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‘Come Here, Jew’: Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Dragging Student Under a Table & Making Anti-Semitic Comments

Patricia Mulholland Arrested After Allegedly Dragging Student Under Table, Calling Him JewCOLUMBIA, S.C. (The Blaze/AP) — A middle school teacher in South Carolina has been accused of dragging a student under a table during class, telling the boy “this is what the Nazis do to Jews,” police said Monday. While the teacher is claiming the incident was part of a lesson on the Holocaust, others aren’t so sure.

The 12-year-old student said he got up to sharpen a pencil at Bluffton Middle School on Wednesday when Patricia Mulholland grabbed him by his collar and said, “come here, Jew,” police said. The teacher then dragged him 10 feet under a table and made the comment about Nazis, according to police.

The seventh-grade teacher claims she was trying to teach the students a lesson about the Holocaust. The social studies teacher had a lesson on the Holocaust the day before.

“What was a demonstrative attempt to teach about World War II and the Holocaust has been taken to mean an anti-Semitic rant and it was nothing like that,” said her attorney, Robert Ferguson.

Mulholland was arrested and faces charges of third-degree assault and battery and public disorderly conduct, Bluffton Police spokesman Lt. Joe Babkiewicz said.

Patricia Mulholland Arrested After Allegedly Dragging Student Under Table, Calling Him Jew

Ferguson said Mulholland is a well-regarded teacher and hasn’t had any problems during her 23-year career with Beaufort County schools.

“This is such a sensitive topic. But what do you determine is instructive teaching? Where is that line?” Ferguson said.

School district officials said Mulholland was placed on administrative leave Thursday. The district is sharing any information it has with police and will conduct its own investigation once the criminal probe is finished.

Police would not identify the student and refused to say whether he was Jewish.

Bluffton is located along the coast in the southeastern part of the state.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:54am

    That is SO NASTY and is that NOT a HATE CRIME? WHY, YES, it IS! Union will protect her, no problem. I betting the STUDENT was Jewish, even though they refuse to say! Sick attempt at “teaching?” I think not.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:02am

      This is why I sacrificed for twenty plus years to send my kids to private schools…….

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    • mrsmileyface
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:45am

      Its not a hate crime because once again it dosent fit the narative. And it was a crime against the Jews which is double ignored, even sneered at. Racists all around.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:55am

      Come here Jew, I want to show you what the Germans did to your ppl?

      I don’t think we actually did to reenact live on students who esp are Jew to make a point, I think any Jew understands their history better than we do. Show the films about the holocaust and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and leave it at that.

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    • PATTY HENRY
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:55am

      FIRE HER FIRST , ask questions later. NO ONE. NO ONE would ever do something like that without the entire class and the child knowing that this was a “teaching moment” and, she would never choose a REAL JEW to inflict this insanity upon.
      FIRE HER NOW.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:57am

      What is wrong with ppl?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:09am

      She‘s a teacher so my first suspicion would be she’s a liberal/leftist. The left has an innate anti-semitism.

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    • teddie888
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:48am

      My guess is the kid is not even jewish ….incomplete story

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:34pm

      For all we know, she is pro-Israel/jew and the kid acted like a jerk during her holocaust lesson the day before and she used this opportunity to get the point across.

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    • REALLYSERIOUSLY
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:47pm

      Sorry you are sadly misinformed, teachers are not unionized in SC.

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    • REALLYSERIOUSLY
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:02pm

      Equaljustice, you are misinformed, there are no teachers unions in SC.

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    • Suzanne D
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:35pm

      You’re labeling this a “hate crime,” yet you don’t even know whether the student is Jewish, or if the teacher THOUGHT he Is Jewish? Go back to Logic School … you obviously failed.

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  • PapaPatriarch
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:48am

    She should date Mel Gibson….

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  • janedough1
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:47am

    Ho hum. And everyone got up and fed their kids to the big, yellow bus this morning, right? When you start pulling your kids out to home school or private school, this will stop happening. As long as you think “not in my kid’s school,” and give them your kids again, they take that as approval.

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    • SquidVetOhio
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:24am

      Because only people who can homeschool or can afford private school love their kids right? We can’t all be as righteous as you I guess.

