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A CHESAPEAKE TEACHER IS
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
AFTER A
PARENT COMPLAINED HER
DAUGHTER WAS CUT WHILE
LEARNING AN
ISLAMIC HAND GESTURE.
TARA HARRIS IS SUSPENDED
FROM BUTTS ROAD
INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOL. THE PARENT SAYS
THE ASSAULT
HAPPENED EARLIER THIS
MONTH IN A SPECIAL NEEDS
CLASS.
SHE HAS PRESSED CHARGES.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S ANNE
MCNAMARA SPOKE TO BOTH
SIDES TODAY.
ANNE, WHAT DID THEY SAY?
STEPHANIE BENNETT, THE
MOTHER WHO PRESSED
CHARGES,
DECLINED OUR INTERVIEW
REQUEST, SAYING SHE
WANTED TO
SPEAK WITH HER ATTORNEY
FIRST. MEANWHILE, THE
HUSBAND OF
TEACHER TARA HARRIS SAYS
HIS WIFE IS THE REAL
VICTIM.
CHESAPEAKE MOTHER
STEPHANIE
BENNETT SAYS HER TEN YEAR
OLD DAUGHTER WAS
ASSAULTED BY
TEACHER TARA HARRIS
BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT
LEARN A MUSLIM
HAND GESTURE, SIGNIFYING
POWER AND STRENGTH.
BENNETT SAYS
HARRIS LOST PATIENCE WITH
HER DAUGHTER WHEN SHE DID
NOT LEARN THE HAND SIGN
AGGRESSIVELY AND GRABBED
HAND OUT
OF THE DESK, WHEN SHE
DID, FINGER GOT CAUGHT ON
HER FOLDER AND RIPPED
THE SKIN OFF OF FINGER.
FINGER WAS BLEEDING
PRETTY BAD WHEN MS.
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION
CLASS
AT BUTTS ROAD
INTERMEDIATE CAN BACK UP
HER STORY. (11) 4:26 IT'S
A LIE. IT'S JUST AN
OUTRIGHT LIE. SPEAKING ON
TRUE. HE SAYS A SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICER
INITIALLY TOLD HIS
WIFE THAT PARENTS WERE
COMPLAINING BECAUSE SHE
WAS TEACHING STUDENTS
ABOUT THE MUSLIM CULTURE.
(11) 2:14 SHE SAID DALE,
IVE BEEN
ACCUSED OF TEACHING THE
CHILDREN HAND - MUSLIM
HAND
GESTURES, PLAYING MUSLIM
MUSIC AND PRAYING FIVE
TIMES A DAY. HARRIS SAYS
HIS WIFE DID NOT TEACH
STUDENTS MUSLIM HAND
GESTURES, OR
HAND GESTURES OF ANY
KIND. AND HE SAYS, SHE
WAS SURPRISED WHEN
THE SAME SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER LEFT A VOICEMAIL
FOR HER AT HOME,
SAYING THIS. (11) 3:43
STEPHANIE BENNETT HAS
FILED
CHARGES AGAINST MY WIFE
FOR ASSAULT. FOR ASSAULT
NOW. IT'S
GONE FROM JUST
ALLEGATIONS TO ASSAULT.
TARA HARRIS HAS TAUGHT AT
THREE SCHOOLS IN
CHESAPEAKE OVER A
SPAN OF 26 YEARS. DALE
HARRIS BELIEVES THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM IS
TARGETING HIS WIFE
BECAUSE SHE ACCUSED A
PRINCIPAL OF
ASSAULT IN 2008. HARRIS
SAYS, NOW, HIS WIFE IS
AFRAID TO GO TO SCHOOL,
AND EVEN MORE AFRAID HER
LONG CAREER IS RUINED.
(11) 9:23 I KNOW MY WIFE
IS AFRAID AND IM AFRAID
FOR HER
SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON TOM
CUPITT WOULD NOT ADDRESS
THAT
SPECIFIC ALLEGATION,
SAYING THIS IS A
PERSONNEL MATTER.
BUT HE DID TELL US HARRIS
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AND
HER PAY IS BEING
PUT INTO AN ESCROW
ACCOUNT. ANNE MCNAMARA,
10 ON YOUR SIDE.