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One teacher in Arizona who supports Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may be taking his anti-Latino, anti-Muslim rhetoric too far, according to an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) complaint separately filed with the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education.

The complaint alleged that a teacher at the Academy of Excellence, a public charter school in Phoenix, singled out a Muslim refugee student for his faith and nationality. The teacher, Faye Myles, told the student, A.A., that she couldn’t wait for Trump to become president because that would mean the student could get deported.

A.A. is a Muslim refugee from Somalia who came to the United States in 2012. Up until January, A.A., an 11-year-old, had been enrolled at the school as a sixth grader.

“I can’t wait until Trump is elected,” the teacher reportedly told the student. “He’s going to deport all you Muslims. Muslims shouldn’t be given visas. They’ll probably take away your visa and deport you. You’re going to be the next terrorist, I bet.”

The complaint further alleged that Myles’ harassment “was extensive,” going so far as to choke A.A. “until his eyes began to water from the pain.” The teacher also showed the class a video clip of the September 11, 2001 hijackers and suggested that A.A. was going to become a terrorist, saying “That’s going to be you.”

Calls and emails left for Myles and the school have gone unanswered as of this writing.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-tea...=email&utm_campaign=tp-letters#.v36eeh97l

 

[gdt]

He said that to an 11 year old?




AND HE CHOKED HIM??

 

[Skellig Gra]

"May" be taking the rhetoric too far? Fuck this guy.

Also, lol at "Academy of Excellence"

 

[Lamel]

Saying all that stuff is terrible, but on top of that the teacher physically assaulted a student? I'd like to hear the teacher's side just to see what the defense is...

This just seems so hard to believe; I've luckily never encountered a teacher who went this far.

 

[Deleted member 20415]

uhh, that second part isn't "harassment" it's battery.

 

[davepoobond]

if she wanted to find a terrorist she only had to look in the mirror

 

[WillyFive]

She said that to an 11 year old?

People have said many things like that to Muslim, Black, Latino, and minority children.

 

[hughesta]

what a fucking piece of shit. if she really choked him lock her up and throw away the key.

 

[Corpekata]

Lady sounds like a fucking cartoon.

 

[Ryzaki009]

Saying that about a 11 year old.

I...continue to be surprised about how low people will sink.

 

[Htown]

Yeah, everybody needs to remember that all these Trump supporters aren't going to magically disappear the day after the election. They're going to go back and keep being teachers or cops or whatever, and their ignorance is going to continue to have a negative impact on the people they come into contact with.

 

[Ray Down]

Heartless shit, please tell me she gets fired immediately.

 

[How About No]

At first I thought this was about a college professor, which would already be bad enough, then I saw this was about a sixth grade teacher and student

what the fuck is WRONG with you

The complaint further alleged that Myles’ harassment “was extensive,” going so far as to choke A.A. “until his eyes began to water from the pain.”

She needs to be in goddamned prison

 

[kadotsu]

Shouldn't that teacher be in jail, like, right fucking now.

 

[Palette Swap]

Ugh.

It's almost like Trump has been empowering all these pieces of shit.

 

[fabricated backlash]

I think deplorables is a way too kind description for Trump voters.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

This is why everybody that supports Trump is a deplorable, full stop. This is what you are feeding into. Get fucked.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Gross. Please tell me this woman was fired. No excuse for this kind of behavior.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Jeez that teacher needs to be sued but in the meantime the kids parents need to take him out of that charter school before he gets permanent mental and psychological scars. It's probably too late for the latter but they could at least begin healing those scars asap.

 

[LiquidSword]

These are the Trump supporters that scare me. Their head is so far up their ass they think Trump is winning and they are already creaming their jeans with facsist fantasies. When it all comes crumbling down on November 8th, these are the people who will lash out.

 

[Sunster]

She is literally the same as those brexit supporters.

 

[Derwind]

Wait, she choked the child? In addition to the heinous things she said, she choked the child?

Yikes!

 

[Tagyhag]

going so far as to choke A.A. “until his eyes began to water from the pain.”

That's not worth a termination, that's worth jail time.

