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Michigan School Board president is removed after ‘choking and slamming head of fellow member into a table – leaving her with two black eyes following disagreement at meeting’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d3030&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Michigan school board president is removed after assaulting a fellow board member &&num;8211&semi; leaving her with two black eyes following disagreement at meeting&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d3030&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Danielle Green was voted out of her presidency on the Flint Community School Board 6-0 on Wednesday during an emergency meeting&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d3030&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>She allegedly attacked school Treasurer&nbsp&semi;Laura McIntyre by &&num;8216&semi;grabbing her throat&comma; slamming her head down on the table&comma; and punching her repeatedly in the head&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d3030&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>McIntyre said she would pursue the &&num;8216&semi;full extent&&num;8217&semi; of the law and has filed a police report against Green<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d3030&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Green said this doesn&&num;8217&semi;t &&num;8216&semi;define her or her record of service&&num;8217&semi; and that she isn&&num;8217&semi;t &&num;8216&semi;proud&&num;8217&semi; of the moment<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3d3030&semi;font-size&colon;16px"><strong>Police have confirmed that McIntyre&comma; who was taken to the hospital for her injuries&comma; had filed a report&comma; but no charges have been filed&nbsp&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Laura-McIntyre-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-402981" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"784"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Flint&comma; Michigan&comma; School Board Treasurer Laura McIntyre &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; filed a police report against former President Danielle Green&period; During the emergency meeting&comma; where Green was voted out of her role as president 6-0&comma; McIntyre spoke about the ordeal while sporting two black eyes <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Michigan city school board president was ousted after brutally attacking a fellow board member by slamming her head on a table and choking her at a meeting&period;<br>Flint Community School Board President Danielle Green was relieved of her duties&nbsp&semi;after she allegedly attacked the Board&&num;8217&semi;s Treasurer&comma; Laura McIntyre&comma; at the Finance Committee meeting at 10am Wednesday&period;<br>Flint Schools Superintendent Kevelin&nbsp&semi;Jones told&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mlive&period;com&sol;news&sol;flint&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;flint-schools-calls-special-meeting-after-alleged-assault-between-board-members&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">M Live<&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;that the pair got into a disagreement over building new schools&period;<br>At an emergency meeting later that day McIntyre&comma; sporting two black eyes&comma; souvenirs of the assault&comma; said there was &&num;8216&semi;no fight&&num;8217&semi; leading up to the attack and the &&num;8216&semi;only person fighting&&num;8217&semi; was Green&period; During the emergency meeting&comma; where Green was voted out of her role as president 6-0<br>McIntyre filed a police report against Green&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Danielle-Green-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-402982" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"875"&sol;><figcaption><strong>School Board Treasurer Laura McIntyre said former board president Danielle Green &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period; i the heat of a disagreement during a meeting &&num;8216&semi;grabbed my throat and then grabbed my hair and slammed my head into the table and started punching me in the head&period;&&num;8217&semi; Subsequently&comma; Green was voted out of her role as president 6-0<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">She said Green got up and &&num;8216&semi;towered&&num;8217&semi; over her at the finance meeting and started &&num;8216&semi;threatening me with her finger&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I stood up to back away at&nbsp&semi;which point she grabbed my throat and then grabbed my hair and slammed my head into the table and started punching me in the head&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she said&period; &&num;8216&semi;It was not warranted&comma; uncalled for and completely inappropriate&period; It will not be tolerated and we are taking action tonight&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;In the moment&comma; I was shocked and surprised&period; It had never crossed my mind that anything like this would ever escalate like this&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;There was no fight&period; There was no argument&period; This escalated out of nothing and very quickly it was an attack&period; It was an assault&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m only here to make sure the truth comes out and justice is served&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I was attacked out of nowhere&comma; for no reason&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>McIntyre&comma; self-defined on her Facebook page as a &&num;8216&semi;queer mother-of-three&&num;8217&semi;&comma; said she filed a police report and will be pressing charges&period; Green has not been arrested by police who were called to the meeting shortly after&comma; the&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;detroitnews&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;local&sol;michigan&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;24&sol;flint-school-board-leader-loses-spot-after-alleged-assault-treasurer&sol;7149801001&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Detroit News<&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;reports&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;At this point&comma; I plan to pursue this to the full extent of the law and I&&num;8217&semi;m looking at my other legal options as an individual&comma;&&num;8217&semi; McIntyre said at the meeting&comma; according to ABC 12 News&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi; <br>&ast;On Thursday&comma; the incident remained under investigation and no arrest had been