Todays academia only will promote their lib. agenda and ideals. Here again libs are quick to label those they don't agree with. Like bully, hitler youth etc..

Sad. So sad..

This shows 2 of societies problems.
First- There is a problem with bigotry. Its also called reverse racism. If you disagree with a lib. they are quick to label you as a racist or hate monger.
Second- Todays academia only will promote their lib. agenda and ideals. Here again libs are quick to label those they don't agree with. Like bully, hitler youth etc..

Sad. So sad.. Originally Posted by winn dixie

whats equally sad is how much the snowflakes on the right CRY LIKE BITCHES ABOUT EVERYTHING

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3cxh4uLdn8

why do you bring race into every post oeb Originally Posted by themystic

There was no race mentioned in this post or article
The racists are those who point at others without justification
As a screen for having nothing of substance to contribute to debate

And who repeatedly post their own Racism for all to see.



Pathetic


I ask - would TM and Mary Grissom be a match??

Made in "Where no one knows their stuff"!!!

Made in "Where no one knows their stuff"!!!

There was no race mentioned in this post or article
The racists are those who point at others without justification
As a screen for having nothing of substance to contribute to debate

And who repeatedly post their own Racism for all to see.

Pathetic


I ask - would TM and Mary Grissom be a match??

Made in "Where no one knows their stuff"!!! Originally Posted by oeb11

The title of the post mentions "Hitler Youth". You don't think the Nazi's were racists?

Liberals are not "wrong" to mention racism or bigotry when they see it. However they are wrong for not correcting themselves if they are proven wrong.

However if you look at a history of your posts it seems to me that you are only posting to agitate and anger those on this board.


Try to post something constructive rather than more of the same attacks on the "DPST" you seems to despise.

Oh my - You and TM seem to get along
If posts agitate and anger One - perhaps One should consider One's opinions.

For the uninformed - Democrat -Progressive-Socialist-Totalitarians
Thank you so much.

The title of the post mentions "Hitler Youth". You don't think the Nazi's were racists?

Liberals are not "wrong" to mention racism or bigotry when they see it. However they are wrong for not correcting themselves if they are proven wrong.

However if you look at a history of your posts it seems to me that you are only posting to agitate and anger those on this board.


Try to post something constructive rather than more of the same attacks on the "DPST" you seems to despise. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

Try the ignore feature...and if you're too thin skinned...