Protect Yourself From Misinformation, Two Staff Members Deemed Innocent, Principal Dresses Like ICE For Halloween, Mother Encourages Teen Girl To Assault

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Guys, welcome back to another episode of RED.
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It is your weekly ride to all school news, told to you by the coolest school bus driver in New Jersey.
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In this episode, we endeavor to educate our viewers in connection with false stories and misinformation.
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In the year 2025, millions of people have succumbed to the traps of misinformation spread through social media posts and memes.
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In this episode, we endeavor to help you and your family take practical steps to protect yourselves from misinformation.
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Okay, guys, let's get ready.
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Class is now in session.
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Well, guys, it is nice to be back here with each and every single one of you guys.
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We are reaching that climax on YouTube.
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We're now at 962 subscribers, and we are making our way to the big 1000.
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And so, in that 1000th reveal, there's going to be a ton of new changes on the show.
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Just the way of me saying thank you for all the people who have supported this podcast from the start of it until currently.
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I know that this day and age, a lot of people are going through a tremendous amount of trials.
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People are going through a lot of depressions, anxieties, and to be able to turn on this camera each week and be able to give you guys this direct news in a way that's simple and trustworthy.
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It does more for me than you guys will ever know.
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But our theme this particular episode is protect yourself from misinformation.
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Today you have access to more information than ever possible in human history.
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That may include information that can keep you and your family safe and healthy, but also sources that can also be a form of misleading.
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In this episode, we're going to discuss misleading news, false reports, and conspiracy theories.
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Take, for example, the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Secretary General of the United States, of the United Nations warned of a dangerous epidemic of misinformation.
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Harmful health advice and snake oil solutions are proliferating, he stated.
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Falsehoods are filing the airwaves, wild conspiracy theories are infecting the internet, and hatred is going viral, stigmatizing and vilifying people and groups.
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The reality of the matter is this, guys.
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Misinformation is not new.
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We recognize that in the times that we are living in, things have literally advanced from bad to worse.
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And now, with the help of the internet, it allows us to receive and unintentionally spread false news more easily and quickly than ever before.
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As a result, our email, social media, and news feeds can become filled with distorted facts and half-truths.
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So the question that we're going to discuss today is how can you protect yourself from misleading information and conspiracy theories?
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The first thing that you can be able to endeavor to do is not believe everything that you see or hear.
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A principle that's really proved to be helpful for many of my viewers is the naive person believes every word, but the shrewd one ponders each step.
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We can become easily deceived if we are not careful.
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Consider, for example, captioned images or brief videos that are widely spread online, especially through social media.
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Such items, commonly called memes, are often meant to be humorous.
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However, images and video clips can easily be altered or taken out of context.
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People can even create videos of real people doing or saying things that they never did or perhaps said.
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Here's a quote: Most of the misinformation researchers encounter on social media platforms features media that manipulates context like memes.
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Ask yourself, is the content legitimate news or just a meme?
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You know, a lot of the times I'll get those memes or the forwarded messages in my inbox.
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And if I can't trace the source of it, or if it says there on the message that it's been forwarded many times, then I strive my best not to spread that to someone else because I don't know as to the authenticity of what I'm sharing.
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Another step that can help us to protect ourselves from false information or misleading information is to evaluate the source of the content.
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One principle that I really love is make sure of all things, before believing or forwarding a story, even if that story is popular or repeated in the news, verify if the story is true.
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Now, a lot of people will ask me that in connection with my podcast.
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How do I make sure that the stories are authentic, they're true, and they are really telling the full detail or context of what's happening?
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Well, I'll answer that question at a later time.
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But when you do come across a story that you may not feel as though is authentic, you need to evaluate the reliability of the source.
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For example, news media companies and other organizations may slant a story because of their commercial or political bias.
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Compare what you see in one news outlet with other sources.
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At times, friends may inadvertently pass on misinformation through email messages or social media posts.
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Therefore, do not trust a news item unless you can check the original source.
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So that's something that I do in connection with my podcast.
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Rather than take one story, run with it, and then share it on TikTok with you guys, I strive my best to get a multitude of sources input.
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I look for grammatical errors, I look for spacing issues, and I look for the the overall presentation of the page to make sure that that source is reliable.
