Posted on 01/14/2025 8:24:18 PM PST by Morgana
Disturbing footage has appeared to show a Maryland elementary school principal stomping on the foot of an autistic kindergartner.
Former Ritchie Park Elementary School Principal Andrew Winter, 54, was acquitted of assault charges related to the February 9 incident.
However, shocking video obtained by FOX 5 captured the moment he allegedly stepped on the six-year-old's foot.
Winter, wearing a green jersey, was filmed in the cafeteria allegedly grabbing the child and forcing him to sit down at the table.
He then appeared to look around before he stomped on the kid's foot, causing the autistic child to cry.
Winter was arrested and charged with second-degree assault in June following a joint investigation by the Rockville City Police Department and the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office.
He was put on leave until a judge acquitted him of all charges following a five-hour long bench trial in November, reported Bethesda Magazine.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Sharon Burrell determined there was not enough evidence to convict.
'The allegations against Mr. Winter were tested in a court of law and a judge threw the case out without Mr. Winter even having to testify,' said Winter's attorney Dave Martella.
'Some people want to rely on one video from one angle to draw conclusions about Mr. Winter's conduct and as we know from watching any NFL football game, one angle often does not show you what actually happened.'
The student's mother said she was shocked by the judge's decision and told the local news station 'it doesn't mean that he is innocent.'
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This has always been the case.
And many of these kids need to be in special schools or residential facilities. Not in with mainstream population for the safety of both populations
Often 2 on one and it is all on paper but not executed in reality.
They are difficult jobs and hard to fill.
The difference between Aspi’s ans the moderate and profound autism is gigantic.
The fact that they were jammed together in the latest DSM is a sin.
But the success of your high functioning aspi kids does not eradicate the need for specialized schools and residential ho.es for the mentally and or emotionally challenged.
We have had a wealthy enough and Christian enough society to have once built and maintained facilities. Previously they were locked in attics or killed.
We are rapidly regressing to making death again a viable option.
I pray Trump keeps his promise to abolish the Department of Education soon as he is sworn in.
You are an amazing parent!!! Even I am proud of your kids’ accomplismnents and I don’t even know them!
I think the term autism is mostly used as a substitute for a poorly raised or ‘trained’ child. It lets parents off the hook for a very poorly behaved, often bratty child.
As someone on the spectrum, I suspect you are right. It’s the hip new thing now. We were taught to cope or risk a beating at school. “Cope” is a curse word now. It’s considered ableist. Kids today get so invested in their “autism” that they burn themselves out.
My wife was a para and the teachers were always trying to pawn the special needs kids off on them. There were special needs paras but they were always short handed, plus the teachers and paras who worked special needs had a salary differential for possessing those skills. She was always afraid of liability because she lacked the training nor wanted the training so she would refuse.
You only see from one perspective, hence nothing is real except trans love.
Atually it is. The vast majority of autistic kids are boys. The ratio is 4 or 5 boys to 1 girl. So combined with the schools getting rid of men at everly level the last 50 years, its not a cooincidence a hugely run female area classifies boys as defectives and problems.
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