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Teacher Set Up!
May 29, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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     Talk about a set up! 
     Someone plants marijuana and a shotgun in the SUV of a popular high school teacher at Sunny Hills High in Fullerton and then calls police to claim the teacher was selling drugs right before teaching history.  The teacher is arrested...but now..he's cleared of any wrongdoing. 
     Police quickly discovered it was an elaborate set up.  Unfortunately, investigators didn't find out until after they hauled the teacher out of class, slapped cuffs on him and booked him on drugs and weapon charges.
     Now comes the tough part.  This teacher and coach must try to regain his good name and position.  Yet, the horse is already out of the barn.  His mugshot is out there and many folks have already made up their minds.
     I would hope all of us in the media who reported the arrest will also report the set up with the same passion and perhaps a little more.
     This teacher deserves to move on with his life as quickly as possible as if this horrible tragedy never happened.  Hopefully, students, parents, school officials and society will allow him to do just that.
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samo714 read my blog view my photos
May 30, 2008 | 9:58 AM

i dont think any lower of this teacher. he was set up, he did nothing wrong. i don't know why anyone would still be angry towards him. he has nothing to be ashamed of, just the person who set him up should be ashamed. i hope that terd get's what's coming to him.
LATINAWOMAN read my blog view my photos
May 30, 2008 | 1:03 PM

Hello Al , I am so glad that you decided to write this blog on the teacher being set up . Poor teacher , man oh man how horrible . As I said yesterday teacher's are under appreciated and I believe they deserve all of our support and praise , they teach our children how to read , write , add , subtact and sooooo much more . Poor guy I can't even begin to imagine what he's been going through !
gelatoprobono read my blog
May 30, 2008 | 4:02 PM

can you imagine the falsehoods reoprted by student? this educator says ALL students are bad!
drk12 read my blog view my photos
May 31, 2008 | 12:04 AM

I totally agree with you, so lets start with you as one of the idiots that called him the 1% that parents have to worry about. You liberal reporters make me sick, the way the media reports their distorted facts leaves no one innocent until proven guilty. Just how much influence do you think you had on the untold number of people who heard about this issue through media outlets like yours whose only interest is to rush the story for the money. Just remember you were one of those that rushed to judgement on the 28th with your blog.
DfDeportation read my blog view my photos
May 31, 2008 | 8:57 AM

Although teenagers can be knuckleheads half the time, doesn't mean they're wrong most of the time...
marv read my blog view my photos
Jun 2, 2008 | 11:41 AM

it is an awful experience when the govt employees get a scent of excitement. for me the weirdest part of an arrest is walking through the room where all the cops are making phone calls; all the cops look at the arrestee and one gets a sense they are wondering what charges are going to be filed against the handcuffed one. Cops can write all kinds of charges--some felony, some misdemeaner. then one is told the amount of bail, although many spend the night at the police station and see a judge the following day and can be released with no bail. some can spend four or five days in the police jail until they appear before a court. some have a friend come to the police station with cash and go home with a notice to appear in court on a certain day. Then one gets arraigned, and tries to convince the prosecuting team that what they are doing is not fair. f'ing govt employees.
Al_Naipo read my blog
Jun 2, 2008 | 10:02 PM

drk12...

I would suggest that you read my 5/28 blog again. The point of it was the influence teachers have on our kids. We presented the facts of the case as told to us from police to students we interviewed. Despite those facts, students had a tendency to dismiss them, regardless of guilt or innocence. That was the point! It was unfortunate that this teacher was the victim of a set up. As for our coverage, we reported the news of the day, careful, not to convict. When police reported the "set up", we not only reported that, but got in touch with the accused teacher and aired his comments. There was no rush to judgment and I stand by the essence of the 5/28 blog.
mom-of-four-boys read my blog
Jun 4, 2008 | 12:11 PM

This teacher was my son's teacher...they arrested him right before his period!
He is a nice guy and I never thought he did it anyway.
drk12 read my blog view my photos
Jun 9, 2008 | 9:16 AM

Al,
I did read your 5/28 blog correctly, maybe you should revise it. The way that you wrote your piece groups this teacher among the 1% that parents need to worry about.

I would have given you a grde of D- on this piece in it's current form.
Al_Naipo read my blog
Jun 12, 2008 | 5:50 PM

drk12...

No revision needed. The point of the comment noted at the end of the blog was general, not specific to this particular case. However, we're all free to interpret it as we see fit. By the way...it's g-r-a-d-e.
drk12 read my blog view my photos
Jun 13, 2008 | 9:08 AM

It's one thing to have a missed stroke of the keyboard, it's another to not accurately and concisely convey the message you are claiming to have put across. A general comment is not good enough when a persons life is going to be affected by how people in general are going to interpret your comment, it must reflect what you actually mean by the comment, not generalization. The teacher is going to have this arrest on his record for life, no matter if he was vindicated, not to mention what is on the Internet when and if his name is ever googled.

If you haven't already, I suggest you check my credentials on my page before you try to correct me again, that was a childish way to let everyone know that my comments bother you.
drk12 read my blog view my photos
Jun 18, 2008 | 10:59 AM

No smart come back?
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