Petition demanding firing of Superintendent who issued arrest warrants for cheering at graduation

[Tommy_Carcetti]

https://www.change.org/p/senatobia-public-school-district-demand-the-immediate-resignation-or-termination-of-senatobia-ms-public-school-district-superintendent-jay-foster

Please feel free to sign.

The story:

http://wreg.com/2015/06/02/warrants-issued-for-people-who-cheered-at-senatobia-graduation/

[Jefferson23]

1. I find it difficult to believe this is the first hateful thing the guy has ever done. The comments

are interesting and again, hard to know if they are biased or they are so willing to submit
to authority. Maybe both, they actually believe there is some terrible thing to burst out
in cheer, because they were told not to. You'd think the parents were defying a court order
by reading some of the comments.

[immoderate]

2. I signed. That motherfucker is outrageous.

--imm

[hack89]

3. Email contact page for Senatobia, MS school district.

http://www.senatobiaschools.com/site/?page_id=19

[lamp_shade]

5. Thank you.

[libdem4life]

6. Done. I suggested he be Director of Maintenance or Playground or Cafeteria Manager

at an elementary school...they probably can't fire him due to tenure...at least in CA that would be the case.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. He can be hall monitor.

He'll even has his own bright sash.

[libdem4life]

8. In California, most all the schools are built without halls...doors go inside or outside.

linked by covered walkways. Funny about regional differences. When I was a grade schooler, I lived in the Midwest and we had halls. Hadn't thought about that for years. I'd prefer the cafeteria... Food Fight...Food Fight !!!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. Thanks. nt

[lamp_shade]

4. Done... and shared on facebook.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. Thanks. nt

[LiberalElite]

10. Signed and commented on. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Thanks. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Signed it on the other thread, but K&R!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. Thanks. nt

[Generic Other]

14. Here's his picture

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. I'm waiting on any sort of public statement on his behalf, unless he's too chicken.

The people on my (non-political) morning radio show here were bashing this guy pretty badly. Wonder how it feels to be a nationally known asshole.

[randome]

15. I signed. A doofus like this should have nothing to do with the educational system.

But as a matter of record, a school superintendent does not 'issue' arrest warrants.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]A ton of bricks, a ton of feathers, it's still gonna hurt.[/center][/font][hr]

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. Thanks. nt

[Hortensis]

17. Confirmed by NY Times and others. I signed. Thanks, Tommy. Also occurs to me that

this situation may also reflect the predatory fine-based revenue collection that many governments across the nation have turned to after years of tax decreases.
And
In our Deep South county a whole, hungry industry has grown up around these practices that now requires constant feeding with new kill.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

18. Thanks. nt

[Orrex]

21. Well, to be fair, they *WERE* black.

What else was he supposed to do? Treat them like human beings?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. True true. nt

[Orsino]

23. Can we save some outrage for law enforcement?

Who could have told the supe to STFU and get over an incident from days or weeks earlier?

The superintendent did NOT "issue arrest warrants."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Good point.

It will be interesting to see what, if anything, the judge does in this case as well.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. According to this article, the judge issued the warrants at Foster's direct request.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/05/senatobia-high-school-graduation/28520249/

Jay Foster, superintendent of the Senatobia Municipal School District, approached campus police to complete an affidavit for disturbing the peace, according to the statement. He then took that affidavit to Tate County, Miss., Justice Court, in Senatobia, where he filed it and warrants were issued, the statement read.

"Northwest Campus Police had no involvement in issuing or serving these warrants," the statement read.

The school further pointed out in the statement that in Tate County, judges issue warrants.

"College officials and campus police were unaware until after the (graduation) ceremony that school officials intended to press criminal charges," the statement read. "The college will be conducting a review of its hosting of high school graduations."

[Orsino]

26. Well, well, well.

I thought a judge had to be involved, but wasn't sure.

A judge really, really should have known better.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

27. It must have been Rubber Stamp Day at the County Courthouse. nt

[brush]

28. They all should have known better. nt

[Gothmog]

29. This idiot needs to be fired