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School teacher who wanted to run down cops is fired
Hot Air .com ^ | January 31, 2022 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 01/31/2022 5:46:25 AM PST by Kaslin

Yesterday I wrote about the Brooklyn public school teacher, Christopher Flanigan, who described the massive gathering of police officers at slain Detective Jason Rivera’s funeral as “ideal conditions for reciprocity,” after citing a 2020 instance where a police vehicle drove through a crowd of protesters and rioters in the city. I am forced to confess that I got one thing wrong when covering that story. After noting an actress who was fired after also complaining about the funeral, I said that her treatment was “more than you’ll see happening to Mr. Flanigan” because of the far-left climate in most of the public schools. Well, Coney Island Prep School surprised me when they turned around later the same day and terminated Flanigan’s employment. Meanwhile, the former teacher is attempting to do some damage control, claiming that his words in the now-deleted social media post were “misconstrued.” (Daily Mail)

‘We do not condone or promote violence of any sort,’ said Coney Island Prep CEO Leslie-Bernard Joseph in a statement released Sunday. ‘As of this afternoon, Mr. Flanigan is no longer employed at Coney Island Prep.’

‘The teachers and staff of Coney Island Prep are public servants; and like all public servants we hold ourselves to a much higher standard,’ Joseph continued.

‘We work hard to serve the young people in our community, and we know our police officers do as well, taking innumerable risks, to keep our city safe.’

I rarely get to say this about any of the public schools, particularly in New York City, but congratulations to CEO Leslie-Bernard Joseph and Coney Island Prep for rejecting that sort of violent rhetoric against the police. It was particularly distasteful when you consider that Flanigan’s “reciprocity” comment was made in response to the death of a police officer who was murdered in a cowardly ambush, along with his partner who also succumbed to his wounds a week later.

As for the excuses that Flanigan is now trying to offer, let’s just say I’m not buying it. When he finally stopped hanging up on reporters and spoke to a reporter from the New York Post, he claimed that in his post, he was “just trying to show the vulnerability of all of these police officers being in the same place at the same time which seems like a dangerous situation.” He went on to say that he “respects” the police and “does not condone violence.”

How he expects anyone to buy this is a mystery to me. If that’s the case, then why would you invoke the memory of a police vehicle driving through some protesters (where there were no injuries and the crowd was blocking an emergency vehicle) before saying the funeral gathering was an “ideal opportunity for reciprocity?” You’re a teacher, for Pete’s sake. Are you trying to say that you don’t know the definition of the word ‘reciprocity’ after so specifically using it? If that’s the case, perhaps you should have been terminated long before this for flunking basic English.

Flanigan attempted to address that question when speaking to the Post.

‘Not in the sense for people to be driving or to be doing anything similar to what the police did,’ he said. ‘But they put themselves in a similar position by being … all there, all together and it’s similar to how the protesters were.

‘That – I was trying to use that word to almost be the inverse mirror of that. The police were now the people that were gathered together and the protestors were people that were gathered together. Both in dangerous situations but by no means implying or inciting or promoting that anyone should be a danger to anyone else.’

You were trying to use the word to “almost be the inverse mirror” of what you clearly know it means? If you were attempting to compliment one of your colleagues on the new suit they had recently purchased for work, would you tell them, “My, you certainly look quite hideous today?”

If that’s Flanigan’s story and he’s sticking to it, I suppose that’s his business. Personally, however, I think it’s far more likely that he had just assumed that nobody would notice his nasty Instagram post except for his liberal friends and colleagues who would agree with him. Then, when it totally blew up in his face, he tried deleting it, but the floodgates were already open. But he probably shouldn’t worry. Given the power of the teachers’ unions in the Big Apple, he’ll probably have another job in no time.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; brooklyn; education; newyork; newyorkcity; nypd; police; policeshooting; teacher
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1 posted on 01/31/2022 5:46:25 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Time will tell if he’ll sue for a violation of his 1st Amendment speech.


2 posted on 01/31/2022 5:47:56 AM PST by qaz123
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He will sue and they will bring him back on when no one is paying attention.


