A Brooklyn teacher who appeared to call for violence against police officers in a photo posted to Instagram during the funeral of slain New York Police Detective Jason Rivera has been fired by the school.
Christopher Flanigan, who taught math at Coney Island Prep, claims his words were 'misconstrued' and that he was only trying to show the 'vulnerability' of the massive crowd of officers who turned out to mourn the rookie cop.
The charter school didn't buy his excuse and dismissed the teacher.
'We do not condone or promote violence of any sort,' said Coney Island Prep CEO Leslie-Bernard Joseph in a statement released Sunday.
'As of this afternoon, Mr. Flanigan is no longer employed at Coney Island Prep.'
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