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Once I realize that the source is reliable to share on social media, then I bring it to you guys as my viewer and accept any details you'd like to add to such circumstance.
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Make sure that the content is current and accurate.
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Look for dates, verifiable facts, and strong evidence to support what is being said.
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Be especially cautious if complex information seems to be oversimplified, or if the report designed is designed rather to evoke an emotional reaction.
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So sometimes when I'm looking through a story in connection with my podcast, it seems like all of the details are lining up, but then I recognize that some of these details are fabricated in a way to stir the emotions of a certain group of individuals.
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So if I find that the story does not support what's true of that account, then I don't put that story on the podcast.
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Here's what uh a senior food safety and nutrition officer for the UN says fact-checking now is probably becoming as important as hand washing.
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It really begs the question do I know where this story originated?
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So ask yourself: does this news report blur the line between fact and opinion or present only one side of the story?
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Another tip that can be helpful is to be guided by facts, not personal preferences.
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A lot of the times people will adopt a story from the news simply because it caters to their personal preferences.
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But a very powerful proverb says this: whoever trusts in his own heart is stupid.
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We tend to trust information that confirms what we want to believe, and internet companies often customize our news and social media feeds to offer us information based on our interest and browsing history.
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However, what we like to hear is not always what we need to hear.
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A social psychologist named Peter Ditto says this people are capable of being thoughtful and rational, but our wishes, hopes, fears, and motivations often tip the scales to make us more likely to accept something as true if it supports what we want to believe.
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Isn't it true?
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So ask yourself do I trust this information just because it is what I want to believe?
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You see, rather than putting my own biased opinions on the stories I cover in connection with my podcast, I endeavor to be able to give you guys the news in an unbiased way so that you can express your thoughts on the story and be able to grow along with the information.
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Now, there is another question or another statement that we need to be able to identify in connection with misinformation.
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You know, when it came to this episode, there are there is a particular story that we're going to start off with that highlights how these two staff members were accused of inappropriate conduct at a middle school.
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And I'm here to tell you guys that when it comes to statements of misconduct and false allegations, we want to be careful how we misuse and abuse the gift of free speech because our ignorance can literally cost someone else their life.
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So this box here entitled The Truth About Conspiracy Theories can help us to get a better perspective on the matter.
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Conspiracy theories are playing a bigger role in people's thinking and behavior, possibly than ever, says Shawana Bose, a research psychologist.
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So here are some things that we're going to identify on this week's episode about conspiracy theories.
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The first thing we need to identify is what is a conspiracy theory?
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A conspiracy theory is a claim that sinister and powerful groups have secretly plotted to cause a significant or tragic event.
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That's what a conspiracy uh theory uh is.
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Now, why are they so dangerous?
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Conspiracy theories can undermine trust in legitimate sources of information, and some can cause people to reject health or safety advice.
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Such theories can promote prejudice and violence against the group thought to be involved in the conspiracy.
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Why are they so popular?
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Conspiracy theories increase in popularity during periods of widespread anxiety, uncertainty, or hardship, says the Encyclopedia Britannica, such as during wars and economic depressions and in the aftermath of natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, and pandemics.
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At such unsettling times, people accept conspiracy theories because these theories validate what they believe or help them to understand why bad things happen.
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Yes, when you think about conspiracy theories in its true light, recognizing that just because someone thinks it to be so, or just because you have a valid opinion, which is your opinion, so it really can't be wrong, that does not mean that this source is true, or it does not mean that what you're hearing in that particular story is okay.
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You see, it's better for us to verify the facts than give way to spreading misinformation that could literally end or jeopardize someone else's life.
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So keep that in mind, guys, as we're traversing through this dangerous world, and for you ones that are in school, administrators, principals, teachers, that misinformation can do damage to a person's life.
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And it is vital that we stop spreading misinformation by consulting the source.
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Well, guys, as always, on this episode, we have this week, I think we have 11 stories.
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There was so much news that we're just breaking in this week's episode that I couldn't just select 10 stories.
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I had to put that 11th story in there.
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Here's our first story: no evidence to corroborate assault on Whitehorse Middle School student.
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The Madison Police Department released preliminary results of an investigation that alleged two staff members took a student off school grounds and physically and sexually assaulted him.
