Georgia teacher arrested after allegedly saying he would cut student’s head off after she objected to his Israeli flag

A schoolteacher in the US state of Georgia was arrested after allegedly threatening to behead a student who expressed taking offense over his Israeli flag, according to authorities.

Benjamin Reese’s arrest at the middle school named after the town of Warner Robins occurred on after a student approached and told him she was offended by the Israeli flag hanging in his classroom, the local news station WMAZ reported, citing a police account of the case.

Reese, a seventh-grade social studies teacher, allegedly replied that he was a Jew and had relatives who lived in Israel. The student said “Israelis killing Palestinians” made the flag offensive, which prompted Reese to accuse her of being antisemitic.

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    11 months ago

    TIL it’s antisemitic when you object to the wholesale slaughter of unarmed civilians.

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      11 months ago

      That isn’t even the problem here, IMO. The teacher is entitled to that very stupid opinion. I had, and I’m sure you had, plenty of teachers with very stupid opinions. In general, that’s allowed.

      What they are not allowed to do is threaten a student.

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        11 months ago

        When stupid opinions lead to threatening to cut off a child’s head I tend to lose all sympathy.