A Garces Memorial High School teacher who was allegedly fired over social media posts targeting the Black Lives Matter movement and protests said he stands by his posts and called his former school "insane" for not supporting him.
Timothy Gordon, a former Garces theology teacher, went on KERN NewsTalk radio’s “The Richard Beene Show” Friday afternoon to discuss his Twitter posts that sparked controversy in the Garces community and beyond.
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