Wayne County principal's Facebook post on alleged UNC shooter disturbs some parents

A social media post made by a Wayne County Schools principal has drawn the ire of some parents and online communities.Spring Creek High School Principal Wendy Waters’ commentary on Monday’s fatal on-campus shooting at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invoked speculative theories about the alleged shooter. Waters called herself a “mad mamma” in the post, which came to light on Wednesday.Waters speculated that alleged shooter Tailei Qi was “stealing our intellectual property working for the CCP.” Qi previously spent time in China and graduated from Wuhan University. Various studies have reached different conclusions, but a US Department of Energy report released in February assessed that COVID-19 likely came from a lab leak in China.The post read as follows:”What? He only came to our country in 2022 from the UNIVERSITY OF WUHAN!!! My bet is he’s a Chinese Nationalist as a “visiting student” stealing our intellectual property working for the CCP!! There is nothing WHITE about him and since this is now at my front door I will not let them get away with their gaslighting BS!!!WE NEED TO DECOUPLE FROM PEOPLE WHO HATE US!!!Coming from a mad mamma!!!”The post was poorly-received by some families and drew hundreds
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