Sara Clark Pierson, president of the Grand Ledge school board, said in local and national interviews (WILX-TV and National Public Radio) that the school board experienced a “mini-January 6 insurrection” during a recent public meeting when parents rushed the stage with their fists up.
But fellow school board member Ben Cwayna says the incident never happened and the parents do not deserve to be labeled as violent.
Clark Pierson originally made her claim in a WILX-TV interview, and repeated it in an interview with NPR.
Cwayna wrote a lengthy statement correcting the record after it was not addressed at the latest school board meeting. Pierson was apparently fine with covering up her dishonesty. We’ll have to wait to find out exactly what her excuse is, but you can bet it’ll be a word salad and a lot of hedging. I wouldn’t expect any corrections from NPR either.
What this shows is just how unsubstantiated that NSBA letter was. The two most “severe” acts did not happen. Scott Smith was not violent that day in June. He flinched when an officer tried to forcibly remove him after the school board wouldn’t let him speak. That led to him being thrown to the floor and beaten for his trouble. And in this latest example, it appears the accusation didn’t happen at all, in any context.
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/10/30/michigan-school-board-lied-about-mini-january-6-insurrection-in-infamous-nsba-letter-n466344