‘Very Disturbing’: Substitute Teacher Banned from Minnesota School After Pointing Gun In Classroom and Photos Surface of Him Kneeling On a Student’s Neck

A substitute teacher was escorted from a suburban Minnesota high school last week after he was alleged to have reenacted the prone restraint that caused the 2020 death of George Floyd. Steve Williams, 46, will never teach again, school officials said, and his incredibly poor judgment could also cost him his job as a police officer in Prescott, Wisconsin. Williams, a two-year veteran of the force, was placed on administrative leave by Prescott Police Chief Eric Michaels, who called the allegations “very disturbing, reprehensible and we in no way condone his actions.” Woodbury High School substitute reenacts George Floyd killing. (Photo: Instagram) The Floyd reenactment was just the tip of an iceberg stacked with reckless conduct and inappropriate comments. In a letter to parents sent Tuesday, East Washington County School officials said Williams, who had an active license to work as a substitute, repeatedly “invaded students’ space,” “holding up a gun and pointing it at (them).” “I would use the word deranged, it was just, like, unbelievable,” Woodbury High School Principal Sarah Sorenson-Wagner told a Minnesota TV station. Williams is also alleged to have told sexist jokes and “repeatedly made racially harmful comments.” He is also accused of asserting “cops...