A DeKalb County School District special education teacher resigned after he made disparaging comments on a social media post, lending his support to a man kneeling on a child's neck that was reminiscent of George Floyd's murder.
Brian Papin, a Cedar Grove High School teacher, is being investigated after his comments posted underneath the photo were reported to the district's administrators, according to a spokeswoman who spoke to the Daily Mail on Friday, July 24. "Again! Your (sic) doing it wrong!" Papin wrote on the social media post with the image. "One knee on center of the back one on the neck and lean into it until death! You saw the video!" he added, in reference to footage taken by a bystander when Floyd died.
The photo, captioned, "BLM now mf," showed the child pinned to the ground by two persons; one having a knee on the child’s neck and another person holding the toddler's hands behind his back. "Get it right or stop f****** around!" Papin also remarked in the post.
"DeKalb County School District (DCSD) administrators were made aware of the disturbing social media posts on July 22, 2020," the spokeswoman said. "The teacher has resigned and is no longer employed with DCSD. There is no place for racism and abuse in our school district."