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    • greenspider
      Posted on May 2, 2012 at 8:49am

      Hell, his Daddy’s union job was good enough to get him into college so he could get a good career, then come out and hate on unions and afford to send his kids to private school.
      Very likely his wife is prolly too lazy to homeschool.

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  • Shiroi Raion
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:33am

    She must be happy to have time off to join the flea bags of OWS just in time for May Day.
    I highly doubt that she was demonstrating anything aside from her bigotry and that she enjoys bullying children. This woman should not be allowed to work in a school. Whether her actions were motivated by bigotry or not, no teacher should be allowed in a school after bullying a child. Same goes for that hateful pervert Savage.

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    • Tiredwithit
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:20am

      I don’t think it is a big deal. The whole bunch of us are just too soft! I doubt very seriously that she hates Jews and was even angry at the kid. Someone stated in a comment that Jews know better than anyone what their history was and wouldn’t need that lesson. That may be true, but what about the non Jews in the class?

      I’m not saying it was a good idea. But, was it really that bad? If she singled the kid out because he was Jewish and hates Jews, then yeah it was pretty damn serious. From the information in the story, I don’t think it is that way.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:13pm

      i would love to beat the snot out of this woman. this grav maga taking mother and jew would gladly show her a lesson that jail won’t teach. sickening this lady needs a beating

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  • lel2007
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:33am

    Do we really believe this teacher is a Jew hating psychopath who decided to physically and mentally abuse one of her students, while 20 or so other students were there to witness the act? If the teacher was indeed teaching, the demonstration was an excellent lesson. The horror of Hitler’s socialist Nazi hell cannot and should not be sugar coated. History is repeating itself today and, as in 1930′s Germany, many Americans are totally oblivious to the parallel.

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    • PapaPatriarch
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:38am

      We like to teach from books here. This teacher is sick.

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    • lel2007
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:58am

      PapaPatriarch – Then your little darling will learn very little.

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    • anajay
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:49am

      If the teacher was indeed teaching a lesson, don’t you think she should have let the kid in on it ?
      What she did was inexcusable.

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    • ToddH
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:34am

      When I was a kid, we learned about slavery by acting it out. The teacher instructed us to follow along as she told us the facts and we were to act the whole thing out accordingly. It was a lot of fun! Of course, my very traditional parents raised a few eyebrows and they really didn’t get the educational value of acting out the lesson at all. They criticized the lesson as a waste of time.
      I imagine the reason the teacher gave no warning was because she wanted her actions to come as a complete surprise, totally unexpected just as they did during the 1930s in Germany. She did this to shock the students, and in doing so, she got a lot more than she bargained for.
      Since there is no disciplinary problem that is reported with a student -Jewish or not- rising from his seat to sharpen his pencil, then I can‘t imagine why she’d grab him by the collar saying “come here Jew” and stick him under a desk to punish him though it sounds like her action probably did humiliate him and she could have planned it out better if she‘d asked him ahead of time if he’d help her with a demonstration for the class. That way he’s not just attacked in front of his peers for no reason (though the Nazis truly did that, didn’t they? And they didn’t explain “see here is what Nazis did to Jews” as they persecuted them.) When she starts stuffing students into ovens, then I’ll be concerned. Otherwise, I think 12 is old enough to handle this unless she’s bullied this student in a hostile manner bef

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    • maccow
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 1:01pm

      Toddah
      You say “I think 12 is old enough to handle” shows you have no clue about 12 year olds.
      Humiliation in front of your peers is the number one fear of a 12 year old. A teacher of 20 some years knows this.
      You would teach about past atrocities by being atrocious? What a moron.

      “Class, todays subject is the horror of Islamic sexual mutilation. Sally could you please come to the front of the class? Now where did I put those scissors?”

      “Todays topic is the Jim Jones Guyana Massacre. Toddah, come here and drink some of this kool-aid. Now Boy!”

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  • Phattdad144
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:25am

    So a teacher tries to demonstrate the authoritative environment of the nazies and gets hauled off to the local jail. Sounds like the powers that be completed the point she was trying to make for her.