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In an update on Friday, MPD said there's no evidence to corroborate the allegation of a physical or sexual assault to this child.
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Police said so far their investigation has found the opposite to be true.
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There is a significant amount of evidence that directly contradicts the allegations that were made, MPDS's update stated.
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MPD explained its special victims unit started working the case after the alleged victim's mother contacted police on October 24th.
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She told them that on October 23rd, her son's GPS tracker showed that he was at an address on Margaret Street off school property between 11.26 a.m.
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and 12.43 p.m.
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Detectives reviewed surveillance video at Whitehorse Middle School during the time the boy's mother told them that the incident happened.
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MPD said the video police the student and both of the accused staff members inside the school building during the time the alleged assault took place.
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Staff members also told police the student and two staff members were in the building at that time and nothing inappropriate occurred.
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SVU detectives also interviewed the boy in question.
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They said that the interview did not corroborate the allegations.
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Police interviewed the people who live at the Margaret Street address as well.
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MPD said, and I quote, they showed no involvement or awareness of the student or the situation prior to the social media post.
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Neighbors also had not seen or heard anything that particular day.
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Madison Police acknowledged that part of the reason this investigation gained attention was because of posts on social media that they are calling inaccurate.
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They said the posts were widely shared and have triggered serious threats against staff members at Whitehorse Middle School.
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There is an abundance of evidence that demonstrate that these staff members were not involved in any type of assault or wrongdoing, MPD's update stated.
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These threats must stop, and the MPD will investigate and hold accountable anyone that is participating in or making threats to the safety of people in our community.
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MPD could not speak to the reason the boys' GPS location showed the Margaret Street address during the date and time in question, but explained a term called GPS drift.
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They said this occurs when a tracker gives a false location due to a weak or obstructed signal.
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27 News reached out to Madison Police for additional comment on the preliminary findings of the investigation.
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A spokesperson said no one from the department was available for comment at this time.
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So these teachers were accused, or these staff members were accused of misconduct regarding a student at the school.
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And through all throughout all of this in evidence and through their investigation, they found out that these members of this school were innocent.
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It started with false reports on Facebook.
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A lot of the times things get blown out of proportion because of what's posted or shared on social media.
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Well, I'm glad to note that they were acquitted or they have been uh freed, as it were, vindicated from the false accusations because it can have a damaging effect on a person's emotional and mental well-being.
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In this following story, we are focused on a mother who promotes violence in connection with the life of her young daughter.
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Very soon, guys, we are going to launch redpodcasting.com.
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And on that website, you'll be able to see these videos of a gruesome nature that cannot be uploaded to YouTube or TikTok because of the community guidelines.
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Cell phone video captures adult egging on high school students in brutal beatdown at Miami High School.
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Disturbing video from a high school in Miami captured two teens fighting with an adult egging them on to keep going.
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The video sent to Seven News by Furious Parents takes place on the sidewalk just outside of Miami Northwestern Senior High School Thursday afternoon.
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Video shows a young girl in a white shirt kicking and punching another girl in a blue shirt.
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At one point, the girl in white shoves the other against a car.
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You want to beat her again?
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An adult woman could be heard saying.
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At one point, the girl in a white shirt is seen swinging a sweater, using it as a weapon to hit the other girl who was on the ground covering her head, then kicking the side of her head against the tire of a car.
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The entire time the fight is happening, the adult woman is seen watching it all happen, doing nothing beyond adding fuel to the fire.
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Later in the video, when the girl is in the girl in the blue shirt says she was caught off guard, the adult chimes in, seemingly encouraging another round.
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Do you want to run it again?
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She can be heard stating.
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As the girl in blue reaches for her phone, the other girl kicks her in the face and spits on her.
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When the brutal beating finally ends, the adult taunts the young girl.
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You got what you wanted, explicitive, she's heard saying.
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You know, oftentimes people will wonder why children go off of the edge, as it were, and take these violent stances in life.
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And yes, there are true cases in which students are being bullied, and there's true cases of people students being victimized by some of their peers.
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But in this video, with just a snippet of what we see, this beating was indeed gruesome.
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We're hoping that the girl makes a well recovery and that she's going to be able to get past this and move forward.
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This was definitely a devastating beating.
