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History teacher 'forces students to give Nazi salute to US flag' in outrageous video
dailystar.co.ukUS school was recorded performing what appears to be a 'Sieg Heil' salute to the American flag, while the student who posted the footage online was told to apologise.
History teacher Joe Webb was filmed doing the Nazi-style salute with students at Mountain Brook High School in Alabama on January 18.Footage was released alongside pictures by Jewish student Ephraim Tytell on Snapchat, with the school denying the salute was encouraged.Speaking to CBS 42, Tytell said: "I felt upset, unsure of what's going on.
Just kind of shocked."Tytell was called to Assistant Principal Jeremy Crigger’s office, and told to apologise to Webb for posting the video, according to AL.com.School officials said the video was "making Mountain Brook look bad" but Tytell refused to apologise.As a result of the video being posted, Tytell was moved to the front of the class, and phones were banned in class.Mountain Brook Schools denied students were told by Webb to perform the salute and stated they were being taught the Bellamy Salute, which is similar to the one adopted by the Nazis.More antisemitic controversy at @mtnbrookhs as an 11th grade history teacher instructs students to perform Nazi salutes as they stand facing the American flag.
A few of the students refused to participate; the school's Principal and Vice Principal are aware. SICKENING. https://t.co/kqjFNiUIS3 pic.twitter.com/MiP3tqZicD— StopAntisemitism.org (@StopAntisemites) In a statement, the school said: “The picture and three second video being circulated are not representative of the lesson, what was being taught, or the context of the instruction that was occurring."The US History teacher was teaching a lesson on the meaning of symbols in the context of history.
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