Susan Lee Burke: Md. Teacher Accused of Choking First Graders

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(CBS/WUSA) Susan Lee Burke, a 35-year-old Maryland elementary school teacher, has been charged with kicking, punching, scratching and choking students in her first grade class, according to Montgomery County Police.

Burke, of Laurel, Md., a teacher at Greencastle Elementary School in Silver Spring, is accused of assaulting nine children between the ages of 6 and 7 in her first grade class, police said.

"Yes it's assault, he's only 6 years old," the sister of one alleged victim told CBS affiliate WUSA. "Why would you choke a 6-year-old?"

Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20031158-504083.html

Found via: http://www.drudge.com/news/141154/teacher-accused-assaulting-class

Oh great, get ready to hear a whole new round of "teachers' unions are evil and will stand by this monster" talk. As if that union-bashing caller on Thom Hartmann wasn't dumb enough. And Burke better get psychiatric help or the proper punishment that justice allows.