I have been a strong advocate for body cameras on public school teachers, and nothing I have seen since has dissuaded me from the idea.
According to a warrant sent to 11Alive on Monday, 30-year-old Amelia Ressler, of Carrollton, performed an “indecent act” in class, allegedly pleasuring herself, while 19 eight-year-old students were present.
It happened on Jan. 28, authorities noted in the warrant, between 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Mt. Zion Elementary School. …
According to the affidavit, “a person commits the offense of child molestation when such person does any immoral or indecent act to or in the presence of or with any child under the age of 16 years with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of either the child or the person.”
“The substitute teacher and self-proclaimed feminist allegedly recorded herself in the act and disseminated the video,” So, there’s video evidence, and nineteen 8-year-old were her audience.
[Amelia] Ressler posted the 13-second masturbation video on Snapchat that led to her arrest, according to The Exposure, a Facebook page that claims to be an anonymously published news source working for “the betterment of our communities.” The Exposure claimed to have seen the video and shared information about it. The Georgia-based social media page posted a screenshot of the video showing a person they say is Ressler, wearing leggings, with her feet up on a desk. Another screenshot shows what appears to be her hand in a mitten between her legs.
She’s in jail, but here’s the strange thing (and the question). In a lot of states, if the same teacher had shown them anything similar in (say) a book (with or without snap chat video), any objection would be pitched by the usual subjects as an assault on education, free speech, teachers, and labeled book banning.
Tell me I’m wrong.
Note: The generic featured image was replaced with a montage of the alleged perp after publication.
