A New York Metropolis prep college trainer was suspended after she tweeted that she was “dressing up” throughout a pupil “gown down” fundraiser for slain NYPD Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora.
Laura Lynne Duffy, a math trainer at Fontbonne Corridor in Brooklyn, made the assertion on Twitter Wednesday as college students on the non-public Catholic college had a “gown down” occasion with proceeds to be donated to the households of the 2 cops killed within the line of responsibility final month.
“If anybody was questioning, I'm deliberately dressing up at this time. #Abolition #BLM,” she wrote on the account, which is ready to personal.
College students on the all-girls college often gown in uniform, however for the “gown down” they had been allowed to put on blue slightly than their uniforms, in keeping with mother and father.
“I'm significantly pondering of taking my kids out of the college,” one dad or mum advised The Submit. “That was a completely insensitive comment and disrespectful to the officer, his household and each police officer that patrols the neighborhood the place she works and lives.”
Faculty officers introduced they'd launched a probe into the publish. Duffy has been suspended by the college throughout the investigation, sources mentioned.
“It has come to the eye of the administration of Fontbonne Corridor that certainly one of our lecturers tweeted a politically charged assertion with regard to at this time’s pupil led fundraiser in assist of the fallen NYPD officers,” a press release posted to social media mentioned.
“Fontbonne Corridor doesn't endorse the non-public feedback of this school member and we are going to proceed to advance the mission of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of all inclusive love, unity, and reconciliation inside the earth group.
“Our ideas and prayers are with the households of the fallen officers and we stay happy with our college students for the compassion they confirmed at this time,” the assertion went on. “We're conducting an inside investigation of the matter and can share an replace when acceptable.”
Duffy didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail from The Submit on Wednesday.
The feedback and fundraiser got here the identical day mourners gathered in Manhattan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for Mora’s funeral. Mora and Rivera had been shot on Jan. 21 after responding to a home name in Harlem. Rivera, 22, died quickly after the taking pictures whereas Mora, 27, died from his accidents 4 days later.
Final weekend, one other Brooklyn trainer, who labored at Coney Island Prep, precipitated a firestorm with an Instagram publish that appeared to encourage violence towards gathered mourners at Rivera’s funeral.
The story confirmed lots of of officers on Fifth Avenue outdoors St. Patrick’s Cathedral with the caption: “5/30/20: NYPD SUV drives right into a crowd of protestors. Ideally suited circumstances for reciprocity.” After backlash, Coney Island Prep math trainer Chris Flanigan advised The Submit his deleted message was “misconstrued” and he was commenting on the “vulnerability” of the gang of cops.
Flanigan “is not employed” at Coney Island Prep because of this.
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