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Sir, if you are a white Christian with traditional values, you have no right to be offended.  You can only be the one who offends.  You have been raised with all of the advantages and have done so at the expense of the less fortunate.  Your "privileged" lifestyle has been detrimental to others and prevented them from having a "fair shot" in this world.

Get the brooms ready. Here comes a sweep

I'll be at the game tonight in right field by the bullpen. I'll be the one with the big black beard.

Isn't what Springsteen and others are doing to NC the same thing those folks did that didn't want to bake the cake?

Prepare to be labeled a xenophobe ( and you already are a racist, sexist, and homophobe!!!!!!)  Is this why you cling to your guns and bible?

The student should then get arrested but not a teacher. In the same chapter of Texas law it says that parents can spank a child. It even applies to a person in the place of a parent such as a babysitter or grandparent. That is written into the law exactly like it is for teachers. 
    If a child hits back, there is no such authority under the law. That would be assault.    It is not a hard concept, parents and teachers can use force to discipline, child or students but they cannot retaliate. I have witnessed a parent spank a child and when the child struck the parent back, the child was arrested and convicted in juvenile court.    I understand that people are making statements on what they wish but wishing doesn't always make something legal or illegal. 

I'm doing my part to rid the earth of cow flatulence....I'm eating the cows. Sorry, had to say that line from Ron White. Here come the vegans!
Ok, back to global warming.

I'm doing my part to rid the earth of cow flatulence....I'm eating the cows. Sorry, had to say that line from Ron White. Here come the vegans!
Ok, back to global warming.

Only using your posts to state a point......
Arrests by the police are only accusations. A large percentage of lawful arrests are refused for prosecution by the prosecuting attorney's office (District Attorney, US Attorney, City Attorney). That might be from prosecutorial discretion, lack of evidence, justification of the action under the law. 
For defenses to prosecution to be used, there had to be a technical violation of the law to begin with. For example if a person breaks into your home at night and tries to kill your family and you shoot and kill the intruder, that is Murder under Texas law. Murder says... "A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual". That is it. There is not even a section under Chapter 19 Homicide that says you can use self defense. That part of the Penal Code comes in Chapter 9 Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility. That chapter (and in other parts of the Penal Code) it says that certain otherwise criminal conduct can be justified. An example as with the person breaking into your home, Murder can be justified under 9.32 and 9.42 where it says that deadly force is justified to stop a various assaults, robberies, burglaries, etc. 
So by law, yes you committed Murder and can lawfully be arrested. For  a lawful arrest the police only need probable cause and in this example if you took the life of another person, it is Murder. The DA however would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you did not have a justification for the killing. The arrest itself if made would not mean that you are guilty and only that a police officer was making a judgment call that probable cause existed.
In the case of a teacher, the came Chapter 9 on Justification says, a teacher can use the force that the teacher believes is necessary to maintain discipline. Did she hit the student? Sure. By law it was Assault or Injury To a Child. Also by the law (just as self defense from a person breaking into your home), there is a law that says such force is criminally justified. It might break school rules, it might seem unnecessary and it might be offensive to some. Those are not criminal laws. 
Were officers legally correct in making such an arrest? Sure, there was probable cause that she hit a person. By law that is all that is needed. An officer does not need to prove a crime happened, if a conviction would likely happen or if the DA would even take charges. The officer only needs to be lawfully concerned with the letter of the law. Merely making such an arrest however does not mean that a crime happened at all or that a prosecution will happen. Like I said above, an arrest is only an accusation by a single officer (unless under a warrant/indictment) and many such arrests are refused by the prosecuting attorneys. 

Maybe she was raised in a bad environment. 

Ran across this and it might help explain (not justify) why the teacher did what she did.  Had this young man been subjected to the pain and humiliation of a piece of wood slapped across his behind when he first started being disruptive, it might have straighten him out.   Suspension?   Lol, that's right in his wheelhouse.   We expect teachers to tolerate rude, and verbally offensive disruptive behavior.  I couldn't!  They must be Saints.  
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All that I posted was the law. If you think it is gibberish, fine. Please contact your legislator. 
 I told you while she was arrested. I don't think it was Beaumont PD  and likely the school district police. 
 She might be a loose cannon and she might need to be terminated. She almost certainly  broke policy. None of those crimes.  Your Internet and Facebook law degrees are now revoked. 

