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PHILADELPHIA (CBS Philly) — The Philadelphia School District is investigating after a parent says a teacher let his child make a gun-shaped wooden toy. That shop class project now has a teacher in the hot seat and a father demanding both answers and accountability.
“He was coloring it in getting ready to put all the shapes on it. All the patterns on here. And there’s a little clip on the bottom,” Chariez Scott said, showing KYW-TV in Philly the wooden gun.
READ MORE:2 Street Vendors Killed After Car Went Off Roadway Into North Highlands Parking LotScott said his 14-year-old son was horsing around with his brother, playing with this wooden replica of a handgun. The problem? Scott doesn’t let his boys play with these types of toys. “If he had colored this in like he wanted to, you would’ve never knew what it was. You would’ve said he had a pistol in his hand,” Scott said. “And this is what he made in shop in class.”
The Philadelphia School District acknowledges a complaint was made on Oct. 4 against a carpentry teacher at Austin Meehan Middle School who allegedly allowed a student to produce a wooden weapon in class. Per the district’s policy, “any weapons, including simulated, replica, toy or look-alikes are prohibited from all school property.”
Scott said of the teacher, “He’s an adult, he has a strong responsibility over those children. Do the same thing for him. Hold him accountable for what he did.”
READ MORE:Father, Stepmother Of Roman Lopez Now Facing Murder Charges In Boy’s DeathOther parents weighed in, and many are concerned after this week’s lockdown following a second shooting near a school. The latest one was just blocks away outside Lincoln High School.
“A teacher let him do it in school. It’s not right, it’s not right, it’s not right,” one parent told Eyewitness News.
“That’s definitely bad,” another parent said. “Why would a teacher help make a gun? It’s stupid.”
MORE NEWS:Sacramento Bride ‘Can’t Believe That Happened’ After Wedding Photos Were StolenWhen asked what his biggest fear would be if his son’s wooden gun was colored in or painted, Scott said, “That he would’ve been killed.” The district says they are investigating and will not comment any further.
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A Clint Eastwood Tribute
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Hopefully some of The History Teachers can use this! Grumpy
Dutch Schultz was shot on October 23, 1935, while he was at the Palace Chop House restaurant at 12 East Park Street in Newark, along with Otto Berman, his accountant; Abe Landau, his new chief lieutenant; and his personal bodyguard, Bernard “Lulu” Rosenkrantz.
The machine gunners who mowed down Dutch Schultz and three aids in this Newark restaurant, turned their weapons on the Bronx racketeer as he emerged from door at far end of bar where police are congregated (photo). Berman died first, followed by Landau, then Schultz. Rosenkrantz was the last to die, 29 hours after the shooting.
Murder Inc. hitmen, Mendy Weiss and Charles Workman, carried out the hit with Seymour Schechter waiting in the car as their driver. Under orders, Schechter drove away with Weiss, leaving Workman at the scene to make sure the job was completed. Workman, unhappy with being left behind, filed a grievance with Murder Inc. against Weiss and Schechter. The grievance was upheld and Schechter was killed by Murder Inc.
In 1944, Weiss was executed in the electric chair for another murder. Workman was caught, tried for the murder and spent 23 years in jail. Upon release he went “straight” and got a job as a salesman in the garment district. He died in 1979
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