Fired! Mary Durstein, Huntington, West Virginia (fired Mar 2017) [racist tweets]

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Mary Durstein (2960 3rd Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia 25702), social studies teacher at Huntington High School, Cabell County Schools, Huntington, West Virginia, racist tweets


W.V. teacher suspended for anti-Muslim, anti-Obama tweets

A West Virginia high school teacher has been suspended for her racist Twitter history filled with anti-Muslim rants and attacks on the president, including one post that insisted that the suspects accused of torturing a mentally disabled teen could be "Obama's children." Mary Durstein, a social studies teacher at Huntington High School, was put on paid leave Monday, the Herald-Dispatch reported. Cabell County School officials said several students flagged the teacher's Twitter rants — which go back to 2015 — over the weekend. The messages included support for a mass deportation of Muslims, condemnation of the Black Lives Matter movement ...

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Huntington High teacher suspended over racially charged tweets

A social studies teacher at Huntington High has been suspended with pay following the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared through her personal Twitter account over the span of more than a year, a school official said Monday. Jedd Flowers, director of communications with Cabell County Schools, confirmed that the account "pigpen63," which contained the messages in question, was a personal account for Mary Durstein, who agreed to delete the account. Flowers said school officials were alerted to the tweets over the weekend, when Cabell County students and residents sent screenshots of tweets from Durstein’s account that show her ...

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School officials say Huntington High teacher accused of anti-Muslim tweets suspended

Cabell County school officials said a Huntington High School social studies teacher has been suspended with pay after they discovered several anti-Muslim tweets on her personal Twitter account. Cabell County Schools Communications Director Jedd Flowers said the inappropriate tweets were discovered on Mary Durstein's accounts. Durstein will have a hearing before Cabell Schools Superintendent William Smith. The Cabell County Board of Education will then vote publicly on his recommendations. Flowers said school officials asked Durstein to delete the account and she complied.

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Tweets get Huntington teacher suspended

A social studies teacher at Huntington High has been suspended with pay following the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared through her personal Twitter account over the span of more than a year, a school official said Monday. Jedd Flowers, director of communications with Cabell County Schools, confirmed that the account "pigpen63," which contained the messages in question, was a personal account for Mary Durstein, who agreed to delete the account. Flowers said school officials were alerted to the tweets over the weekend, when Cabell County students and residents sent screenshots of tweets from Durstein's account that show her ...

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WV teacher busted for racist tweets: Chicago torture suspects ‘could have been Obama’s children’

West Virginia school officials asked a teacher to delete her Twitter account over racially-charged messages posted on the social media platform. Cabell County Schools spokesperson Jedd Flowers confirmed to the The Herald-Dispatch that an account belonging to Huntington High teacher Mary Durstein was responsible for the offensive tweets. Flowers said that officials became aware of the tweets after students forwarded screen shots of the Twitter messages. One photo shared by Durstein describes President Barack Obama as a "Muslim douchebag." Under the photo, Durstein added the comment, "Exactly!!!!!!!!!" Commenting on a recent story about four black teens who tortured a disabled ...

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W. Va. Teacher Suspended over Racist Tweets: Chicago Torture Suspects ‘Could Have Been Obama’s Children’

Them Twitter fingers will get you into trouble real quick. A social studies teacher at Huntington High School in West Virginia has been suspended with pay and was asked to delete her personal Twitter account after the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared via that account for more than a year, the Herald-Dispatch reports. Jedd Flowers, the director of communications for Cabell County Schools, confirmed that the account "pigpen63" was the personal account of the teacher, Mary Durstein, and that Durstein agreed to delete the account in question. School officials were notified about the offensive tweets over the weekend ...

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White teacher is suspended for calling black suspects in Facebook Live torture video 'Obama's children' and railing agaisnt Muslims on Twitter

• Mary Durstein, social studies teacher from West Virginia, was asked to leave Huntington High School Monday pending an investigation
• Students took screengrabs of some of Durstein's vitriolic tweets and forwarded them to district officials Sunday
• Posting under user name 'pigpen63,' Durstein weighed in on incident in which four black youths allegedly tortured a special-needs teen on Facebook Live
• In response to meme calling President Obama a 'd*****bag Muslim,' Durstein wrote, 'Exactly!'
• In a tweet from July 18, 2015, Durstein wrote: 'Who cares if we offend Muslims at least they keep their heads on tact [sic]. They're the enemy!'

A high school teacher from West Virginia has been suspended with pay over a litany of racially charged and anti-Muslim tweets, including some posts targeting President Barack Obama. Mary Durstein, a social studies teacher at Huntington High School, was asked to leave the campus on Monday after district officials in Cabell County were made aware of her vitriolic social media posts and comments dating back to at least 2015. Posting under the user name 'pigpen63,' Durstein recently weighed in on a widely covered incident out of Chicago in which four black youths allegedly tortured a special-needs teenager and broadcast the ...

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W.V. teacher suspended for anti-Muslim, anti-Obama tweets

A West Virginia high school teacher has been suspended for her racist Twitter history filled with anti-Muslim rants and attacks on the president, including one post that insisted that the suspects accused of torturing a mentally disabled teen could be “Obama’s children.” Mary Durstein, a social studies teacher at Huntington High School, was put on paid leave Monday, the Herald-Dispatch reported. Cabell County School officials said several students flagged the teacher’s Twitter rants — which go back to 2015 — over the weekend. The messages included support for a mass deportation of Muslims, condemnation of the Black Lives Matter movement ...