made&comma; said&nbsp&semi;Det&period; Sgt&period;&nbsp&semi;Tyrone Booth&comma; Flint Police Department spokesman&period; <br>Booth added that it is &&num;8220&semi;that is to be determined&period;&&num;8221&semi; whether an arrest warrant would be submitted to the Genesee County Prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s Office&period;<br>Several members noted the significance of the attack&period;<br>&&num;8220&semi;It wasn’t right&period; I didn’t like it&period; And I did my best to restrain it and to stop it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Trustee Allen Gilbert told McIntyre&period; <br>&&num;8220&semi;It wasn’t good enough &lpar;to stop the alleged attack&rpar;&period; You did not deserve it &&num;8230&semi;&&num;8221&semi;<br>The&nbsp&semi;meeting&nbsp&semi;was called &&num;8220&semi;to discuss how to keep Board members and the public safe in open meetings and discuss security implementation or other appropriate measures&comma;&&num;8221&semi; district officials said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Danielle-Green-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-402984" width&equals;"832" height&equals;"902"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Danielle Green &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; allegedly slammed McIntyre&&num;8217&semi;s head on the table&comma; choked her&comma; and repeatedly punched the woman in an unprovoked attack during the finance meeting on Wednesday&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Although Green&comma; also a mother of three&comma; was removed from her role as president&comma; she is still allowed to serve on the Board of Education&comma; since she was elected&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Sequel to the altercation&comma; the School Board decided to have police in attendance at all future meetings until further notice&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>In a post showdown interview&comma; Green told<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;abc12&period;com&sol;news&sol;education&sol;flint-school-board-meeting-erupts-into-altercation-between-president-treasurer&sol;article&lowbar;21c01218-aae2-11ec-bf0d-8fa393b081a4&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">&nbsp&semi;ABC 12 News<&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;this &&num;8216&semi;is not one of my highlights of my anything&comma; my life&comma; my career&comma; my position in the community&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;None of this am I proud of&period; Absolutely not&period; And this is one incident&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Never in my life would I have thought something like this I will be involved in ever&comma; ever&period; And I can say this&comma; my record speaks for itself&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Laura-McIntyre-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-402986" width&equals;"842" height&equals;"823"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Laura McIntyre&comma; said she had to go to the hospital to be treated for her injuries after the attack adding that said she would pursue the case against Green to the &&num;8216&semi;full extent&&num;8217&semi; of the law&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Green was elected president in January and in the last six years has served as a trustee and a vice president&period; McIntyre was elected Treasurer around the same time Green became president&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>Green&comma; who is also a mother-of-three&comma; said this incident doesn&&num;8217&semi;t &&num;8216&semi;define her or her record of service&&num;8217&semi; and that she isn&&num;8217&semi;t &&num;8216&semi;proud&&num;8217&semi; of the moment&period;<br>Although she will no longer serve as president of the school board&comma; she will still be able to be on the board&comma; as she was elected&period; Her tenure&comma; which ends in January&comma; will be completed by Board Vice President Joyce Ellis-McNeal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<iframe width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;1GTg9HUeqU8" title&equals;"YouTube video player" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"accelerometer&semi; autoplay&semi; clipboard-write&semi; encrypted-media&semi; gyroscope&semi; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen&equals;""><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>FBOE Emergency Board Meeting on March 23&comma; 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Superintendent Jones&comma; released a statement on behalf of Flint Community Schools&comma; stating<strong> <&sol;strong>he was &&num;8216&semi;aware&&num;8217&semi; of the incident and is &&num;8216&semi;committed to the safety of all members of our school community&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I want to assure families that we will remain focused on our mission to provide a high-quality education to our scholars&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he wrote in a statement&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;We are focused on our families this school year and beyond&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Flint-Community-Schools-Board-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-402998" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"754"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Flint superintendent Kevelin Jones said he was &&num;8216&semi;aware&&num;8217&semi; of the situation the school district still remained &&num;8216&semi;focused on our mission to provide a high-quality education to our scholars&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;Laura-McIntyre-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-402988" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"819"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Flint schools Treasurer Laura McIntyre&comma; seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; with her family&comma; said that she was attacked at the school finance meeting&nbsp&semi;&&num;8216&semi;out of nowhere&comma; for no reason&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The Flint School Board has been in the news for the past few years&comma; as members have clashed on its mask policy&comma; critical race theory and other topics&period; Two board members also quit in September&comma; for reasons not diclosed&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>The school board also plans to discuss the &dollar;150million in federal COVID-19 relief money it received&period; The board said on Wednesday that it would start strategizing how to spend the funds&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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