12-24-2011, 06:58 PM
*The asshole in the news story is the teacher, Ms. Ricketts, obviously not the student, who is now being hailed as a hero.
from what i've gathered the incident took place Wednesday Dec. 14 (possibly the 15th, reports vary), and the teacher who was attacked was released from the hospital Tuesday Dec. 20
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Ronette Ricketts, 40
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Cynthia Glozier, 54
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Justin Richardson, 18
Poughkeepsie High School student helped stop teacher's stabbing
Written by: Shantal Parris Riley, Poughkeepsie Journal
Justin Richardson was walking through the hallways of Poughkeepsie High School on his way to his fourth-period class Thursday when he saw what he thought was a fight.
As the 18-year-old senior approached, the scene came into clearer focus.
“I saw Ms. Ricketts hitting Ms. Glozier in the back,” he said. “I saw she had a screwdriver in her hand.”
Richardson said Cynthia Glozier was crying for help.
“She was yelling, ‘Help me, help me, get her off of me,’ ” he said. “The way she was screaming ‘help me,’ it was horrifying.”
Ronette Ricketts, a 40-year-old English teacher, taught Richardson in 10th grade. Before the scene was over, witnesses and police said, Ricketts stabbed 54-year-old colleague Glozier at least 16 times in the head, face and back with a screwdriver.
Ricketts was later charged with first-degree attempted assault and second-degree assault, both felonies, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. She was being held in the Dutchess County jail, but after posting $100,000 bond, she was released Friday.
Ricketts’ attorney, Gary Greenwald, said, “There’s no issue regarding what occurred, but there’s a substantial issue about my client’s mental state” when it happened.
Glozier was listed in good condition Monday at Saint Francis Hospital in the Town of Poughkeepsie, where she is being treated for stab wounds to her head, neck, back and chest, police said.
The attack
Richardson had just come from his earth science class when he saw the two women in the hallway.
For Richardson, a linebacker for the Poughkeepsie Pioneers high school football team and about 6 feet tall and about 210 pounds, it was enough for him to stand in the way to slow down Ricketts.
“I put my hands in between them and separated them,” he said. “I put my arm against her (Ricketts) and gave her a decent shove and pushed her into the corner.”
Another teacher, David Laffin, was already there, trying to pull Glozier away from Ricketts.
Glozier, Richardson said, “seemed really, really, really scared — scared for her life. She was bleeding from the side of her head and from her neck.”
He recalled the look in Ricketts’s eyes as she jabbed at Glozier with the screwdriver.
“I looked into her eyes, and I saw rage,” Richardson said. “It wasn’t Ms. Ricketts, whoever she was.”
Richardson said he went for Ricketts’ hand.
“I tried to knock the screwdriver away from her,” he said. “It flew out of her hand.”
A school security guard arrived moments after Richardson and helped subdue Ricketts, he said.
“After I broke it up, the security guard took over,” he said. “I just walked away.”
Angry, disappointed
Several days after the incident, Richardson said he felt conflicted about what happened.
“I don’t how to feel,” he said. “I’m angry, I guess.”
Angry with the school, he said, and “very disappointed” in Ricketts.
“The simple fact that our teachers and our administration preach to us, the senior class, about being role models and having a positive attitude,” he said.
“It’s really disturbing. They’re supposed to be our role models,” he continued. “But I was the one who had to step in and be a role model.”
He described Ricketts as having been a friend.
After having a falling-out with Ricketts in 10th grade, Richardson said, he stopped speaking to her for about a year.
“We started talking again in 12th grade,” he said. “We became friends. We bonded. I’m very disappointed in her.”
Richardson expressed further disappointment with the 20 or so people, including two or three adult school staffers, he said, who stood around and watched the attack without trying to stop it.
“There were a lot of people there,” he said. “They just stood around and watched the whole time.”
Richardson said he wanted to know why Ricketts did what she did.
“She was obviously angry about something,” he said.
Act of courage
Days after the incident, Ken Barger, a seven-year football coach and special-education teacher, said he was extremely proud of Richardson.
“It was a stress situation,” Barger said. “He knew what had to be done, and he reacted. He put himself in harm’s way to save somebody else. It was an amazing act of courage.”
Barger, who met with Richardson a few hours after the stabbing, described him as “calm, cool and collected,” adding that Richardson still had a lot of adrenaline in his system at the time. “It was just sinking in.”
Barger said he recognized some of the skills Richardson had been taught on the team in the actions he took in the hallway of the school that day.
“It’s a validation of all the life skills we teach,” he said. “We try to prepare them for situations that arise that are unexpected. They could be stressful and overwhelming experiences. But you have to prepare them for all possibilities.”
Barger said Richardson was being called a hero.
“The definition of a hero is an ordinary person who when the time arises steps in and makes a difference,” Barger said. “That’s what he did.”
HERE is a direct link to video of Richardson talking about the incident. It's the same video that is on the page of the original article
thank god for people these days who still have balls.
