Alabama Geometry Teacher Uses Assassination of President Barack Obama to Teach Angles

Here we go again, another wingnut pushing the possibility of the assassination of President Obama. Here's an excerpt from the article which appeared in The Birmingham News:

A Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used as­sassinating President Bar­ack Obama as a way to teach angles to his geome­try students.


Someone alerted autho­rities and the Corner High School math teacher was questioned by the Secret Service, but was not taken into custody or charged with any crime.



"We did not find a credible threat," said Roy Sex­ton, special agent in charge of Birmingham's Secret Service office. "As far as the Secret Service is concerned, we looked into it, we talked to the gentleman and we have closed our investigation."

The teacher was appar­ently teaching his geometry students about parallel lines and angles, officials said. He used the example of where to stand and aim if shooting Obama.



"He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president,' " said Joseph Brown, a senior in the geometry class.

Why won't they release the name of the teacher? He or she had the nerve to use a potential tragedy to illustrate a point in the classroom. Why not have the guts to issue an apology? This is reprehensible and disturbing on so many levels.

Read more: Jefferson County geometry teacher uses wrong example to teach angles --- assassination of President Barack Obama

H/T to my friend Pam for breaking this story on Facebook!