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Chicago Torturers ‘Could have been Obama’s children,’ Tweets Teacher

A high school teacher in West Virginia has been suspended after her personal Twitter account was found filled with racially charged tweets. Mary Durstein was suspended, with pay, on Monday, according to the Herald-Dispatch. The tweet that initially garnered attention was in response to a photo of the four Black people accused of torturing a mentally ill white man in Chicago. “Can you imagine how many riots we would have around the country if the terrorists were white” the tweet read. The photo was captioned, “Imagine if these were 4 white people torturing a special need black kid!” Durstein tweeted ...

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W.Va. Teacher Suspended Over Racist Tweets Referencing 'Obama's Children'

Them Twitter fingers will get you into trouble real quick. A social studies teacher at Huntington High School in West Virginia has been suspended with pay and was asked to delete her personal Twitter account after the discovery of several racially charged tweets shared via that account for more than a year, the Herald-Dispatch reports. Jedd Flowers, the director of communications for Cabell County Schools, confirmed that the account "pigpen63" was the personal account of the teacher, Mary Durstein, and that Durstein agreed to delete the account in question. School officials were notified about the offensive tweets over the weekend ...

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Huntington High teacher fired over anti-Muslim tweets

A Huntington High School social studies teacher who was suspended two months ago following the discovery of multiple anti-Muslim and racially charged tweets has been fired, Cabell County Communications Director Jedd Flowers told The Herald-Dispatch on Tuesday. During a special meeting Monday, Flowers said the Cabell County Board of Education voted to approve Mary Durstein's suspension and termination of contract, following an employee hearing that was held in executive session. In January, school officials were made aware of a number of tweets spanning several years that Durstein made from her personal Twitter account that showed her condoning actions against Muslims ...

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Huntington teacher fired following anti-Muslim tweets

A Huntington High School teacher who was suspended two months ago following the discovery of multiple anti-Muslim and racially charged tweets has been fired, Cabell County Communications Director Jedd Flowers told The Herald-Dispatch on Tuesday. During a special meeting Monday, Flowers said the Cabell County Board of Education voted to approve Mary Durstein's suspension and termination of contract. In January, school officials were made aware of a number of tweets spanning several years that Durstein made from her personal Twitter account that showed her condoning actions against Muslims and black people. Durstein was then suspended and asked to delete her ...

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Ex-HHS teacher sues Cabell BOE, others; claims firing violated free speech

A former Huntington High School teacher fired after anti-Muslim and racially charged posts from her personal Twitter account surfaced in 2016 is now suing her former employers and accusing them of infringing on her First Amendment rights. Mary Durstein, a former history teacher and 17-year employee of Cabell County Schools, filed a federal civil suit Tuesday in the Southern District of West Virginia. The suit names former Cabell County Schools Assistant Superintendent Todd Alexander (now superintendent of schools in Wayne County), the Cabell County Board of Education and State Superintendent of Schools Steven Paine as defendants. Several tweets from Durstein’s ...

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Fired Cabell Teacher Sues for First Amendment Civil Rights Violations; Teacher Supported Fox News Tweets

A former Cabell County teacher has sued the school board and others after they terminated her for allegedly racially charged posts on Twitter. Mary Durstein taught at HHS where on Jan. 9, 2017 she was called to the office and administrator Todd Alexander ordered her to delete her Twitter account which supported conservative media i.e. Fox News styled posts. A Marshall University student journalist had reported on several of the teacher's allegedly anti-Muslim and racially charged posts.

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Board seeks to have lawsuit filed by former teacher dismissed

The Cabell County Board of Education filed a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit filed against it by a former teacher who was fired after making racially charged tweets. The board filed the motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) and Rule 12(b)(5) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because, it said, the plaintiff's claims are barred by the statute of limitations, her service of the complaint was insufficient, sovereign immunity bars her claims, her First Amendment claims fail as a matter of law, the board did not have a policy to ask employees to delete social media accounts ...

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Judge rules teacher’s firing over social media posts was not violation of free speech

A lawsuit filed by a Cabell County teacher who was fired over social media posts has been dismissed after a federal judge ruled the school system did not violate the woman’s First Amendment rights. Mary Durstein, a former history teacher and 17-year employee of Cabell County Schools, filed a lawsuit against the school system after she was fired when anti-Muslim and racially charged posts from her personal Twitter account surfaced in 2016. Tweets from her now-deactivated personal Twitter (@pigpen63) condoned racist actions against the Black and Muslim communities. Durstein argued that a law, which states a teacher shall maintain a ...

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Fired West Virginia teacher loses suit over bigoted posts

A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a West Virginia teacher who was fired for her social media posts. Former Huntington High School teacher Mary Durstein made a series of posts in 2017 that ridiculed Black people, Muslims and former President Barack Obama. The Herald-Dispatch reports that she challenged an “immorality” law as overly broad. But Robert C. Chambers ruled Monday that the Cabell County school system did not violate her freedom of expression. The Council on American-Islamic Relations welcomed the ruling as a reaffirmation that while people have a right to express bigoted views, they shouldn’t be teaching ...

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