Edit: HERE is a video of another student talking about what she saw..
from what i've gathered the incident took place Wednesday Dec. 14 (possibly the 15th, reports vary), and the teacher who was attacked was released from the hospital Tuesday Dec. 20
Ronette Ricketts, 40
Cynthia Glozier, 54
Justin Richardson, 18
Poughkeepsie High School student helped stop teacher's stabbing
Written by: Shantal Parris Riley, Poughkeepsie Journal
Justin Richardson was walking through the hallways of Poughkeepsie High School on his way to his fourth-period class Thursday when he saw what he thought was a fight.
As the 18-year-old senior approached, the scene came into clearer focus.
“I saw Ms. Ricketts hitting Ms. Glozier in the back,” he said. “I saw she had a screwdriver in her hand.”
Richardson said Cynthia Glozier was crying for help.
“She was yelling, ‘Help me, help me, get her off of me,’ ” he said. “The way she was screaming ‘help me,’ it was horrifying.”
Ronette Ricketts, a 40-year-old English teacher, taught Richardson in 10th grade. Before the scene was over, witnesses and police said, Ricketts stabbed 54-year-old colleague Glozier at least 16 times in the head, face and back with a screwdriver.
Ricketts was later charged with first-degree attempted assault and second-degree assault, both felonies, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor. She was being held in the Dutchess County jail, but after posting $100,000 bond, she was released Friday.
Ricketts’ attorney, Gary Greenwald, said, “There’s no issue regarding what occurred, but there’s a substantial issue about my client’s mental state” when it happened.
Glozier was listed in good condition Monday at Saint Francis Hospital in the Town of Poughkeepsie, where she is being treated for stab wounds to her head, neck, back and chest, police said.
The attack
Richardson had just come from his earth science class when he saw the two women in the hallway.
For Richardson, a linebacker for the Poughkeepsie Pioneers high school football team and about 6 feet tall and about 210 pounds, it was enough for him to stand in the way to slow down Ricketts.
“I put my hands in between them and separated them,” he said. “I put my arm against her (Ricketts) and gave her a decent shove and pushed her into the corner.”
Another teacher, David Laffin, was already there, trying to pull Glozier away from Ricketts.
Glozier, Richardson said, “seemed really, really, really scared — scared for her life. She was bleeding from the side of her head and from her neck.”
He recalled the look in Ricketts’s eyes as she jabbed at Glozier with the screwdriver.
“I looked into her eyes, and I saw rage,” Richardson said. “It wasn’t Ms. Ricketts, whoever she was.”
Richardson said he went for Ricketts’ hand.
“I tried to knock the screwdriver away from her,” he said. “It flew out of her hand.”
A school security guard arrived moments after Richardson and helped subdue Ricketts, he said.
“After I broke it up, the security guard took over,” he said. “I just walked away.”
Angry, disappointed
Several days after the incident, Richardson said he felt conflicted about what happened.
“I don’t how to feel,” he said. “I’m angry, I guess.”
Angry with the school, he said, and “very disappointed” in Ricketts.
“The simple fact that our teachers and our administration preach to us, the senior class, about being role models and having a positive attitude,” he said.
“It’s really disturbing. They’re supposed to be our role models,” he continued. “But I was the one who had to step in and be a role model.”
He described Ricketts as having been a friend.
After having a falling-out with Ricketts in 10th grade, Richardson said, he stopped speaking to her for about a year.
“We started talking again in 12th grade,” he said. “We became friends. We bonded. I’m very disappointed in her.”
Richardson expressed further disappointment with the 20 or so people, including two or three adult school staffers, he said, who stood around and watched the attack without trying to stop it.
“There were a lot of people there,” he said. “They just stood around and watched the whole time.”
Richardson said he wanted to know why Ricketts did what she did.
“She was obviously angry about something,” he said.
Act of courage
Days after the incident, Ken Barger, a seven-year football coach and special-education teacher, said he was extremely proud of Richardson.
“It was a stress situation,” Barger said. “He knew what had to be done, and he reacted. He put himself in harm’s way to save somebody else. It was an amazing act of courage.”
Barger, who met with Richardson a few hours after the stabbing, described him as “calm, cool and collected,” adding that Richardson still had a lot of adrenaline in his system at the time. “It was just sinking in.”
Barger said he recognized some of the skills Richardson had been taught on the team in the actions he took in the hallway of the school that day.
“It’s a validation of all the life skills we teach,” he said. “We try to prepare them for situations that arise that are unexpected. They could be stressful and overwhelming experiences. But you have to prepare them for all possibilities.”
Barger said Richardson was being called a hero.
“The definition of a hero is an ordinary person who when the time arises steps in and makes a difference,” Barger said. “That’s what he did.”
HERE is a direct link to video of Richardson talking about the incident. It's the same video that is on the page of the original article
thank god for people these days who still have balls.
Edit: HERE is a video of another student talking about what she saw..