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‘Defamation of a Beloved Teacher’: Community Backs Teacher Charged With Assaulting Student

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‘Defamation of a Beloved Teacher’: Community Backs Teacher Charged With Assaulting Student
A New South Wales Police officer at a crime scene in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 13, 2019. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
By Nina Nguyen
3/22/2023Updated: 3/28/2023
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Support is growing for a 62-year-old teacher who was charged with physically attacking a student in a high school classroom in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).

Footage emerged on social media on Tuesday showing Michael John Kable, a Maitland Grossmann High School teacher, and a student tossing scrunched-up paper balls at each other.

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Nina Nguyen is a reporter based in Sydney. She covers Australian news with a focus on social, cultural, and identity issues. She is fluent in Vietnamese. Contact her at [email protected].
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