• Miami-Dade schools remove principal after his post about police controversy
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[QUOTE]The principal of North Miami Senior High School inadvertently injected himself into the racially charged national debate over police treatment of blacks with a social media comment — and it wound up costing him his position at the school. The Miami-Dade County school district announced Wednesday that Alberto Iber had been removed as principal after going online to defend a white Texas police officer who waved a gun at black teens while responding to a call about an unruly pool party. In a brief statement, the district said employees are required to conduct themselves, both personally and professionally, in a manner that represents the school district’s core values. The district said a replacement would be named shortly and that Iber would be reassigned to administrative duties. “Judgment is the currency of honesty,” said Superintendent of Schools Alberto Carvalho. “Insensitivity — intentional or perceived — is both unacceptable and inconsistent with our policies, but more importantly with our expectation of common sense behavior that elevates the dignity and humanity of all, beginning with children.” Iber — in a brief public post on a story on the Miami Herald’s website — defended the officer’s response. “He did nothing wrong,” Iber wrote in a comment that showed his Facebook picture, name, school and title. “He was afraid for his life. I commend him for his actions.” Iber responded to a reporter’s questions on Tuesday by reading a prepared statement. “I support law enforcement, and also the community and students that I serve as the proud principal of North Miami Senior High,’’ he said. “The comment I posted was simply made as the result of a short video that I watched and my personal opinion.” Iber, who just finished his first year as the head of North Miami Senior, said he meant to write the comment anonymously. “I regret that I posted the comment as it apparently became newsworthy and has apparently upset people,’’ he said. “That was not my intention in any way.”[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article23616994.html"]SOURCE[/URL]
Ah, yeah, the officer that did an action-roll, tackled a high-school freshman girl in a swimsuit, and then drew his pistol at the other 14-year-old kids nearby. Even though all the other sane and good officers were calmly talking to the kids and dealing with everything non-violently. Unsurprising that a school with nearly 87% African-American students would be very opposed to their principal talking in favor of such stupid police conduct.
[QUOTE]“I regret that I posted the comment as it apparently became newsworthy and has apparently upset people,’’ he said. “That was not my intention in any way.”[/QUOTE] Not the best affirmative defense, I'm not an asshole I'm just an idiot.
[QUOTE=Srillo;47925460]Not the best affirmative defense, I'm not an asshole I'm just an idiot.[/QUOTE] Why a white principal is not keeping fifty kilometers away from news like this is beyond me. It's fuel on the bonfire of social media.
How dare he disagree with the racial narrative before any final decision has even been made! Fire him at once!
[QUOTE=_jesterk;47925549]Why a white principal is not keeping fifty kilometers away from news like this is beyond me. It's fuel on the bonfire of social media.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Alberto Iber[/QUOTE] Judging by his name and picture, I'm going to assume that he's not exactly "white", although I could be mistaken.
[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;47925592]Judging by his name and picture, I'm going to assume that he's not exactly "white", although I could be mistaken.[/QUOTE] Cubans are by and large White. They're Hispanic, but they're also White. They're one of the least genetically mixed Latin American peoples, often they're still Spanish.
[QUOTE=Nikota;47925673]Cubans are by and large White. They're Hispanic, but they're also White. They're one of the least genetically mixed Latin American peoples, often they're still Spanish.[/QUOTE] yeah i knew some cuban/german people
I honestly don't see how this was cause to fire someone; the person didn't say anything offensive or rude, he simply stated what he thought of the situation on (presumably) his personal Facebook account. People just aren't allowed to have controversial opinions anymore I suppose.
Cases like this are just proof that we need some sort of privacy law to prevent this actual shit from happening, social media is too big to just ignore these days, while I understand that he could be seen as representing the school, the fact is he was terminated for exercising his freedom of speech outside the school in a manner that does not affiliate himself with his school and should not be fired for that [editline]11th June 2015[/editline] I don't agree with his opinion but he shouldn't loose his job for stating it
Bit extreme firing him, I think. No matter what his opinion is. What a way to stomp on the First Amendment.
[QUOTE=.Isak.;47925406]Ah, yeah, the officer that did an action-roll, tackled a high-school freshman girl in a swimsuit, and then drew his pistol at the other 14-year-old kids nearby. Even though all the other sane and good officers were calmly talking to the kids and dealing with everything non-violently. Unsurprising that a school with nearly 87% African-American students would be very opposed to their principal talking in favor of such stupid police conduct.[/QUOTE] You should get into journalism. You've already got down the skill of skewing facts to make them seem one sided.
He should be able to file something or other in relation to unfair termination of employment, the case with the officer in itself is largely sensationalist with people drawing conclusions way too soon based on minor things and not reading into it. He should be allowed to state his opinion whether it defers from the cop hating general opinion or agrees with it. If he's a good principal and a good person, then it shouldn't matter if he states his opinion on the video.
[QUOTE=.Isak.;47925406]Ah, yeah, the officer that did an action-roll, tackled a high-school freshman girl in a swimsuit, and then drew his pistol at the other 14-year-old kids nearby. Even though all the other sane and good officers were calmly talking to the kids and dealing with everything non-violently. Unsurprising that a school with nearly 87% African-American students would be very opposed to their principal talking in favor of such stupid police conduct.[/QUOTE] Reposting this from the original thread about the pool party [t]http://i.imgur.com/Nr1zFPL.jpg[/t] I do feel like there was excessive force used in the situation but you gotta realize is that police are trained to make sure they get compliance from everyone to ensure the safety of everyone involved. I don't agree with the reason that police was called out but all it takes is one person to do something dumb and the situation gets worse. Really compliance changes everything in a situation because if you try to walk away from the police when they want you to sit down or do something then it's free game in how they want to deal with potential threat. Of course a 14 year old girl really wasn't be much of a threat in my opinion but it doesn't help if the people around escalate the situation into something it isn't. Just to give you an idea of police training here is a video of Jarrett Maupin, an vocal critic that's against how police handle themselves during recent protests, he goes through the use of force training that police go through. [video=youtube;yfi3Ndh3n-g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfi3Ndh3n-g[/video]
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