Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Let Me Explain that Profile

I taught in NYC schools for 30 years. In 1996 a deranged homophobic colleague entered my classroom and severely battered me.
I was out for a week. My principal never reported it. He promised me I would be guaranteed protection if I would come back to the school.
My first day back, this same disturbed man burst into my computer lab and began throwing things around. When he went to the closet holding my students’ spring projects, I stood in front of the steel door to prevent him from tampering with them. He took the adjoining steel door and pinned me in between them.
He threw himself against the door as I struggled to get free. I many suffered blows to the front and back and left and right of my head as I twisted myself around trying to get free. He began throwing himself against the door in a series of drop-kicks as I slumped to the floor unconscious.
When I came to, he was standing at the door of the computer lab laughing. My students that period were young emotionally-disturbed women of limited academic ability. I could see the look of horror in their eyes. Not wishing to panic them further I had someone call down for help.
The principal showed up. I did not want to scandalize the special education student body. The principal suggested he escort me to the police station. As soon as I was safely off school grounds, he left me after briefly apologizing for not reprimanding my assailant after the first attack.
The principal had done his job! He got me off school grounds so he felt his ass was covered. He never forwarded the accident and incident witness reports. He lied to the DA; using gay stereotypes he described me as a little fa*got afraid of my assailant because he was black. He showed up years later in court where I was trying to get compensation for my pain and suffering and basically presented the same version of my assaults – saying they were just “pushing-incidents”.
I have tried for years to have this principal investigated only to find out that he is protected by his cronies in the Dept. of Ed. And the city’s Department of Investigation. Now I want him and his cronies investigated for the thirteen-year cover-up.
In pounding on doors I have discovered a web of cronyism that runs throughout the middle management of the city.
In fact, in some cases it RUNS the middle-management system!

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