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On Father's Day, a young black special ed teacher, his girlfriend, a young man he mentors and the young man's girlfriend went to Dorney Park near Allentown PA. After they got off their first ride, an armed guard approached the teacher and asked him to empty his pockets. The teacher complied. The cop said he'd been stopped because "several people" had reported that he looked like a pickpocketing suspect. The teacher objected, was escorted out of the park and banned from it for six months.
Don't believe me? Read it for yourself:
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/jenice_armstrong/dorney-park-philadelphia-teacher-starbucks-treatment-fathers-day-brian-mildenberg-jenice-armstrong-20180629.html
we can do it
(12,224 posts)dalton99a
(81,709 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)http://6abc.com/suit-alleges-dorney-park-racially-profiled-black-patron/3671344/
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)oasis
(49,499 posts)Or better yet, settle out of court and avoid further exposure and embarrassment.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)because on the face of it, just from the wounded party's story, it sounds pretty indefensible.
I also want to know the teacher's relationship with the young man he's "mentoring." Special ed teachers often moonlight as support personnel for disabled people who need help participating in community activities, like going to an amusement park. If this event occurred while the teacher was working as a community support for the young man and not just as a friend, the park might be in a heap more trouble.