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    • Tea Party Animal
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:37am

      You’re kidding right? You actually think that was appropriate for a middle school student to be singled out and humiliated? Whether she was trying to “teach,” or not, is irrelevant. You obviously do not have teenage children. ANYTHING done to them by a teacher in front of other students is embarrasing and humiliating.

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    • ToddH
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:50am

      Some people -and kids- are WAY too sensitive. No wonder the students these days are expected to learn everything through boring rote memory, which not every student is good at. Sylvan has discovered different kids excel through different types of lesson plans.
      At 12 years old, we acted out slavery. Guess what: I was a slave.
      I was teased and had to walk the halls with cans tied to my feet (as per my “master’s” requirements) and had to carry his books to class for him. He paid all of $2.50 for me, and he got me for an entire week for that. It was just a demonstration and it was all in good fun. We likened this to Pioneer Day or the Rennaissance Faire that requires some role playing.
      This teacher‘s big mistake was not asking the boy’s permisson to use him in her demonstration. She singled him out without warning, and especially if he is Jewish, she shows a lack of good judgment in doing so without his consent. But I swear: kids really need to toughen up a bit or else this kid will probably blow his brains out in high school and leave a note citing this incident of a teacher snagging him by the collar and calling him a “Jew”. Give me my own school days when the only people who got their panties in a bunch over that kind of stuff were my own stuffy parents (which is why I kept them very well protected from most of what I witnessed and experienced on a daily basis in seventh and eight grade). I’m sure the kid then went on to endure real bullying in his gym class.

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  • jamestoms
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:21am

    The Blaze site has been hyjacked on search engines on net, someone is blocking site with virus sites! Make people aware!

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  • koyettsu
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:19am

    Well you have teachers who think they are untouchable now, they believe their unions make them so. It was a shock to them in Wisconsin when we took away most of the Union’s powers over us. Than we began implementing policies that allowed us to fire them for being bad teachers. They are still complaining about it but they haven’t seen anything yet, we are going to demand they teach without their political views.

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  • Sunny10
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:17am

    If this was the day after the Holocaust lesson then it does appear to be inappropriate and racist behavior. If she is found free from that behavior then how about she dragged the kid across the room! This could be the tip of the iceberg with her or not. I am wondering if she has had a 23 year reign of terror and humiliation regarding her students or not. How about some investigative reporting? She will have to explain her behavior to the court now.

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  • 666Sucks
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:11am

    SO Meny questions, 20 some odd years as a teacher and never a complaint before? Was the student Jewish if not I believe it was instructional! What did the other students say? Is she affiliated with any hate groups? At the least she was foolish, look at this communist cess pool the education system has become. This is like jumping into a shark tank with a bleeding wound. Somethings you just don’t do or announce to all well in advance!

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  • junior1971
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:09am

    PAPA- Fist to face comes to mind!

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  • let us prey
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:07am

    I want to see her re-creation of the French Revolution. Off with the heads.

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    • starman70
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:21am

      How about teaching the inquisition! Burning at the stake, the rack and pinion. Lots of instructional materiel there.

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  • jackact
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:04am

    The contempt held for the Judeo-Christian ethic is centered amidst the progressive secularists, whom are supported and encouraged by Barack Hussein Obama.
    Leaders set examples.
    This is why America needs real change in November.
    Wait until mid-summer when Romney gets attacked for his ‘zany religion’.
    There is an end to this folks.
    It is up to us to check this hatred at the door.
    Come November.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:27am

      Good ideas, but I think WE THE PEOPLE need to start THIS MONTH, MAY, demanding ALL teachers in our school systems be vetted for anti-AMERICAN beliefs. If they are anti-AMERICAN, they may seek teaching jobs in another country, not ours. Just a thought….

      I mean, we have systems in place for pedophiles, do we not? Anti-AMERICAN does not need to be in our school systems at any level, that includes universities paid for by tax dollars. IMO

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:49am

      I don’t want the data collection center, government making these decisions. Teachers should be able to be fired. We should get rid of the Dept. Of Education and bring all of this to a local level and fire people when appropriate. We should not be running checks on everybody, just criminal ones for pedofiles, etc…….not for free speech. If teachers can be fired like the rest of us then they will keep their anti-american comments in check.

