Teacher here. The AP did exactly what most admin would do...deny there's an issue so that they don't have to deal with pushback from parents or the school district. 98% of school administrators are absolutely worthless. I had a medical emergency on Friday with a student and didn't tell my administrator until after I'd checked the student over, had her rest, called her mom, and it was over with. My admin tried to ask why I didn't tell them and I said "I know that you wouldn't have done anything until the student was truly in crisis so I took action on my own before that happened". My principal tried to tell me to "stay in my lane". Ma'am if I'm not staying in my lane, then you and your ilk must be driving on the curb. And the 2% of administrators that actually aren't morons are trying to figure out how to get out of admin.
I....CANT IMAGINE someone anywhere hiring her for anything after this. Good. Unless she moves...cause this will be known everywhere in the place she lives. I don't know what job I would trust her with
How in the world did we get to the point where a disruptive and violent student is catered too? The FIRST priority should be the other students and the staff. Unbelievably insane !
I taught in the public schools for 30 years and I am sorry to say that many administrators do not hold violent/disruptive students responsible for their actions. There are several reasons why this could happen. They might be unwilling to admit that such things are going on in their school, they might hold a grudge against a teacher, or they might side with the student for personal reasons.
How? My answer won’t be popular, but racism- or if you prefer- racial bias. All of the management at this school was black and didn't want to punish a small black boy with a troubled family. My next thought may not be true, but comes to mind. Perhaps they didn’t want a blonde white teacher calling the shots on that black boy’s future. Kind of like how the OJ juror said that acquittal via nullification was payback for Rodney King.
Students who want to go to school and learn are instead used as props to ensure teaching jobs for incompetent charity-case teachers. And also the students must sacrifice their time to be wasted by disruptive kids.
He is only 6. Something is seriously wrong with this child. His parents are responsible. The school administration failed to protect the teacher & endangered the students. What would have happened if the gun didn't jam?
For a baby- a 6 yr old to be so disturbed is frightening. The belt incident etc. surely shows a chaotic home life. Adhd symptoms do not show such lack of empathy- something more sinister happening.
Three very young children plucked up the courage to tell on John Doe despite serious risk of retaliation, and this monster did nothing at all except hide like a coward when it was too late.
FYI to anyone interested, the supreme court has ruled that school administrators may search anyone on school property if they have reasonable suspicion (less than probable cause) because they have a duty to keep the other students safe
@@jenanne31 The landmark case of New Jersey vs T.L.O in 1985 established that school officials only need “reasonable suspicion” that there is a crime before searching a student’s belongings. The Court ruled that school administrators do not need to have a search warrant or probable cause before conducting a search because students have a reduced expectation of privacy when in school. Couldn’t find the link but you can look up the case online if you wish.
11:04 [Ebony] “Immediately ran into her office and closed the door.” What an absolute coward. Shows exactly how this came to pass, she was only ever concerned about herself.
Lol my university had a “shooting” while I was attending (OSU, it was all over the news) and a lot of my friends said that their professors bolted from the rooms without saying a word. No one knew what was going on and where the shooter was
I am a retired school safety coordinator. I am flabbergasted and stunned at the utter lack of professionalism, common sense and willful neglect of this "asst principal". Sickening.
Forget the principal what kind of household could produce a little demon like that?? It's shocking to see this kind of behavior from neglected teenagers let alone a 6 year old!!
@@NeeNee_B.your enabling via performative hyper “compassion” and narcissistic altruism is part of the problem. You seemingly care more about how this kid is being addressed than his heinous crime
@@NeeNee_B. Watch Dr Grande's other 3 videos on this incident. The boy had stated that he hated Abigail, and that he wanted to set her on fire and watch her die. He had previously attempted to strangle his kindergarten teacher. He whipped other children with his belt on the playground. He threatened to punch little girls in the face. He smashed Abigail's phone for no reason. He had previously thrown furniture and other objects in class in an attempt to hurt other children. He barricaded a classroom from the outside, trapping the occupants. He is clearly a psychopath.
