Let's give a big TLO kudos to our man Steve "The Pirate" Shaw. Our DVD collecting News 9 brotha hit a home run last night with this report about a 7th grade Grady County boy who pegged his teacher in the nuts with a dodgeball at school, causing the teacher to lose his mind, chase down the student and then beat him with a belt.
Via The Ocho:
An impromptu dodgeball game gone awry Tuesday afternoon landed a Ninnekah Middle School physical education teacher in hot water.
Nick Johnson, 13-year-old Ninnekah student, says he accidentally threw a ball that hit his P.E. teacher in the groin. Johnson and his mother Laura say that teacher chased Nick down then whipped Nick repeatedly with his belt.
Laura said, “If you can’t control your temper, you know, then you shouldn’t be around kids."
She wants the teacher fired.
Let me be 100% clear. I think the teacher should be fired. You can't beat a student with a belt and still be a teacher. But let's cut him some slack – if a teenager launched a dodgeball directly into your sweet spot, you'd probably kick his ass, too.
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