Phil Lewis: “While teaching a class to high school students on Wednesday, Burlington police officers staged a surprise demonstration in which a masked gunman burst into the room and pretended to open fire.”

“While teaching a class to high school students on Wednesday, Burlington police officers staged a surprise demonstration in which a masked gunman burst into the room and pretended to open fire.”

Burlington Police Terrified High School Students With Mock Shootingm.sevendaysvt.com Updated at 2:31 p.m. While teaching a class to high school students on Wednesday, Burlington police officers staged a surprise demonstration in which a masked...

Intention infliction of emotional distress

Which yes, is a crime.

IIED is not a crime as far as I know it is a tort (civil case)

Kinda better in that case

True. A crime they can only charge you for once, but every student in that class can sue for this shit lol

they'd be suing the city, most likely. qualified immunity.

Isn’t to a crime to make people think you’re going to shoot them? Like if I went out and pulled out a prop gun and pointed it at someone and pulled the trigger I’d probably be arrested, right?

Qualified Immunity. No prior ruling on repeatedly shooting a gun in the same room as a kid named Kelly wearing a Taylor Swift t-shirt.

You would be surprised as to what the Second Circuit already clearly established as a deprivation of rights. (It's probably the best Circuit on this issue)

Was the class "Intro to PTSD"?

It is now

Can’t wait to see the midterm for Intermediate PTSD next semester.

¡Ay Caramba!

Hopefully by then you've forgotten everything you learned in Intro, but I doubt it.

I hear that course really sticks with you.

"The students realized it was fake only after noticing that the cops in the room had done nothing to stop the pretend shooter, they said." (Uvalde police officers nod approvingly)

Yeah its like would that *really* clarify that it's fake?

This is exactly what I was going to say! 👍

That line took me out. Kids still trust that the police would do something

We're clearly not raising them right

Are they (further) conditioning them to expect this response?

Class. Action. Lawsuit.

Yes!

I wonder what the parents can do, legally, here?

Literally 😌

All this because Republicans don’t want guns regulated

No amount of gun regulation is going to make cops less fucking stupid.

if only more people would realize this lmao.

Hey Bernie Sanders got to US Senate in Vermont by campaigning against gun control too

Hey Get Help

Respectfully, as a Bernie supporter who lives in Vermont, what @ostrich.bsky.social said is correct. He has also supported gun owners' rights, so he has at least partial blame for our current national gun situation. Is he good in other respects? Mostly yes. Is he bad on this issue? Also maybe yes.

Based nuanced Bernie supporter

Whatever.

Okay, and he has never updated his stance on guns? I'm asking. As a legislator from a small, rather rural state, it seems unreasonable to expect him to be anti-gun. Also, I don't expect to always agree with any politician, even my favorite one.

I didn't say he never updated his stance, but the NRA got him his senate seat. If you choose to believe that's a principled change of heart go for it, but I think you're mad because you understand that the typical cynicism of assuming liberals are lying cuts against that here.

You are not immune to propaganda

Lol

Weird how all the "we should be holding politicians accountable for their shitty, lobbyist-induced policies" goes out the window when the politician is Bernie 🤔

who gives a fuck about Bernie Sanders in 2024 other than Hillary thralls?

Not you, certainly, who unearthed a week-old thread to say this.

I suspect The Lottery has a lot darker meaning for high school kids these days than it did when I was their age

god this country hates children

"teachers said officers told them that they'd previously used the lesson with college students and adults, and that they wanted the event to be “as realistic as possible.”" ... somebody's gonna get shot if they keep doing this.

but you know, the moment a teacher shoots a cop who's acting like a school shooter, they're gonna get charged with attempted homicide of a cop

I see an armed teacher (in some red state that enabled them) pull out their gun and shoot the cop in disguise

This is just bad teaching, realism is not needed to understand why witnesses might be reliable in what they tell. I could create better lessons ad hoc and I am not a specialist in criminology or stuff. I'm merely a half-trained teacher

*unreliable

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