Ethics

Freshwater Hearings, Day 16

By Ed Brayton

Here's another report at the Panda's Thumb from Richard Hoppe, who is attending the administrative hearings on John Freshwater in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Day 16 had some obviously false testimony from a student who supports Freshwater who appears to have changed his story more than once. But first, note this whopping bit of hypocrisy:

Before calling Ben Neilson, a student in one of Freshwater's 8th grade science classes in 2007-2008, R. Kelly Hamilton, Freshwater's attorney, called Mark Neilson, Ben's father, to testify about Ben's knowledge, saying that both Mark Neilson and Ben Neilson objected to Ben, a juvenile, testifying in open hearing, and that the Freshwater side was concerned about protecting students' anonymity in the proceedings.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).