I was unable to tell from the story whether this was a thug parent beating on a teacher or a teacher who actually deserved to be beat on.
There are plenty of both in this sad sad world now. sigh
The teacher didn’t deserve a beat down. There is due process. The mother tried and convicted the teacher with little or no information, from what I could glean from the article. Kids don’t always tell the truth.
When our daughter was little, went to a baby sitter, who had known her since birth. The baby sitter asked her what happened. Our daughter told her, “my mom cut me with a knife”. I, of course, had never done anything of the kind. The babysitter asked what really happened, and our daughter copped to mercilessly teasing the cat until it lashed out at her - which is exactly what had happened. No knives were involved.