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[quote]Colo. Teacher Kicks Student for GOP Shirt
DURANGO, Colo. - A part-time college instructor has apologized for kicking a student because he was wearing a Republican shirt.
Fort Lewis College student Mark O’Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said “Work for us now … or work for us later,” when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.
Spero then said “she should have kicked me harder and higher,” said O’Donnell. “To physically take that out on someone because you disagree with them, that is completely wrong.” [/quote]
Needless to say, the student is pressing charges against the instructor, and is filing a formal complaint with the college.
It should be noted that this was at an off-campus restaurant, and that the instructor who attacked him claims she didn’t know he was a student – in other words, she was simply randomly attacking a Republican. Sounds like a hate crime to me!