A male teacher reportedly ripped a “Women for Trump” pin off of one of his female students after telling her he didn’t like the pin. The student says she tried to stop him but he put both hands on her and just took it off:
A male teacher is under investigation by police in Michigan for assaulting a 16-year-old female student, Sadie, over her #WomenForTrump pin.
"He grabbed it and I pulled and I tried to push his hand away and he grabbed my shoulder."
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Here’s more:
WILX – A Mason High School student turned to the police alleging a teacher assaulted her during school hours because she supports President Donald Trump.
Sadie Earegood told NEWS 10 that the teacher involved was Paul Kato.
Paul Kato is the media technology teacher at the high school. Students say that he has not been in school since the incident on Dec. 5, but Mason Schools has not confirmed that.
Earegood claims she was assaulted by Kato when he ripped her “Women For Trump” pin from her shirt.
Earegood is 16 and a junior at the school. She said Kato, started off by saying he didn’t like the pin she was wearing.
“I was just really shocked that a teacher would especially do that,” she said. “He’s talking about the ‘Women for Trump’ pin and I said, ‘that’s fine you don’t have to like it, we can have our opinions.'”
Earegood described a struggle between herself and the teacher where he tried to take the pin off her.
“He grabbed it and I pulled, I tried to push his hand away and he grabbed my shoulder,” she said. “(He) just kind of put his hand there, and then he started pulling more and more and I just started backing up.”
She said the teacher then put the pin upside down on his shirt and stated that it belonged that way.
Mason Superintendent Ronald Drzewicki wouldn’t talk to us on camera, but he released a statement that read, “Once we have a complete understanding of the situation, we will take appropriate action.”
The Earegoods filed a police report.
“I made a criminal assault and larceny report against the teacher,” said Capi Earegood, Sadie’s mother. “He had no right to put his hands on my child over a pin or anything else. The first amendment gives everyone the right to express their freedom of speech. No one should get that upset about someone wearing a political pin.”
Mason Police Chief Don Hanson confirmed his department is looking into a report of an alleged assault on Dec. 5.
The Mason School District has not confirmed with us that the allegations against Kato are true.
The dress code for Mason High School does not state anything about political paraphernalia not being allowed.
NEWS 10 found this: Clothing that displays alcohol, drugs, tobacco, gang association, weapons, sexual or suggestive references, profanity, violence, intimidation or organizations promoting any of these are not appropriate.
You can read the full Mason student handbook here.
Earegood said that she won’t be silenced and just wants people to know that she will continue to show her political views.
“I just want him to know that it’s not okay to do that. I want this to be a learning experience for other teachers, and I’m not going to stop wearing my political stuff.”
Paul Kato is originally from Nigeria. He worked to establish a residential soccer school in Nigeria for 10 years, and the school officially opened in 2018.
We haven’t heard yet from the teacher on his side of what happened.
I think it was overkill to go to the police for something like this. But certainly the school should know it happened and the teacher should be dealt with accordingly. I don’t think a teacher should be able to just manhandle a student and take a pin off her shirt because he doesn’t like it. If she’s not supposed to wear it, then he could easily send her to the principal’s office.