WOODBURY, Minn. — Racial justice advocates are calling for action and accountability.
That’s after accusations that a substitute teacher reenacted the murder of George Floyd on a student .
Images, that can be disturbing for some to see, show what students describe as substitute teacher, Steven Williams, with a knee on a student’s neck.
A reenactment of the police actions that resulted in the murder of George Floyd.
We do know the substitute teacher in question, Steven Williams, is no longer employed by the staffing agency, Teachers on Call, that Woodbury High School contracts for its substitute teachers.
Williams is a police officer in Prescott, Wisconsin.
The police chief says he is on administrative leave pending the results of an investigation into the matter.
“It was egregious, it was insensitive and it was racist, ” said Nekima Levy Armstrong, civil rights attorney.
Racial justice advocates say more needs to be done.