Cenk Uygur
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School Arming Teachers...With Bats
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April 13, 2018
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5:14Now PlayingOne school wants to solve mass shootings with little baseball bats. Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, and Mark Thompson, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
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“In the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the Millcreek School District is arming its 500 teachers with baseball bats.
"It is the last resort,” said Millcreek School District Superintendent William Hall. “But, it is an option and something we want people to be aware of."
According to Hall, the 16-inch bats were distributed to each teacher, following an in-service training day on how to respond to school shootings.
"We passed them out, with the goal being we wanted every room to have one of these,” said Hall. “Unfortunately, we're in a day and age where one might need to use them to protect ourselves and our kids."
Hall says the bats are primarily "symbolic", but they are now an option for teachers to use, should they need to fight back in a school shooting.
Millcreek Education Association president Jon Cacchione says he supports the decision to arm teachers with bats, which will be locked up in each classroom.
"This is a tool to have in the event we have nothing else,” said Cacchione. "Part of the formula now, is to fight back, and so I think the bats that were provided for the staff were symbolic of that.”
Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, Mark Thompson
Cast: Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, Mark Thompson
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