@@NeeNee_B. you never had to deal with a "troubled" kid have you. bullying you son hurting dogs while the parenrts and teachers list a bunch of conditions ignoring the main point of terrible parents and school enabling these kids to get away with everything becasue its not thier fault. where they break windows, start fires and bring guns to school. i feel sorry but compassion and not a firm guiding hand is the issue. your kinda the problem, not understanding the threat a 6 year old this sadly damaged is. i feel sad for that kid who never had a chance
As a speech-language pathologist who worked wirh young children, including children with serious behavioral issues, in public schools for over 30 years this whole incident is appalling. I guarantee that if I had heard a child might have a gun on him, I would have stepped up and frisked him in a New York minute. And I would not have worried about legal repercussions of not getting a 6-year-old's permission. Good grief.
In the United States school staff is allowed to search students if they have reasonable suspicion that a crime has or will be occurring. There is no reason why this child should have been able to deny a search. Principal should be in prison
Most administrators need classroom experience as a requirement. It’s not enough. They lose their humanity the moment they get that position of power and just want to coast off of it with as little work as possible for high pay. Wow. 😖
To those asking why they didnt search his backpack when the 6 years old refused, it's because of you. Yes, you. The school didn't want to get sued by litigious parents like you all because little timmy is an angel.
Ebony is responsible. Time and again she failed. That poor ,”friend “ suffering guilt is just heartbreaking 💔 This case is so horrific and so many should’ve called the police. I hope Abigail wins that 40 ml.
Exactly. Then she will be able to choose another profession. I believe I read/heard that she was taking some time off from teaching; she’s probably a great teacher is the sad thing.
@@peggyr2984 I certainly understand that. Imagine after going thru that trying to return must be impossible. How many times she has reported him in the past as well only to be ignored and shot. Wish her well only.
I'm a teacher and I never waited for a student's permission to search a backpack and neither did administrators. Kids are given too many passes these days.
This is a situation where the assistant principal is avoiding to get sued by a litigious parents. /ever since the pandemic, you parents have gotten so crazy.
Unfortunately people dont actually know their rights anymore. And cancel culture has created this non offensive, care more about your feelings, so scared of getting sued or worse callled racist world that the criminals scream they have rights and the culture sides with them.... America and our culture is warped and many people in this story are the problem.
@@lakcheong1499 wrong. she took a stance in the past and was being completely animus controlled and couldnt accept new information no matter what it was.
Forgot to throw in "incompetent" to boot. Really, an assistant principal with at PhD is a pretty bad sign. Its like an inverse indicator of competence and fitness for the job...
Hearing that the kid who saw the gun at recess feels guilty absolutely broke me. That poor baby, I'm glad he's getting counseling and it is my deepest hope that he continues to receive support as he gets older.
This was so much worse than what was reported. What do you do with a child like that? I hope Ebony faces years in prison for her complacency. I don't doubt that kid would have killed the teacher if given the chance.
What do you do with a child like that? You don't put him in a regular classroom at all. You have him tutored or go to a room for emotionally disturbed children where specialists who are familiar with disturbed kids are in charge.
Yes, Ebony Parker does deserve to be held accountable for what happened, she was told many times about what happened and she refused to do anything about what was going on. I hope that she is charged for not taking any action.
And that, my friends, is why I am no longer a school bus driver. I thought I the "student manager" and the "Special needs" administrator had my back. They did not. When I had a violent student AND his violent Mother attack me, and it was on camera, they refused to replay the tape. They just didn't want to know about it. They pretended it didn't happen. So I filed a type of report on that Mother that went over both of their heads, and brought in Social Services, and gave my two weeks notice. That whole two weeks I said to my coworkers, "Gee, I hope I don't get shot today." Talk about stress.
I live here - the parents are both going to jail for child neglect but it's not nearly for long enough. What I heard on the news was 5 years BUT they can be paroled after 15 months.
Wow, how scary is this little psychopath. He will be a burden on our prison system forever. Hopefully Ebony Parker never sets foot in a school again. Shaking my head in disgust the whole time I was listening to this...just, wow.