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No human being deserves to be handled to this degree.
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Now, as a school bus driver, I understand that there can be moments in which we are sometimes unaware.
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But if we're not careful, that source of unawareness, if not left checked, can cost someone very, very dearly.
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Two kindergartners walk out of Oak Park Elementary School unnoticed by staff.
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An Oak Park Middle School mother is demanding answers after her four-year-old son and a classmate walked out of their elementary school undetected by staff members.
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The incident occurred at Key Elementary School around 1.45 p.m.
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Wednesday, when the two kindergartner students left the building and walked more than half a mile before being found by police.
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Rainesha Fadiora learned about the situation when police called her at work.
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The police officer assured me that my son was okay, but I still did not understand what was going on and how he had got to Oak Park Boulevard, she said.
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School staff had no idea the children were missing.
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A passerby spotted the boys walking along Oak Park Boulevard, where they had crossed about three streets and called police.
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An officer found them at Oak Park Boulevard and Coolidge around 2 15 p.m.
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I actually had to contact the school myself and ask, why does the police have my son?
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They left me on hold for about 10 minutes, I guess trying to figure out what was going on, Rhinesha said.
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According to a police report, the boys left school because they wanted to play in a treehouse.
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The close call has left her shaken, especially with her son's birthday approaching.
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The Oak Park School District said this in a statement.
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However, this incident has destroyed the mother's family, their trust in the school as well.
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She says her and her husband are now considering legal action against the district.
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There is one thing that I will tell you, administrators, in connection with this story.
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There's only a certain amount of ways that you can spin this.
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Two crin guard two kindergarten students leave school without any supervision, they cross three streets, end up in a park, and nobody recognizes that these kids are missing until the police find them 30 minutes later.
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And then when the mother asks, you can't tell her anything as to what's happened to her son.
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Suing is always an alternative when it comes to these matters.
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We would hope that by the mother and the father taking legal action against the school this way, it will help them to be more diligent with someone else's child in the very near future.
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Now, this follow-up story is very close to my heart because, as I've told you guys many times before, I'm a school bus driver, enjoy the job, in and out.
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That's that's my method, and I really try to kick it well with my students.
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But in this story, this school bus driver took another approach to dealing with his kids.
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Virginia school bus driver accused of hitting elementary school student.
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A school bus driver is accused of hitting an elementary school student in Virginia.
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Alan Jackson, 68 of Sterling, Virginia, was charged with simple assault and battery after hitting a student with his hand while on Potomac Elementary School bus on October the 23rd, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
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The attack was reported to the Loudoun County Public School Resource Officer Unit the next day.
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Jackson was released but received a summons for a hearing in court according to LCSO.
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If anyone has any information relating to this case, you are encouraged to contact LCSO at 7003-777-1021.
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Well, I can certainly assure you that although my students frustrate me on my school bus, there is no reason to slap a student.
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You're never going to win in that situation.
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And when I'm dealing with these stories on the podcast and I see these teachers slapping around these students and thinking that it's okay, I'm just trying to figure out where you're going with this.
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Like, did you really think that you're going to slap a kid and get away with it?
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Now we recognize that this school bus driver is 68 years old, and that's to be considered.
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You know, when people get to a certain age in life, they kind of check out.
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But because of the context of this story, it just seems like the school bus driver was eager to slap someone.
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But that's just the world we live in today, isn't it true?
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That those persons put into a position to protect children are just not protecting them like they used to.
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And if you are running an industry in which you're supposed to be catering to the needs of a student, you're just not interested in doing that.
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And this following story, notice how one principal sets that standard in connection with his Halloween costume.
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Middle school principal in Maine draws criticism after dressing as ICE agent for Halloween.
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A middle school principal in Maine is under fire after appearing to dress as a federal immigration officer for Halloween, complete with a bulletproof vest that read ICE.
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An image widely shared online purportedly shows James Black, the principal of Mount Blue Middle School in Farmington, wearing the ICE costume.
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The costume, as seen in the photo, includes a bulletproof vest that says police ice, a cap that reads ice, and a gator with blue stars and red stripes that covers most of the man's face.
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Christian Elkington, superintendent of the Mount Blue Regional School Unit No.
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9, confirmed to Boston.com Sunday night that the district is aware of a situation this past weekend involving a school employee.