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  • Elvis
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:57am

    Well….she can always get a new job with the Obama administration!

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  • khutch1965
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:53am

    Its so creepy how the Obama ideology of hate has spread.

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    • grimmy
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:05am

      @Khutch1965.
      It didnt spread, its always been there,like gays, its just now coming out out the closet again.Like most left wingers in this country, the are bigots and racests.They just went underground back in the 60,like their commie bretheren, trading uniforms for suits, and hiding and waiting for the day they could show themselves, and “today” is the day.Its past time to put these people down, for good, so they never rise again….

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    • cmonnow
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:27pm

      how in the world can you put this on Obama ? you people really have an incapacity to reason..

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  • Taxpayer550
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:51am

    “This is such a sensitive topic. But what do you determine is instructive teaching? Where is that line?” Ferguson said.”

    Oh, I don’t know. Perhaps physically dragging a child 10 feet by his collar might be just a bit over the top.

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    • cmonnow
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:28pm

      finally a clear thought

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    • BumperMorgan
      Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:26am

      How about someone grab this idiot by the collar and drag her ass a few feet and see what happens.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:46am

    .
    We almost had us a Jewish Trayvon……….

    They should get a GameCock to peck her to death………..

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  • EP46
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:45am

    “This is such a sensitive topic”

    Why ? Teachers should be teaching facts….why is history ‘sensitive’ ? History should be presented the same as math. I don‘t support her ’demonstraton’….leave the acting to the drama club.

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  • PapaPatriarch
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:44am

    Time to home-school.
    Don’t think your local school is any different or better.

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    • skiz
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:21am

      Agreed! Our schools are pathetic. My children went to a Christian school and my two granddaughters will do the same even if I have to spend my life savings! They are taught the TRUTH about history, science, Christianity, etc…

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  • qpwillie
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:42am

    Well, as I type this, there is only one comment before this one so I don‘t know how anybody else feels about this but I think it’s an excellent way to illustrate what the Jews must have felt like. Good teachers like this should be commended instead of being charged with something.

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    • PapaPatriarch
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:53am

      Wanna guess what would happen if a teacher dragged my kid 10 feet anywhere??

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    • lel2007
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:17am

      I tend to agree with you, though I don‘t know the teacher’s motivation. A physical demonstration certainly conveys the lesson, the child wasn’t hurt and has a better idea of Nazi evil.
      We all need to be aware of the evils of the socialist Nazis, communists and others that would steal our freedom in the name of creating a ‘fair and equal’ society. History will surely repeat.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:33am

      If her intention was to teach about the Holocaust with a visceral demonstration (role playing) the student needed to be in on it beforehand and had given his/her consent. There is nothing wrong with the teaching model of the military: hear, see, do. In fact, it is probably the best learning model.

      It appears from the story, the student was not in on it. This is not a good thing. The teacher went over the top if she was teaching. If not, she is a nutbag.

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    • cmonnow
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:33pm

      only on this site would somebody sanction and justify this type of behavior.

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  • Impenitent
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:38am

    would this have been a story if she had said “come here, capitalist”

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:37am

    Ohhhhhhh!! I would hate to be this teacher!! She is going to get her azz handed to her.

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:34am

    They do not want the truth taught. They will make an example out of her. The Gestapo will scare the crap out of anyone trying to stand up and teach that the same thing is going on now…

    You idiots think the war on drugs is OK…Its just a ploy to build a huge police state, and it is here. They can now arrest most anyone at any time because they have so many laws that you are not aware of. Read the book, Three felonies a Day…
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842.html

    We are screwed..

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  • Kara_ite
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:33am

    I would Hhhh-h-ha-hate to be a teacher. But to drag a student physically is out of the equation. No touching or dragging, you could discuss dragging and abusing, but don’t do it.

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    • lel2007
      Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:21am

      We learn with all five senses.
      Anyway, I think we should wait for the investigation before we hang the teacher. I’m sure the 12 year-old is just fine both physically and physiologically, at least the class wasn’t tricked into singing a song of love and praise for beloved leader obama.
      Lessons on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge, Nazi Germany, Communist Russia and China are very difficult subject matter for Walt Disney Studios.

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  • PingPongPing
    Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:30am

    stupid nazis

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