@@kenw2225 I think you put too much weight on DNA. It doesn't exist in a vacuum, it's all about the interactions between genes and environment But more importantly, we are not our genes, we are our brains and our brains are plastic. I recommend you watch the Child of Rage documentary. It's about a young girl who was sadistic and lacked remorse, basically a psychopath child. They managed to "fix" her by the end. It was hard work but it worked, and she grew up to be a normal person.
I was a SPED teacher in an ES near here in VB Va and I’ll tell you that the Very Last People to help you or protect you as a teacher in an elementary school here are the principal and the assistant principal and anyone from any management level in the school system. Teachers are treated like work horses and given the same respect as a working farm animal. I still have chronic illnesses years later from just a few years of teaching. I found administrators to be ruthless and soulless. I feel sorry for the teacher.
I thought about becoming a teacher, but I found a book in my college library that had interviewed many teachers, and most of them describe exactly what you say here. It's appalling, but nothing is done about it. I'm glad that you left teaching and am sorry that you're dealing with chronic illness as a result of your experience.
Agreed. It’s saddens me that the professional I love has become so horrible. This job is not doable without support, and that’s why we are in a teacher shortage crisis right now.
@@drivethruabortion280at that age I was making mud pies, playing with Barbies, roller skating up & down the street & was totally clueless about guns or violence. we didn't have much $ & were pretty much latch key kids because our parents had to work pay the bills but as an adult I realized just how much we were sheltered from knowing about the ugliness of the world. the Internet has provided the world with so much information which is amazing... but also terrifying because all the horrifying things people do to each other is right at our fingertips to find in an instant. i hate that children grow up seeing and experiencing violence & hate. it's so freaking sad
It is EXTREMELY RARE that a child is a sociopath due to neurological issues.....the parts of the brain responsible for empathy and sympathy and guilt don't develop at all....and even they can be helped to some extent, i'm guessing. They ruined this kid. His brained developed Abnormally because of how he was raised. That's science. His brain is now structurally different than it should have been. How do they "fix" him?
My public school teaching career ended in 2003 because of a similar scenario. A peer left before me after a high school student pushed her against a wall-she was six months pregnant. These things were covered up twenty years ago, but same things were happening back then.
If not for shooting AND wounding! Seriously! We may not have heard of this story either. Unless it were a white kid, then media would be screaming “gun control”
Hopefully this poor teacher will win her lawsuits against the Va. Dept. of Education and the principal and I hope the principal is charged and convicted of crimes.
From this report, it appears that all the staff members concerned had equal information & opportunities to take decisive action in a timely manner, but failed to do so. Rather they were busy pussyfooting around & deferred the entire burden of action on the assistant principal, who, it seems, must've risen up the ranks from amongst that pool. Cuz, all I see are birds of a feather. They'll likely award her damages against the Department though.
Absolutely ridiculous that nobody searched him. Complete incompetence and lack concern for even other children. All adults involved could have searched that boy.
To those asking why they didnt search his backpack when the 6 years old refused, it's because of you. Yes, you. The school didn't want to get sued by litigious parents like you all because little timmy is an angel.
@@lakcheong1499 Not one single person you've copied and pasted this to gave any indication that they are litigious in the comments you replied to. You're having a whole fantasy conversation with nobody.
@@gavinjenkins899 You people got crazy during the pandemic. The school administration is not willing to deal with you crazy parents and decided to walk around egg shells when it comes to your kids. This is the reason the assistant principal decided against searching the troubled kid backpack because of fear of the blowback. Also, I don't see the need of typing out a new comment when they're all saying the same thing assigning blaming on the assistant principal instead of you bad parents.
@sarahfrith1984, yes, I agree! Unfortunately, he is also a victim in this 😔 one of many. Makes me wonder, if this little friend will ever be able to trust another adult in his life, with anything he tells them! Not to mention the hit to his “self esteem” at such a young age, believing that what he told the adult, didn’t matter to them at all, it wasn’t important 😢 (translated into “He” wasn’t important enough to listen to!) The guilt he felt at not “saving” the teacher, He should not have to carry that around! But, we all know he will . Sad, very sad 😭!
Ebony was covering for one of her own. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know “John Doe” was a problem child with anger issues and limited mental dexterity. The assistant principal (Ebony) was negligent and wanted to cover up her misdeeds. The teachers should have called the Police instead of going internally.