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Black's distinctive tattoos appear in other photos on his Facebook profile, which appear to have been taken down after Boston.com view the photos.
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Project Relief Maine, an advocacy and mutual aid organization, was one group to share the image of the costume.
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For immigrant students who already live in fear of ICE, this isn't funny.
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It's terrifying.
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Deportation isn't a costume, isn't a costume, rather.
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It's not a joke.
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It's trauma, the organization wrote on social media.
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Students deserve to feel safe at school, not mocked by the very people who are supposed to protect them.
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The principal of the school, Black, did not return multiple requests for comment Sunday evening.
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Now, these are some of the things that just come up in the school industry.
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A middle school principal taking matters into his own hand and wearing an ICE costume.
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I do understand that this can be traumatic or trying for some of the students in the building because some of their parents might have faced the consequences of ice, or there may have been relatives in their family that have faced uh dealings with ice.
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So I can understand as to why there's concern about the children's emotional and mental well-being.
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I'll continue to update you guys as to what happens to this principal who was bold enough to take his ICE persona on the road.
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In this next story, this middle school is again confronting the likes, this high school rather is confronting the likes of racism.
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And we really, when you think about it, in some way or another, it's going to continue to come up because people are not changing their viewpoint on it, they're just expressing it in different ways.
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Weyland school is investigating after black student targeted and racist locker room incident.
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Weyland school leaders and police are investigating a racist incident that occurred Thursday afternoon in the Weyland High School Boys' locker room.
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A student found a plastic children at play street safety figure that was wearing a black student's athletic jersey and had been hung from a ceiling pipe with a belt around his neck, according to the Boston Globe.
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School administrators began an ongoing investigation after the student reported the discovery to staff.
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The administration has identified the students responsible for the incident, but their actions have caused ripple effects of pain that will be felt by our community in the coming days, says Mizo Gucci, the superintendent, in a letter obtained by the Globe.
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Maisogucci noted that the incident has caused the targeted student devastation, confusion, and hurt.
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David Fleischman, superintendent of Wayland Public Schools, similarly wrote in his own letter that the racist act is a stark reminder that schools must continue to educate students about the impact of racism.
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Fleischman affirmed that the school district intends to create a culture of belonging and inclusion, and that such deplorable acts will not be tolerated, the Globe added.
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The DA's office is planning to hold a community conversation this week in response to the incident, police said.
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The targeted student's parents notified Wayland police Friday morning, who immediately launched an investigation, according to a police statement.
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The department is also working with the Middlesex District Attorney's Office on the investigation to determine the facts of this incident.
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This is not the first time, however, that Wayland School has been involved in racially motivated incidents.
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Former superintendent Omar Easy was the target of racist graffiti in December of 2022 and filed a complaint against the district alleging unlawful discrimination and retaliation after he was placed on administrative leave in February 2023.
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You know, the interesting thing about this story is that the school is trying to make a culture for inclusion and is trying to be able to help these students to cope with racism in the school, but these things are going to continue to be prevalent today.
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There's really not much motivation for change.
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And as long as there are people that live on this planet together who have differing opinions on justice and or the lack thereof, there's always going to be issues like this that permeate through the schools.
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We do encourage you parents to be vigilant and continue to be aware as to what's going on in your child's school so that you can help them to cope with some of these devastating circumstances they have to deal with.
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Now, in this next story, I do want to encourage a bit of viewer discretion.
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This story could trigger some individuals, both mentally, physically, and emotionally.
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But nevertheless, it has to be discussed.
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It is Indeed, a breaking story.
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18-year-old charged with raping middle school student in Hamilton public county restroom.
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An 18-year-old is facing charges after an arrest report says he raped a middle school student in a public restroom at a park in Hamilton County.
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The arrest report says the victim's mother reported the incident after finding footage on her daughter's phone.
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The victim told police she'd known the suspect, Jeremiah Hill, for about a year prior to this incident.
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The victim told police she has made plans to go to a haunted attraction with Hill and asked her mother to pick him up.
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The arrest report says her mother dropped them off at Harrison Bay State Park to hang out before going to the attraction.
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Hill and the victim entered the public restroom where the report says Hill asked her to sit next to him on the bench inside of the restroom.
