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The teacher is now on paid administrative leave.

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Teacher Allegedly Burns Flag In Classroom
District Officials Meet To Decide Possible Discipline

SACRAMENTO -- A sixth-grade teacher has been put on administrative leave from a Del Paso Heights school for allegedly burning part of an American flag in a classroom one week after the recent terrorist attacks.

Cory Clift is accused of burning the corner of a flag with a lighter, school district superintendent Carl Mack Jr. said.

District officials made a decision on the teacher's fate Tuesday night, but, per district policy, the results were not made available.

"Generally, in my past history, the steps have ranged from any disciplinary action that I feel is appropriate all the way to termination," Mack said.

Clift, a second-year teacher, also allegedly said some "inflammatory" statements, according to Mack, including, "I can't burn it all because it's illegal."

Clift was disciplined previously by the district for putting a student in a closet as punishment, KCRA 3 reported.

Clift has been put on administrative leave with pay pending the decision by the district, Mack said.

"This flag has been up on everybody's car, their house, to represent patriotism," parent Sonny Tupuanay said. "For (him) to do this ... I don't know."

About 30 students witnessed the alleged burning, officials said, but most didn't report the incident because they like the teacher.

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He shouldn't lose his job over this.

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They are just as bad as the fuckers who were cheering in the street in Palestine over the acts of terrorism....

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You people talk about how great this country is then want a guy fired for exercising his rights that you purport is undeniable to everyone.

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but don't you think that there are just some things at certain times that shouldn't be tolerated?

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F'en moron, fire his ass

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Is he a moron yes...he burned a symbol of freedom that people gave their blood and lives just so he could do such an act

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If he had such a strong urge to burn our flag, he should have chosen somewhere else to do it.

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CNN statement about false claim it used old video
Brazilian university statement says no fact to original claim
September 20, 2001 Posted: 4:02 PM EDT (2002 GMT)

(CNN asks that you copy and e-mail this statement to whomever asks about it.)

There is absolutely no truth to the information that is now distributed on the Internet that CNN used 10-year-old video when showing the celebrating of some Palestinians in East Jerusalem after the terror attacks in the U.S. The video was shot that day by a Reuters camera crew. CNN is a client of Reuters and like other clients, received the video and broadcast it. Reuters officials have publicly made the facts clear as well.

The allegation is false. The source of the allegation has withdrawn it and apologized. It was started by a Brazilian student who now says he immediately posted a correction once he knew the information was not true. This is the statement by his university -- UNICAMP -- Universidad Estatal de Campinas-Brasil.

Again, please read this -- and copy it -- and send it to anyone you know who may have the false information. Thank you.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT by Universidad de Campinas-Brasil
17/09/01

UNICAMP (Universidad Estatal de Campinas-Brasil) would like to announce that it has no knowledge of a videotape from 1991, whose images supposedly aired on CNN showing Palestinians celebrating the terrorist attacks in the U.S. The tape was supposedly from 1991, and there were rumors that the images were passed off as current.

This information was later denied, as soon as it proved false, by Márcio A. V. Carvalho, a student at UNICAMP. He approached the administration today, 17.09.2001, to clarify the following:

-- the information he got, verbally, was that a professor from another institution (not from UNICAMP) had the tape;

-- he sent the information to a discussion group e-mail list;

-- many people from this list were interested in the subject and requested more details;

-- he again contacted the person who first gave him the information and the person denied having the tape;

-- the student immediately sent out a note clarifying what happened to the people from his e-mail list.

The original message, however, was distributed all over the world, often with many distortions, including a falsified by-line article from the student. He affirms that a hacker attacked his domain. Several E-mails have been sent on his behalf and those dating from 15.09.2001 should be ignored.

Among the distortions is the fact that UNICAMP would be analyzing the tape, which is absolutely false. The administration considers this alert definitive and will be careful to avoid new rumors.

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but don't you think that there are just some things at certain times that shouldn't be tolerated?

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Yep, I agree.
Just making a distinction between what we're intolerant of morally and legally.

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I am so sick and tired of this freedom of speech bullshit. There is freedom of speech, but you don't yell fire in a crowded movie theater.

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