Minnesota Police Officer Banned as Substitute Teacher After Allegedly Reenacting George Floyd’s Classroom Murder

A Minnesota police officer who also works as a substitute teacher has been banned from teaching in the South Washington School District after allegedly using a student to reenact the events that led to George Floyd’s death.

Prescott patrol officer Steve Williams is also a two-year veteran of the Woodbury Police Department and was not officially serving as a Prescott city police officer when the alleged actions occurred.

A statement released by the city of Prescott, however, confirmed that the officer in question is currently on administrative leave while they investigate further.

“The City of Prescott and the Prescott Police Department find the current allegations, if true, made against Mr. Williams to be very disturbing and reprehensible, and we in no way condone his actions. Our deepest sympathies go out to the South School District Washington, staff and students,” the statement said.

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A Minnesota police officer who also works as a substitute teacher has been banned from teaching in the South Washington School District after allegedly using a student to reenact the events that led to George Floyd’s death. (Prescott Police Department Facebook)

Williams, who taught four separate English classes at the school on Monday, allegedly made racist and sexist comments to students, as well as other actions that increased the need for school officials to remove him.

Parents of students attending the school received letters signed by Woodbury High School Principal Sarah Sorenson-Wagner, South Washington County Schools Superintendent Julie Nielsen and Assistant Superintendent Kristine Schaefer notifying them of the incident in which school officials explained that Williams said he thought students “would like to hear about his life as a police officer.”

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Authorities also said that in the process of speaking with individual students, they learned that during the incident he “twisted a student’s arm behind his back and showed pressure points on his chin and face,” “talked about a bar fight and fake-punched a student with his fist ‘very close’ to the student’s face,” and he “‘invaded the students’ space and mimed holding a gun and pointing it at the students.”

Parents were assured that the school “responded immediately, removed the teacher from the classroom and escorted him out of our school.”

A Minnesota police officer who also works as a substitute teacher has been banned from teaching in the South Washington School District after allegedly using a student to reenact the events that led to George Floyd’s death. (Woodbury High School website)

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School officials say a report on the incident has been submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education and the state’s educator licensing board.

The city of Prescott is conducting its own internal investigation while the Woodbury Police Department conducts its investigation.