“UPDATE: Etheridge’s office puts out a statement from Ben Greene, retired principal of Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, North Carolina, who served in the post in 1996:
The story in today’s Pilot is inaccurate. I witnessed the event firsthand 14 years ago. The student was in the wrong, and Bob Etheridge acted appropriately at all times. I would have been happy to tell the newspaper reporter the facts in this matter, but I was never contacted before the story appeared in the newspaper.
Posted by Ben Smith 09:39 AM”
He remembers this from 14 years ago and nothing happened?
14 years ago, that is why I asked is that plausible? Does anyone believe this principal?
Here is a better story from the principal’s point of view. It makes me believe the student.
http://www.thepilot.com/news/2010/jun/18/etheridges-office-disputes-claim/