3 posted on 01/31/2022 5:52:20 AM PST by rbg81
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To: Kaslin

I assume the (fired) teacher tweeted his remark. Why do people tweet so much? There are some things best said in privacy. In the teacher’s case, he probably should have only said it to his boyfriend. Why do people feel the need to tweet their every thought to the whole world?


4 posted on 01/31/2022 5:56:34 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Kaslin

“That – I was trying to use that word to almost be the inverse mirror of that.”

The leftist accidentally reveals he meant exactly what he said. A “mirror” is the inverse. An “inverse mirror” is therefor a reversal of the mirror; aka the original thing.


5 posted on 01/31/2022 5:58:22 AM PST by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer.)
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To: rbg81

Yep- with back pay!!!


6 posted on 01/31/2022 6:03:22 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Kaslin
You’re a teacher, for Pete’s sake. Are you trying to say that you don’t know the definition of the word ‘reciprocity’ after so specifically using it?

With today's teachers, the answer is, "Yes". If you have an education degree, you're not educated. Teachers are low performers coming out of high school and then go on to college for indoctrination. Their course load is not rigorous. Teachers are by and large mentally weak, uneducated, low-IQ union thugs that can only get ahead in life by extorting money from taxpayers. The vast majority never worked a real job in their life and have zero clue how the rest of the world operates.

Stop paying teachers respect and put them in their place: the unemployment line.

7 posted on 01/31/2022 6:04:33 AM PST by ConservativeInPA ("Goats are like mushrooms. Because if you shoot a duck, I'm afraid of toasters." - Joe Biden)
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To: Kaslin

He’ll probably get hired by some ivy league school.


8 posted on 01/31/2022 6:14:24 AM PST by mykroar (There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
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To: Kaslin

Christopher Flanigan

Looks a bit light in the loafers...


9 posted on 01/31/2022 6:19:49 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little turd)
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To: Sans-Culotte
“ Why do people tweet so much?”

Easy. To many people these days you’re only relevant if you’re seen on social media. If you’re not on social media you’re either invisible.
10 posted on 01/31/2022 6:24:14 AM PST by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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To: COBOL2Java

helium balloon light, i’d say.


11 posted on 01/31/2022 6:28:43 AM PST by ronniesgal (if more folks would mind their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: Kaslin

Isn’t it amazing how this happened so fast? Molest a kid or steal millions, and the public school is like “We need time to investigate”


12 posted on 01/31/2022 6:31:34 AM PST by Pxzftrnqfrn
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To: Kaslin

“and like all public servants we hold ourselves to a much higher standard”

Bwahahahaha!


13 posted on 01/31/2022 6:33:12 AM PST by dljordan
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To: Kaslin

He would be welcome to teach in Broward county...


14 posted on 01/31/2022 6:40:07 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: COBOL2Java

The only two photos I’ve seen of him are these head and shoulder shots. But you can just tell he’s about 5’4”. Just a merry little mentally diseased elf


15 posted on 01/31/2022 6:41:23 AM PST by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: COBOL2Java

The boy doesn’t look right in the head. A real Snowflake.


16 posted on 01/31/2022 6:43:44 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: rbg81

Let’s keep democrat/commie filth out of our schools and away from our children


17 posted on 01/31/2022 6:59:47 AM PST by GOPJ (Say "NO" - - - - - - NO COMMIES OF ANY COLOR ON THE SUPREME COURT)
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To: GOPJ
Let’s keep democrat/commie filth out of our schools and away from our children

Agreed.

18 posted on 01/31/2022 7:02:37 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 24 days away from outliving John Hughes)
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To: Kaslin

I am not going to question the motive of the school boss in firing this creep. I applaud it.

He looks a bit light in loafers but is not a member of any of the woke groups so he was an easy target though.


19 posted on 01/31/2022 7:03:44 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: SamAdams76
Which is NOT to say democrats can't be 'teachers' - because they can be...

I'm saying if teachers feel it's 'their job' is to push THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS' on kids then they need to find a new profession.

That said, I don't want a "Trumper" teacher pushing THEIR BELIEFS in a classroom of kids either.

20 posted on 01/31/2022 7:10:37 AM PST by GOPJ (Say "NO" - - - - - - NO COMMIES OF ANY COLOR ON THE SUPREME COURT)
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