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Two Texas high school student face disciplinary action after staging a mock assassination of President-elect Donald Trump for their English class presentation.

The San Antonio Express-News reported the two 10th grade male students performed a skit entitled “The Assassination of Donald Trump” last week at John Marshall High School. As part of their performance, one of the boys made a gunfire sound effect with his cell phone while the other boy, portraying the President-elect, fell to the ground pretending to be dead.

The so-called skit was for a high school English class assignment. Students, including these boys, previously submitted ideas for their sketches to the teacher for approval. However, these two teens changed their material, unbeknownst to the teacher, KSAT reported.

Northside Independent School District spokesman Barry Perez told the Express-News“appropriate action” was taken to reprimand the teacher and the students. He said the students would face disciplinary attention.

However, Harold and Melinda Bean, parents of a student in that English class, were outraged by what took place and were not so sure the matter was handled appropriately. They complained about the skit to administrators at this San Antonio area school district and also spoke to the San Antonio newspaper.

The district spokesman said the English teacher apologized on Monday. He called her a “rock solid educator,” according to KSAT.

 

Said Harold Bean: “I don’t understand how the teacher can repeat an apology and be right back there at work on Monday morning.” He added: “Though we understand she is apologetic, it does not make the situation right.”

Perez insisted the teacher “recognized the inappropriateness” of the mock Trump assassination skit and told KSAT she “stopped it in its tracks in the classroom.”

“Honestly I have run out of words to describe how angry I am and how shocked I am that they’re still in school today,” Melinda Bean told the Express-News.

To her point, Texas public school children have been suspended for far less serious reasons than depicting the assassination of the President-elect.

Last year, Breitbart Texas reported on a budding fourth grade magician accused of terrorizing his classmates because he said that he would make them “disappear” with a Lord of the Rings pretend ring. Nationwide, youngsters have faced punishment over Pop-Tart guns, Nerf guns, Lego guns, pointed “pow pow” finger guns, and bubble guns. One Texas 10-year-old boy spent part of a weekend in adult jail over a neighborhood kid scuffle.

Still, Northside ISD insisted the incident was addressed. Late Friday, Superintendent, Dr. Brian Woods, issued a statement:

“An incident at John Marshall High School has drawn local and national media attention. I want to provide more clarity to what actually occurred and address our stance on the matter.

Last week, an English teacher at Marshall HS instructed her students to create and perform a brief in-class skit following their study of Shakespeare. The teacher asked for students to submit their scripts for her preview and approval.

Two students, after their original script had been submitted, changed their skit to include a mock assassination of the President-Elect. The teacher had no idea this change had occurred until the students began to perform this in the classroom.

The teacher stopped the student skit immediately when it became apparent that it was inappropriate.

I want to be clear: NISD does not condone the action of these students or anyone else who would threaten violence.  The incident was addressed immediately and appropriately by the teacher and campus administration.”

Northside ISD closed for Thanksgiving break on Friday.

 

Follow Merrill Hope, a member of the original Breitbart Texas team, on Twitter.

 

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/11/19/texas-high-school-students-perform-trump-assassination-skit/



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I believe it is time that all schools teach the law of this Country making it a felony to suggest the President or President elect should be harmed.

(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b) The terms “President-elect” and “Vice President-elect” as used in this section shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained from the results of the general elections held to determine the electors of President and Vice President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2. The phrase “other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President” as used in this section shall mean the person next in the order of succession to act as President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 19 and 20.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 740; June 1, 1955, ch. 115, § 1, 69 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 87–829, § 1, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 956; Pub. L. 97–297, § 2, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1318; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/871

This one is from Wiki and goes beyond the Post Office deliver cited above:

Threatening government officials of the United States is a serious crime under federal law. Threatening the President of the United States is a Class E felony under 18 U.S.C. § 871, punishable by up to 5 years of imprisonment, that is investigated by the United States Secret Service. Threatening other officials is a Class C or D felony, usually carrying maximum penalties of 5 or 10 years under 18 U.S.C. § 875, 18 U.S.C. § 876 and other statutes, that is investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. When national boundaries are transcended by such a threat, it is considered a terrorist threat.[1] When a threat is made against a judge, it can be considered obstruction of justice.[2] Threatening federal officials' family members is also a federal crime; in enacting the law, the Committee on the Judiciary stated that "Clearly it is a proper Federal function to respond to terrorists and other criminals who seek to influence the making of Federal policies and interfere with the administration of justice by attacking close relatives of those entrusted with these tasks."[3]

There are three elements of the offense of making an illegal threat: (i) there must be a transmission in interstate commerce; (ii) there must be a communication containing the threat; (iii) and the threat must be a threat to injure the person of another.[4] Threats can also sometimes be punished under the statutes criminalizing assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain United States Government officers or employees[5] or assassinating, kidnapping, and assaulting government officials of the United States.

United States Sentencing Guidelines take a number of factors into consideration in determining the recommended penalty, including evidence of the person's intent to carry out the threat; disruption to the government function; and the possibility of inciting others to violence.[6] There is also a 6-level official victim enhancement, which makes the recommended penalty, per the sentencing table, approximately double that which would apply if an ordinary citizen were the victim.[7] There can be many motives for making threats, including political motives or a desire to frame someone else for making the threat.[8] The person's intent can greatly affect the sentence.

In determining what constitutes a true threat, the courts hold that what must be proved is that a reasonable recipient of the communication would consider it a threat under the circumstances. Thus, a statement to a judge that "You and your family are going to die" would be regarded as a true threat, even if the defendant claimed that he meant it as a literal, biological truth.[9] If a threat is made to multiple individuals, it may be considered to be outside of the guidelines heartland, and therefore to warrant an enhancement.[10]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threatening_government_officials_of_the_United_States

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I don't blame the teacher. The kids changed this on their own accord. As long as the teacher stopped them and then took action to refer them to the Principal, then the teacher did her job.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

I don't blame the teacher. The kids changed this on their own accord. As long as the teacher stopped them and then took action to refer them to the Principal, then the teacher did her job.


 She did do the right thing.  But still, there is so much hate spewing and threats spewing from the left that I believe it is time to remind people peaceful protests is acceptable but violence and threats are not.



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I wonder just how quick she stopped it? I mean, they as far as gun sounds and the "president-elect" falling as if dead. If she did indeed stop the skit immediately, then she handled it appropriately. I don't know what more she could do. I think more punishment should fall on the students.

What was the original assignment? Did I miss it? I saw it was a skit for an English class but I wonder what kind of skits they were writing?

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Scooby wrote:

I wonder just how quick she stopped it? I mean, they as far as gun sounds and the "president-elect" falling as if dead. If she did indeed stop the skit immediately, then she handled it appropriately. I don't know what more she could do. I think more punishment should fall on the students.

What was the original assignment? Did I miss it? I saw it was a skit for an English class but I wonder what kind of skits they were writing?


 Revamping parts of the Shakespeare they were learning.  What do you think this one was ... Hamlet or King Lear?



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