A California teacher is on administrative leave after being accused of sending a photo of a Black child in an ankle monitor in a group chat.
According to the Long Beach Post, members of the Long Beach Unified teachers union said John Solomon, who teaches at MacArthur Elementary School, texted the photo of the Black child with a caption that read, “My First Ankle Monitor.” It also said, “We need this for our runners,” referencing special needs students who may wander off.
“That image is troublesome on many levels,” one person texted in response to Solomon’s alleged text…