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Charles Oliver | 2.10.2015 6:00 AM


The West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, sheriff's office has charged Chanel Lemelle with cruelty to a juvenile. Witnesses say Lemelle, a first-grade teacher, kicked and slapped a student at school. She is also accused of taking food off the boy's plate at lunch, telling him he "only needed one taco."

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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