So the assistant principal didn’t give the green light to search the boy because his mom was going to pick him up shortly. Interesting that she didn’t invite him into her office for candy when he was alleged to have had a gun. Perhaps she was more willing to put teachers and children at risk than she was herself
I mean the teacher survived and is about to get paid. Plus the kids parents are incarcerated. Those two things are good. I would also assume the fellow students are no longer going to have their former classmate disrupt class and tramautize them anymore
When I was in the 6th grade, 2 students reported to a teacher that another student said he had a gun in his back pack. The cops were called and the school was on lockdown for 3 hours. That's how they should have done this situation.😧
When I was in elementary school no one would have even thought about bringing a weapon to school. Later in high school they searched our lockers. Mostly for pot. Occasionally there would be a rumor that they found a knife in someone's locker. Never a gun. I am 56yrs old. Times have changed for the worse.
There is a good chance that part of the murderous six year old's problems might stem from his mom doing drugs while he was gestating, in addition to the social problems associated with growing up in a household with no father and a drug addicted mother.
Ebony was passed through the same system that was passing John Doe through, without teaching responsibility and humanity. She became an enabler for a salary, having herself been enabled to achieve her position.
I retired from the public schools in my state three years ago, after 20 years as a social worker. I can tell you this story is absolutely standard. From the profoundly negligent parent, to the behaviorally out of control kid (including kindergarteners) running the school ragged...and including the wildly incompetent school administrators who give out candy to kids with the most aggressive behaviors. When I heard this case in the news, my first thought was "other states have this problem, too?". The school district should be responsible for administrators who are not doing their jobs, but everyone is so short of staff, they won't fire anyone. The only recourse at this point, unfortunately, is to hold adults legally responsible for such dangerous incompetence.
I saw your comment at the beginning of the video. I thought the comment was harsh until Dr. Grande went through the entire list of this kid’s antics. Atrocious and Disturbing to say the least!!!
@@joannah.185 Drug baby, most likely. Serious behavioral in children that young (and younger) are very often the result of the mother ingesting narcotics while pregnant. It causes irreversible neurological damage that manifests in behavioral and conduct disorders.
When I first heard of this story, I was absolutely appalled. Now that I work in a school, having experienced a situation where a student tried to fight me, with no support from the colleagues whatsoever (their excuse was that they’re lenient on her because of her rough upbringing and that she’s at least nice to them), I 100% empathise. No teacher should go to work feeling unsafe because of other students. It’s really traumatising and demoralising 😒 There’s too many excuses for poor behaviour from students, with less protection of teachers.
These types of students are allways nice to some teachers/administrators so they can have support. They are playing these stupid adults like a fiddle ("Oh, I can get through to him, I must be a awesome educator!!!"), especially when they grow older.
im betting scared of the mom, knowing the hell she would bring "why you puttin hand on my baby he was only playing. he only 6" "other kids are lying" "ill sue you" anyone with a kids knows these parents. the school hands are really tied aswell in what they are allowed to do. but this was a clear patteren getting worse and worse yet those kids getting strangled, hit and hurt just had to put up with it. while the school was to afraid or didnt care to act. also a small woman can easlily get hurt by these 6 year olds throwing chairs. all i know is this kids odds of not being dead or in jail by 21 are so tiny. parents should be in prison
wtf has happened to school personnel?! This is WILD… a six year old child is allowed to do and say as they please… children are “sponges” they internalize their surroundings… an investigation into the parents/family should have been done, and this child should have been taken to therapy, counseling and anger/emotion management. This is failure on a monumental level.shame on the parents, the school, the administration and, the state.
Exactly And by hearing of his constant appalling behavior, he shouldn’t have even been allowed around other students. He was a danger to both himself and the others. The school failed massively, especially letting him be in school without a parent albeit it’s a bit unusual for any school to do that.
My wife has an American aunt (we're British) who is a recently retired teacher, and from what she's told us, teachers over there are bound by rules, regulations, and laws that make it utterly impossible to reign in disruptive kids. Amongst those restrictions is a strict prohibition against searching a student's person or property. If you're looking for someone or something to blame, blame the system teachers have to operate within.