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According to the report, the victim set up her phone to record due to feeling nervous.
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The video then shows Hill forcing the victim's head down several times and forcing her to engage in sexual acts, according to the arrest report.
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An arrest warrant was obtained and Hill was taken into custody and charged with aggravated statutory rape.
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Now, some of the feedback that I've gotten in connection with this particular story is why would this mother allow their young girl to be out with this guy in this unchaperoned uh circumstance?
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And the reality of the matter is, many parents feel that it's okay for their children of the opposite sex to be able to associate with each other on these grounds.
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The source also mentions that this was not the girl's first encounter with Mr.
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Jeremiah Hill.
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So there was not any immediate need for her to feel or be cautious.
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But once she did feel cautious or that something wasn't right, she set up her phone to record.
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We do want to take a moment just to express the support that this victim is going to need going through a traumatic circumstance like this.
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Oftentimes, when you're dealing with matters of sexual abuse to this degree, it's someone that knows the victim, someone close to them who feels as though they can take advantage of the situation sexually and get away with it.
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So this victim is going to need the support of her friends, and she's definitely going to need that encouragement to continue to move forward during these difficult and trying times.
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In this following story, I can't begin to emphasize how devastating are the consequences of persons' actions.
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This story was one of the most gruesome stories I have ever covered on this podcast.
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And again, we do encourage some forms of discretion.
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15-year-old kills classmate for bumping into him in school hallway and not apologizing, Sheriff says.
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A 15-year-old in Florida is accused of killing a classmate after bumping into each other in a school hallway.
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The 16-year-old victim allegedly bumped into the suspect and didn't apologize, which officials say led to his killing.
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The 15-year-old suspect, identified as Jacori Redding, is being held in juvenile detention.
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He is charged with killing his classmate at Oak Ridge High School.
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Redding appeared nonchalant during a court hearing Friday, but he turned and smiled as his family called out to him.
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Orange County Sheriff John Mina said the bump in the hallway, followed by a lack of apology, turned into a plan to fight at a nearby basketball court after school let out.
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Mina said that's when Redding shot and killed 16-year-old Penian Dalmacy.
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Mina said Redding went back to school with the gun where he was taken into custody.
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Redding was already on trial for grand theft auto, according to the sheriff.
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Officials are now looking into where he got the gun for the deadly shooting.
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Little is known about the victim, but the district said he joined Orange County Public Schools just last year.
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I couldn't believe I couldn't believe how bad things have gotten.
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Just the mentality of people today.
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You're telling me that this student didn't do anything but bump into someone in the hallway without apologizing.
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That must have been some bump because it cost this student their life.
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I know that the victims' families are definitely grieving and distraught.
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And although Mr.
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Redding is the killer here in this story, we can't be negligent of the fact that his family is also going to suffer to an extent.
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Knowing that your your young child, your 15-year-old child, is going to jail for murder at just 15 years old, it causes a family a certain pain that they can never really fully process or get over.
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And so in this story, I would say personally that two people lost.
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You have the victim that was killed, but you also have another teenager, a minor child who just ended their life for something so simple that could have been addressed in another way.
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We do express our condolences.
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In this next story, we're again encouraging viewer discretion because we're dealing with a coach in connection with sexual abuse.
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Now, personally, when I'm on my school bus route and I'm driving a sports team to a trip, or I see that it's a volleyball team or a girls' team, and then a male coach gets on the bus, I say to myself, This coach is one of the bravest dudes I know.
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Because this day and age, for a male coach to work with a group of females in the way that the perception of the world is today, it takes courage.
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And it's stories like this that highlight as to why it takes so much courage.
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Authorities fear more victims for coach accused of lewd acts against students.
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A Palm Beach County volleyball coach was arrested Friday, accused of molesting a student, and detectives fear there may be more victims.
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According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Arturo Ardi Gonzalez is a football volleyball coach at a local high school and operates at a private volleyball club for girls.
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On Thursday, jail records show that Gonzalez was arrested for lewd and lascivious touching, an offense against a student by an authority figure.
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Not the expectation we would have in this kind of environment.
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The school system is supposed to be a place of protection, said one father of four at school at his school drop-off Monday morning.
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Detectives say the coach may have additional victims.
