An Ohio mayor's threats to criminally charge school district employees was 'reckless' and 'irresponsible', prosecutor finds
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- The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, accused the native faculty board of "distributing primarily baby pornography" at a September assembly.
- The Summit County prosecutor investigated Mayor Craig Shubert's feedback however didn't file costs.
- Prosecutor Sherri Walsh criticized Shubert's feedback as "reckless" and "irresponsible" on Tuesday.
An area prosecutor launched a report on Tuesday condemning the mayor of Hudson, Ohio, for threatening to criminally cost faculty board members over a writing task.
Some mother and father within the Hudson Faculty District were upset about a book, "642 issues to Write About," that was given to highschool college students via a college-level class, in accordance with Fox eight. The information outlet reported that oldsters criticized the guide for having "inappropriate themes."
Hudson Faculties Superintendent Phil Herman told Fox 8, "it's clear that, as a district, we didn't correctly evaluate this useful resource."
Throughout a Hudson Faculty Board assembly in September, Mayor Craig Shubert threatened officers with felony fees in the event that they allowed the guide to remain within the faculty's curriculum.
"It has come to my consideration that your educators are distributing primarily what's baby pornography," Shubert stated within the assembly, according to a recording published by WKYC. "I'm going to offer you a easy selection, both you select to resign from this board of schooling or you may be charged."
A spokesperson for the varsity district advised WKYC on the time that oldsters had signed a type that stated mature content material could be mentioned within the class. The chair of the Hudson County Faculty Board and Shubert didn't instantly return Insider's requests for touch upon Tuesday.
The chief of the Hudson Police Division requested that Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh examine the curriculum and the mayor's feedback, in response to Fox eight.
Walsh released her report on Tuesday and introduced that she wouldn't be submitting expenses towards Shubert, however did condemn his feedback as "irresponsible." Walsh additionally discovered that "642 issues to Write About" doesn't include youngster pornography and isn't graphic.
"As a prosecutor and a mom, I'm all the time involved about claims of people being concerned in baby pornography," Walsh wrote within the report. "Nevertheless, on this case, these allegations have been false and brought on quite a few public servants to be victimized."
Walsh accused Shubert within the report of "reckless conduct," which she stated led to threats and "hate-filled phrases from across the nation." The prosecutor wrote that folks making threats have been unaware of what was truly within the faculty curriculum and have been emboldened by the mayor's false claims due to his standing as an elected official.
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