It’s 1000% clear that not only was this kid troubled, but his behavior was magnified by crappy parents. I know that a lot of school officials are scared of parents, because the worst of them are just belligerent. I can’t tell if this school was afraid of this family or just lazy/incompetent.
Well if the 6 year old child behaved like this then I can only imagine what the "parents" are like. I would imagine that the teachers were afraid of being called racist if they did or said anything.
Left the teaching profession for the same reason. Taught in a major U.S. Metro city. Had a visiting student that stabbed others-breaking the skin. This was Kindergarten. That child needed to be removed and needed a psych hospital or Maury boot camp. The admin sat on their big keisters and did nothing. Ridiculous. No one deserves to deal with that as an educator.
She absolutely needs to go to jail. As a teacher I am tired of incompetent, inexperienced admin with few years in the classroom, being unresponsive to teachers concerns on every level.
Got to say, I’m impressed that the doctor called the failure to cycle on the pistol. I feel like a lot of people wouldn’t understand what was happening there.
Dr Grande is a Dude with a capital letter. Smart, humble, funny as hell. I bet he and his wife share a lot of laughs. Another bet, all the cacti in the background - her artistry 😄 I am looking forward to his channel growing to 2 million 😊 And to his commentary on the upcoming events of the election. It would be amazing if subscribing grew to THREE MILLION 😂
I've seen quite a few of his videos that mention specific details on the firearms used, and he seems to be quite knowledgeable about firearms in general. I suspect he has some personal experience in the area. If not, he certainly does some very good research.
My daughter was an elementary student at a nearby school in Newport News, VA when this happened and administrators acted like this all the time. She is now a middle school student in the district, and things have changed for the better. I love her administrators. The school is rough, but the adults in the school are very proactive.
No blame or shame whatsoever on the teacher who almost got killed. My heart is shattered for her. But what the general public doesn’t understand is that these ridiculous administrators have us teachers so beat down, nervous and gaslighted that we don’t even feel comfortable doing the common sense thing at school (taking and checking the backpack; calling the police) for fear of censure, retaliation, or outright losing our jobs. I actually had an administrator once tell the staff that we were not allowed to call 911; we were supposed to call the front office instead. This announcement came right after a student violently attacked a teacher, and that teacher called 911 without letting anybody anybody know first.
Beyond the maddening inaction of the adults in this case, this child will forever be a danger to anyone that's unfortunate enough to cross paths with him. And as he ages, it will only get worse. I'm afraid this will not end well.
I've been a teacher for 10 years and you would not believe how many similar cases are all over the schools. Needless to say, even though I'm a teacher, my wife homeschools our kids.
This reminds me of something that happened when my now 17 year old son was in first grade. In his elementary school in Coatesville, PA about 10 years ago one of his classmates brought in a bundle of dope and handed out several of the bags to other students in the classroom. The principal at the time mishandled this, i don't remember the exact details, but authorities weren't called until HOURS after the fact. Needless to say it would not have taken hours for any of those kids to have opened the bag which contained heroin, to ingest it and likely die.
Dr. Grande, thank you for your thorough explanation of the crime. Wow! I am so glad my children are grown and out of school. I am praying for the ones still in school. Tragic and senseless crime!
I’ve been an educator for 24 years. In the past few years, I’ve had students in my room much like John Doe. The lack of action on admin’s part is infuriating. It boils down to a lack of funding, if students are “disciplined” too often. This case is exactly what happens, as a result.
@hsmd4533 No, it isn't. Would it be fair to say that certain school annihilaters are normal in yours? CPS is often neglectful until it's too late. This is such a case
Lesson one for the adults: in the first five years of a child’s life A LOT can be learned, including the worst of the adult behavior. Lesson two: the “Dr.” before Ebony’s name but her not getting the Principal position, speaks volumes of how “qualified” she was despite all the push for DEI. Lesson three: someone only mentions a gun in the context of a bad troublemaker - call the police. Being afraid of a deadly weapon being nearby is terror, you don’t have to see the gun to feel terrorized. CALL THE POLICE instead of defunding them. Unbelievably short sentences for all perpetrators. Endless empathy to the teachers in the classrooms that have turned into battlefields in the US. Dr.Grande, yet again, profound thank you 🙏
Ebony Parker must be a sociopath. Anyone in a position of authority who hears that there's been a school shooting, and then wordlessly locks herself in her room, is a coward who deserves to rot in jail.