No defense for the teacher.  Totally out of line.  What's ironic (again from an old timer), in my day had I had a choice of what she did here, or getting whacks from our 6'5" Principal, she could have slapped the back of my head a while.  Even worse would be what would have happened at home when my parents found out what I did to incur that teachers wrath.  
I'm going to take this opportunity to relate again a news story (60 Min I think) I saw quite a few years back.  It was about schools on Military bases outperforming public schools.  The conclusion/reason they came to was the stricter discipline at the Military schools.   JMO but I think if we could return discipline to the classrooms, all the children would benefit and you'd never see an unacceptable rating at any of our schools.   
Unfortunately, to many parents, PC Police, and society, isn't going to go for it. 

No one said she was right on here or justified it.  The justification aspect tvc mentioned is from a legal (criminal) standpoint.  And I think most are okay (including me) with her losing her job.  But the other discussion is locking her up.  THAT I think is a bit overboard.  Force her into retirement.  From the video, it looks like it may have been overdue anyway. 

I think she  was thrown in jail for political purposes.  Read the criminal law that I posted above. It clearly says that an instructor could use the amount of force that the instructor thinks is necessary as long as it is not deadly force. That is the law. 
 Did she break school rules? Almost certainly.  Was her temper out of control? Probably yes. 
 Breaking school rules and losing your temper are not crimes.  Hopefully the DA will do the right thing and not accept charges. Being that he is a politician elected to office that might not be the case.  At the very least he should drop it down to a class C misdemeanor offensive contact and that would put it in the City Court or the equivalent of a traffic citation. That would be a fine only.  I do not think that criminally would be correct however she could pay a hundred fine and walk out with no other record. 

Sounds like she was well liked, especially by her former students.  Sad way to end a career devoted to kids.  Hopefully she will get some kind of probation and will enjoy retirement.  The kid never should have been hit but come on.  Unlike what some of those comments suggest, we have better uses for our jail cells than some 63 year old lady who popped a student on the back of the head.  Some of those folks should have had a couple of my coaches.  And I don't hold any ill will toward them either. 

The wife and I welcomed a brand new baby boy on Tuesday, 9 lb 11 oz toad... And we were looking at some photos earlier and came across this jewel.

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It's on ESPN.  I think it started at 2pm. 
Yes, Augusta National is a little piece of heaven.  I'd love to just drop a ball on each green and putt it out.  Doubt if I could par the course like that lol. 

Maybe Mr. Brown could bring his SAT scores and fill out a college entrance form and get his education that way. It's what all non- athletes have to do unless they are super intelligent. Oh yeah, and they have to pay their way. Poor Mr. Brown.

Good cover. If someone says something bad about someone else, then it has to be hate? I'm not the one who screwed up. Great mentality working there for you. If he takes illegal money, then he should have been paid. Unfreakinbelievable.

I sure hope this link works.  
 

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You couldn't be more wrong.  Non-athletes do have to wake up and go to class.  That's why they are in school in the first place.  Go to class to get a degree.  Now, if you want to talk about meetings and practice, you are right.  Non-athletes do not have meetings and practice.  However, they do have these things called jobs.  How about going to class from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm then work from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm or later?  These jobs are how non-athletes pay their way through school since they are not receiving $41,000 a year in scholarships.  Find me another 18-22 year old, without a college degree, that is pulling in $41,000 a year.  

I am picky about my country music. Merle could sing. Chase Each Other and Big City were two of my favorites. I mean, if I am in a country mood, dadgummit, let's play some country. I am not sure what you call some of that stuff they call country today. It sure ain't Merle's sound.
RIP

Maybe Mr. Brown could bring his SAT scores and fill out a college entrance form and get his education that way. It's what all non- athletes have to do unless they are super intelligent. Oh yeah, and they have to pay their way. Poor Mr. Brown.

I am picky about my country music. Merle could sing. Chase Each Other and Big City were two of my favorites. I mean, if I am in a country mood, dadgummit, let's play some country. I am not sure what you call some of that stuff they call country today. It sure ain't Merle's sound.
RIP