Sick. Just.
Teacher’s aide pleads not guilty to charge of lewd and lascivious behavior with student
A Boston public school teacher’s aide pleaded not guilty today to a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior in an incident involving an autistic student.
The teacher’s aide, LaShawn Hill, was accused of unzipping his pants and those of the Harbor Pilot Middle School student so he could teach the child about masturbation, according to a Boston police report filed in Dorchester Municipal Court.
One of Hill’s colleagues came upon the scene Monday afternoon, according to the report. When the colleague demanded to know what was happening, Hill told her that he was “showing him [the student] things,’’ the report said.
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Mary Hill, a cousin of Hill, was in court today to show support for him. She told reporters that Hill was sexually abused by an older relative when he was between the ages of 7 and 12 years old. The relative who allegedly abused Hill has since died, Mary Hill said.
Yeah, how convenient. He was the victim of unsubstantiated abuse at the hands of a relative that just so happens to be dead. Sounds to me like a “get out of jail free” card.
Since when is masturbation on the middle school pedagogic menu? It wasn’t brought up during any of my middle school’s “health” or “personal growth” classes, and while that was some time ago, I didn’t exactly attend middle school during the Paleolithic Era.
