A middle school teacher in Florida — apparently frustrated with a misbehaving student — repeatedly asked students “who wants to slap him,” which resulted in a child striking the boy, according to cops.
Judith Clark, 64, stands accused of child abuse without great bodily harm. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that the incident occurred on May 13 at Lee Middle School in Bradenton.
School officials learned of the incident the following day and deputies began interviewing students about what allegedly occurred. Per cops, Clark repeatedly asked the victim to stop talking during instruction in the sixth-grade classroom. Apparently fed up with the boy, she allegedly asked the class “who wants to slap him?” No one volunteered, and the boy started talking again, cops said…