 

[Whom_Gods_Annoy]

Lady is mental. She needs help, preferably in an asylum.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Physically assaulted a child and almost killed him. Why is she not in prison?

 

[GPsych]

At first I was all, "That teacher needs to be fired immediately and an OCR complaint should be filed." When I read about the choking...wtf? That's time for jail.

 

[RustyNails]

Ok, time for a lawsuit.

 

[Ray Down]

Ugh.

It's almost like Trump has been empowering all these pieces of shit.

Almost?

He truly is, these people think they will have the power/voice if he's elected.

 

[NEO0MJ]

I can't imagine the mental anguish she caused. I mean seriously, showing a video of 9/11 and then pointing at him in front of the other students as someone to watch out for?

 

[Johndoey]

This person choked a child in their care, bury them under the prison.

 

[ArchedThunder]

This person is not fit to be a teacher. They shouldn't be anywhere near children, period.

 

[metalslimer]

Uh there has to be a lot of witnesses to that kid being choked. How is this lady not in jail?

 

[Siegcram]

I think choking a child goes beyond "rhetoric".

#lockherup

 

[Scientist Supreme!]

This is why everybody that supports Trump is a deplorable, full stop. This is what you are feeding into. Get fucked.

But empathy. /s

 

[Spiral Insanity]

This is absolutely disturbing, even though it isn't anymore.

 

[Whom_Gods_Annoy]

This person is not fit to be a teacher. They shouldn't be anywhere near children, period.

They shouldn't be fit to live in public if theye are down with choking random children.

My bad. Not random children, brown children.

 

[Kthulhu]

Ugh.

It's almost like Trump has been empowering all these pieces of shit.

That's because he is.

 

[paperboywriter]

Do people in the US who work for anykind of public office actually run through somekind of training? It seems like you're scraping the worst people of the streets to educate or police your citizen. what gives?

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

This almost sounds like straight up bullshit. Not demeaning the seriousness, but everything that teacher said and did sounds like a caricature. Fucking hell, man.

 

[LiquidSword]

Yeah, everybody needs to remember that all these Trump supporters aren't going to magically disappear the day after the election. They're going to go back and keep being teachers or cops or whatever, and their ignorance is going to continue to have a negative impact on the people they come into contact with.

Maybe it will be a wake up call for diet racists. The kind that think racism is just isolated incidents and not a systemic problem. Maybe they will see all these politicians, cops, teachers, doctors, membersof the military, etc. supporting Trump and say "Oh, I get it now."

 

[Pai Pai Master]

What the fuck man. This is abhorrent.

I was called a terrorist once by a teacher in high school and it was a nightmare. I can't imagine the emotional damage dealt to this poor kid by this asshole.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Closet psychos heard the right words and felt empowered to do shit like this.
Sick, sad, and disgusting if true

 

[Korigama]

...How and why is this person still a teacher?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Do people in the US who work for anykind of public office actually run through somekind of training? It seems like you're scraping the worst people of the streets to educate or police your citizen. what gives?

Hate to break it to you, but people of all types can be like this, whether or not they received some kind of training.

 

[D i Z]

Fuck what she said. She laid hands.

 

[King Tubby]

Kind of burying the lede there. This teacher allegedly choked an 11 year old. She needs to be in prison.

 

[cwmartin]

Do people in the US who work for anykind of public office actually run through somekind of training? It seems like you're scraping the worst people of the streets to educate or police your citizen. what gives?

The beauty of the ol' charter school

 

[Already Torn]

I guessed Florida, but I guess Arizona is close.

 

[Marvie_3]

what a fucking piece of shit. if she really choked him lock her up and throw away the key.

This.

 

[Mindlog]

The complaint alleged that a teacher at the 'Academy of Excellence'1, a 'public charter school'2 in 'Phoenix'3, 'singled out a Muslim'4 'refugee student'5 for his 'faith and nationality'6.

Every element presented naturally escalates into the next. 'Of course...'

My best wishes to the kid. I hope they can find access to proper education without having to put up with the smell of hateful garbage.