Mental health advocate Sue Urban has come out in defense of the “special needs” student recently arrested at Florida’s Matanzas High School. The controversial issue swirls around a graphically violent video making social media rounds, which might not be appropriate for some. After daring to watch it, you would probably be surprised to learn that modern professionals like Urban say, “this is not this child’s fault. He is not a threat.” That aide should have never touched his Nintendo.
Advocate has shocking defense
According to MEAWW, mental health advocate Sue Urban “has come out in defense of the 17-year-old 6ft boy, who was caught on camera brutally attacking and knocking a teaching aide unconscious.” The Matanzas High School staffer was seriously injured and may never return to teaching.
The violent and near fatal tantrum was triggered when “the unnamed female teaching aide confiscated his Nintendo Switch.” The also unidentified juvenile “is currently in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice and may face up to five years for the attack.”
Besides being a mental health advocate, Urban is familiar with the school. Her son Nicholas graduated from there before he committed suicide at age 17. She is convinced that “this is not this child’s fault. He is not a threat.”
“He’s not a threat.” A teacher at Matanzas High School in Florida was brutally attacked by a 6’6, 270lbs 17-year old student because she took away his Nintendo Switch away from him. Now “mental health advocates” are defending the student. pic.twitter.com/ctfquAVHyA
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) February 24, 2023
Instead, “This is a mental health issue. This is a problem with our system, it is broken.” She also currently has “a special needs stepson in the same behavioral wing as the teen in the video.”
The advocate relates that “her stepson and the boy were ‘school friends,’ albeit they were in different classes and that this particular wing is for ‘children that are not in the general population of the high school.‘” That apparently means to her that they’re allowed to fly into homicidal rages on campus.
“That post needs to be removed from the Flagler County Sheriff’s website immediately. That child has mental health issues. He is just that, a child.” A violent and dangerous child. She blames the school for not watching their teacher.
Give this dude the chair. Aggravated battery to a minor is a nothing charge, while this teacher will have to live with permanent brain damage and disability from an attack at Matanzas High School after the teacher confiscated a Nintendo Switch.
— Mitch Bennett🚨 (@MitchBennett69) February 24, 2023
The school’s fault
The whole incident should never have happened, Urban alleges. As an advocate for kids like that, she thinks staff should be better prepared for such outbursts. “That teacher – that paraprofessional – should have never been left alone in a situation where she could have been attacked.”
It’s all the school’s fault. Urban is “sick of these kids being labeled as a threat.” Who’s going to watch out for the general public while they aren’t in school?
Palm Cross, FL: The brutal attack on a female paraprofessional at the Matanzas High School rendering her unconscious by a 6’-6”, 270lb 17 yr old male student. The student was arrested and has been charged with Felony Aggravated Battery with Bodily Harm.
The student stated that… pic.twitter.com/ofrxcYodHm
— DeL2000 (@DeL2000) February 26, 2023
The progressive advocate is outraged that the violent criminal was arrested. “That child should not have been transported to jail, he should have been transported to a mental health facility. Please stop labeling this child as a monster. Yes, his size is a big factor, [but] he did not know he was doing wrong.”
Liberals would rather hand them a can of Play Doh and calm them down in a safe space. “These kids are given extra attention in those classes. They are given leeway to have these devices, so when they do lose their tempers or if they do get into that mental space, that they can have those Switches or phones or their comfort devices, [so] that they can calm down.”
The advocate says teachers should go back to school. “People need to be educated about children that have ESE [Exceptional Student Education]. They should also be educated on impulsive aggression behavior, and that most times these children do not understand the consequences of the behavior.”
The consequences of this particular behavior are “broken ribs and significant bruising. However, more details regarding the injuries are yet to be revealed.” Sheriff Rick Staly notes, “I believe she will be out of work for at least several weeks if she even plans on returning. The actions of this student are absolutely horrendous and completely uncalled for. We hope the victim will be able to recover, both mentally and physically, from this incident.“
