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A Georgia highschool athletic director was suspended after he defended himself and restrained a scholar who was in possession of a loaded weapon in class.
“I do not really feel like I did something fallacious,” Tri-Cities Excessive College coach Kenneth Miller mentioned, based on 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 yr, the varsity’s principal known as him to her workplace about experiences 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 scholar whereas within the presence of law enforcement officials. Miller and the officers had been unaware the scholar, who eyewitnesses described as belligerent and aggressive, had a gun on the time of the confrontation.
The scenario escalated when the scholar 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.
Display screen shot of Georgia highschool coach Kenneth Miller confronting scholar who was in possession of a loaded gun
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A loaded gun was later present in her backpack. One other gun was additionally discovered that day, based on 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 care for our kids.”
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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 screen shot of Georgia highschool coach Kenneth Miller confronting scholar who was in possession of a loaded gun
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“The district administration doesn’t assist Mr. Miller’s actions regarding this occasion and believes his conduct failed to satisfy the skilled expectations it has for workers. Mr. Miller inappropriately intervened in a scholar matter being dealt with by college directors and regulation enforcement. Mr. Miller acted exterior of the scope of his authority and tasks,” Fulton County Colleges mentioned in a press release to Fox Information Digital on Thursday.
“Mr. Miller’s conduct resulted in an escalation of a bodily altercation with a scholar in disaster, which conflicts with district expectations to deescalate in a lot of these conditions. Mr. Miller has not exhausted his due course of rights at the moment and stays on full, paid administrative go away.”
Miller’s lawyer known as on college methods to assist lecturers who “get put in terribly harmful conditions.”
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“These lecturers are our first line of protection towards weapons and different forms of horrible violence that occurs in colleges,” Miller’s lawyer mentioned.
