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Teacher to be Charged for Threatening Gay Student

RANDOLF FORDE X390 (Clayton County Sheriff’s Office) | ADVOCATE.COM

A Georgia teacher arrested in October on charges of threatening a 16-year-old student for his perceived sexuality is scheduled to attend an employment hearing Tuesday on possible disciplinary action.

According to the student's attorney, Terance Madden, Randolph Forde pulled the student out of an algebra class at Mundy's Mill High School and asked him if he was gay.

Afterward, Forde allegedly asked another student to “put a hit” on the teenager, said Madden, reports The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

According to a police report, "the suspect advised to the witness that he would pay him to kill the victim."

The teacher wrote the prospective victim's name on a note and showed it to another student on the school bus, the report says.

Forde, who was released on $10,000 bond, remains on administrative leave with pay, school spokesman Charles White said Monday.

“We have received a report that allegations were lodged against the teacher by the student’s parent,” White said.

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  • Name: Bryan
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 4:26:12 PM
    Hometown: San Francisco

    Comment:

    WTF!? The man allegedly tries to have a student MURDERED, and he faces an EMPLOYMENT HEARING!? Why isn't he in jail facing criminal prosecution?

  • Name: Roy
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 12:51:01 PM
    Hometown: Madison

    Comment:

    I couldn't agree more that even one racist posting is too many. I was wondering if there might have been a number of other racist comments that the Advocate had deleated before I had a chance to read them (like they often deleat comments that might be construed as criticisms of Israel.)

  • Name: Bob Smullen
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 12:40:21 PM
    Hometown: Hackensack, NJ

    Comment:

    Roy, I don’t see any postings on this site that object to criticisms of this homophobic teacher. But even one racist posting is one too many.

  • Name: bob
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 11:21:03 AM
    Hometown: bloomington

    Comment:

    As a retired teacher, I have only one question: ''why is this man allowed to continue in the profession at all? If this is all true, his certificate should be pulled, at the very least.

  • Name: Roy
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 11:20:04 AM
    Hometown: Madison

    Comment:

    I'm a little confused about this. I read all the posts and found only one that could be construed as racist. Could some readers be overreacting to legitimate criticism of a psycho who happens to be black?

  • Name: Bob Smullen
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 8:59:38 AM
    Hometown: Hackensack, NJ

    Comment:

    For the record, I am a gay white man. And I most definitely agree with Zachary. Enough with the race baiting. Hatred is hatred is hatred is hatred. If you want to build a world that values and appreciates the diversity of sexuality that exists, know that you can not do this by spewing forth race based hatred.

  • Name: Paul
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 7:21:06 AM
    Hometown: Atlanta

    Comment:

    Forget about the gay issue. This is a case of a teacher bulling a student, should be reprimanded, made to apologize and fired.

  • Name: Zachary
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 2:58:54 AM
    Hometown: Okinawa

    Comment:

    I am so sick of the racist comments whenever there is a story about a black homophobe. As a gay black man, I am doubly offended. It makes me angry to hear these kinds of things from those who should be standing with us, not maligning an entire race for the ignorant words of a few. Yes, the black community can be homophobic, I've gone through it myself both at home and in the military. But that doesn't mean all black people are homophobic, because bigotry comes in every color.

  • Name: Rick
    Date posted: 11/17/2009 1:25:45 AM
    Hometown: Charlotte

    Comment:

    Do I assume the man in the above photo is the teacher?

  • Name: Alex
    Date posted: 11/16/2009 11:43:34 PM
    Hometown: Albany

    Comment:

    Gay and racist is no more hypocritical than black and homophobic, but you do have a point. This guy is a complete and utter asshole and deserves to rot for the rest of his life, but we can't be using racial epithets when talking about him, because we KNOW that we'd be up in arms if any black person started using homophobic slurs against someone in the news for something like this. Do unto others, and all that. SOMEONE has to be civil in this country, so it might as well be us. That's not to say that we shouldn't start shit if something doesn't happen soon, but we need to remember that we need to target people for their bigotry, not their color.



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