Having a kid in the Hampton Roads public school system and a best friend who is a teacher here...the situation is grim. The schools are understaffed, many of the teachers are overworked or don't care. When my kid was 4/5, the preschool sent home a letter to inform us that a kid came to school with a gun in their backpack. The school only went up to age 5! The gun was only discovered when a teacher went into the kid's bag to get their lunchbox. When this incident happened, I almost wondered if it was the same kid but I don't think the age lined up.
And what was the purpose of that letter? Asking to not put guns in their kids’ backpacks..?. Or suggesting, hey put some guns in, your kids will have something to defend themselves with? Or was it for the ✅
As an elementary teacher, it doesn't surprise me AT ALL that the situation wasn't taken more seriously. Several times I've had violent/out of control students back in my classroom in no time at all bc there's no admin, or bc they just don't know how to handle the kids or their parents.
He is a pro ❤️💪 Also in case you did not know, he has a visual impairment, so he is sensitive to what people would be able to see, hear and, thank god, comprehend. Have been following him since he has about 150K subscribers. When he hit 600K, he made a thank you video and talked about himself. Such great guy. 💗
Ebony sounds like a real piece of work. I’m sure she’ll keep her job. Wow! I stand corrected but glad to hear Ebony is getting held responsible for SOMETHING!
Absolute dereliction of duty on the part of the administration 😡. Abby is a true hero for putting the safety of her students above her own. ❤️ Abby deserves the millions, and may need it considering damages.
A LOT of us working in education are wanting to leave the profession. In my opinion it's not the pay or stupid politics dumb people project on the profession so much as the emotionally deregulated, extremely rude disrespectful and violent kids we have to deal with on a constant basis. We are trying to do our job and they refuse to allow us to. We are trying to run psychiatric hospitals within schools and it's not working or possible. There are no consequences for bad actions. We have handed the keys to the school over to the worst behaved kids, and the educational opportunities for kids who want to learn is greatly diminished because the majority of the teachers' energy gets put into dealing with ridiculously bad behavior.
I had a student try to fight me a few weeks ago, she became really aggressive. No teacher came to my defence, I never received an apology. The teachers said they’re lenient on her because she has a rough upbringing. But now I’m demoralised at work. No protection for teachers at all. Shitty, violent kids get prioritised and we’re expected to deal with it normally.
I hear ya! Started my adult life off as a high school teacher and the day my student loans were paid off (it took 9 years) I was out of there. Every teacher will tell you it is not the (majority of the) kids that are the problem. It is the total lack of grown adult leadership and support to DEAL WITH THE BAD APPLE KIDS that is the problem. PS -Administration like this Ebony person are RIDICULOUSLY common
@@InvisibleWarrior279 you are right! The majority of the kids are great! It's the adult leadership who make all the decisions without having to do any of the work dealing with the behavior who are the real problem. Having worked in education since 2011, I can tell you that behavior has steadily gotten so much more out of control since I started working in the field. Behaviors which would have gotten a kid expelled before have no consequences, at all now.
@@alana4988 Yep. That's a good description; demoralized. I work in special education. The majority of the kids are sweet. Then there are the couple who have ripped hair out of my head, hit me, kicked me, and scratched me until I had blood running down my arms. I need a different job. I have been studying IT at night. Apparently if I stay in this job, I have no human rights at all and it is acceptable to violently attack me. I'm done with it.
The reading teacher should have immediately reported that a student may have a gun. He should have been searched right then. This is insane. Every adult in that school failed every other adult and child in that school, and that boy's parents failed him.
It breaks my heart that "John Doe's" 6 year old friend feels such guilt and responsibility for what happened. I know that's within the normal range of kid reactions but it's so sad. I hope that little boy recovers soon.
