New York City Middle School Teacher Encourages Students to Engage in Political Violence
‘At one point, when I first started challenging it [the Pledge of Allegiance], I had my kids change the words’
Sep 12, 2022 11:30 AM
By Grabien Staff
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FRANCO: “You got to go after the people who it's not directly affecting.” PV JOURNALIST: “Yeah, if you're going to throw a brick, throw it.” FRANCO: “Throw it at the people that actually doing the things that [need to] change.” PV JOURNALIST: “Yeah. Yeah.” FRANCO: “How to do a protest because we spent a good two months based on like, how to organize, what's their purpose. My kids, we don’t stand up for Pledge [of Allegiance]. I tell my students that all the time.” PV JOURNALIST: “Yeah.” FRANCO: “I'm like, 'Guys nothing is going to change until you guys are ready. That’s what my job is.” PV JPURNALIST: “Yeah, yeah.” FRANCO: “To prepare you to make sure that you don't mess up this world too much.”