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This is the second Palm Beach County School District coach to be arrested for inappropriate behavior this week.
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Deputies urge anyone with information to call 561-688-4143 if you're in that area, or you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-8477.
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It's just it's just discouraging.
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Take this story as a means for you to be able to be more aware with your children.
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If your child is in a extracurricular activity and you can't support your child in that activity, then that's something that you may want to give attention to.
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Any situation in which you can't be there with your child, or any situation in which you can't uh watch your child's games, it's a closed practice, as it were, that is going to be a need for caution for you as a parent.
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This next story, we are dealing with violence on a football stadium.
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You'll find that sometimes when we lose our temper, it costs us more dearly than we would have ever imagined.
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Arrest made in high school football game fight.
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Fernandina Beach High School hosted Bell High School on Friday for a football game.
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Bell High School is just outside Gainesville.
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A video captured the moment number 55 for Bell High School got very physical with a player from Fernandina Beach High School ripping off his helmet and hitting him with it.
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Fernandina Beach Police Department and the state attorney's office secured an arrest warrant for buyers on Tuesday morning.
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Investigators say the victim is 15 years old.
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The only magnitude or the only other incident that I know of this magnitude was in professional sports, not in high school sports, says Tambasco.
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Action News Jax asks this police chief what caused an arrest warrant to be filed in this case, compared to other fights that sometimes erupt during high school football games.
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He says this, and I quote, I think a fight on the field is somewhat expected.
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However, when you use a weapon, which in this case would be the helmet for the vic from the victim, that escalates things quite a bit.
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The police chief added that given Bayer's age, he will likely be tried as an adult.
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He said he hopes something like this will never ever happen again for both teams.
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Well, there's that that rule there, right?
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Sometimes, and this is something I have to stress to the kids on my school bus.
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Sometimes we get into this mentality of thinking that just because someone is a minor or just because they are a child, they can get away with anything.
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That the consequences don't apply.
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Guys, don't be that, don't be that example.
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I'm just gonna tell it to you like that.
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Don't be the person that ends up on this show.
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Be the person that learns from these uh stories on this show.
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This individual lost his temper, took off his helmet, smacked another kid in the face with it.
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Hard too, because the victim did collapse, and now he might be facing some charges as an adult.
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That's just not that's just not the chair you want to be in, especially with the dynamic of the world today.
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Well, guys, we have reached our final, final story of this episode.
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Just want to extend a thank you to all of you listeners out there, those who follow on TikTok, those who subscribe on YouTube.
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Couldn't do this without you guys.
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And I really appreciate just how we keep this thing rolling each week.
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There's a lot going on in school news, and if you have stories that you want to share, you can always drop it at redpodcasting at gmail.com.
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And then soon, when we get that website launched, you can also be able to drop some stories on uh the website.
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Here's that final story.
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SUV slams into Burbank Street, Lawrence High School.
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Students shift to remote learning.
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A South Suburban school will move to remote learning for the rest of the week after an SUV slammed into a building there on Tuesday afternoon.
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Chopper 7 was over the scene at South St.
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Lawrence High School in Burbank around 4 p.m.
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Video shows significant damage to a school building.
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The crash happened after classes were over for the day, and Burbank police said no injuries were reported.
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Out of an abundance of caution, students will shift to remote learning for the rest of the week, so safety assessments can be conducted and repairs made.
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What led up to the crash was not immediately clear.
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Further information was also not immediately available.
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Should there be anything that rises or comes up in connection with this story, I'll be sure to let you guys know in a future episode.
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But man, this car really ran into this school full speed ahead.
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It looks like something out of an Avengers movie.
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If this is your school, let me know down in the comment box.
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Or if you have a friend that goes to this school, or even if this is your state, give us a shout out on this short, whether it be YouTube or TikTok.
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Well, guys, that is our episode for today.
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So nice to be here with you guys again.
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I can't thank you enough.
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Don't forget our theme in connection with this episode.
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Protect yourself from misinformation.
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Because we live in dangerous times, there are always going to be people out there who seek to do harm and promote danger in your life.
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Continue to protect yourself from misinformation.
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Continue to be smart and vigilant in protecting yourself both mentally and physically.
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And continue to stay safe out there, guys, as best you can.
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