The town’s mayor said on Monday that a one-time alternative teacher who was accused of re-acting George Floyd’s murder in class last month has since lost his position as a police officer in northern Wisconsin.
Steven Dwight Williams, 48, and the City Council agreed on Monday and accepted his withdrawal as powerful Friday in place of his dismissal, according to Prescott Mayor Robert Daugherty.
Kids reported to Principal Sarah Sorenson-Wagner that Williams, training on Oct. 14 for the first time at Woodbury High School, wanted them to know about his career as a police officer. He allegedly punched a student to the surface as part of a re-enactment of Minneapolis officers actions that led to Floyd’s death in May 2020, according to the area.
Robert Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s throat for more than nine days, contributing to Floyd’s death. In connection with Floyd’s suicide, Chauvin and three different Minneapolis officers were found guilty and given prison sentences.
In addition, Williams mimicked holding a firearm and pointing it at individuals, stated police brutality is not true, told derogatory jokes and engaged in “inappropriate and culturally dangerous behavior” during English classes for sophomores and seniors, according to a text Sorenson-Wagner sent to parents.
Williams, according to the speech, had spent about two years on the Prescott army and had spent many years in his local Wisconsin and Montana. Following the allegations, he was soon given a leave of absence from the Prescott police.
In March of this year, Williams was granted a three-year, short-term alternative teacher’s license for all levels, according to status information. A document was submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education following Williams ‘ reported do at Woodbury High School. Public records show that the division had not made any administrative decisions against him as of Friday.
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