Acts of stupidity (part IX)                                                    

We all sometimes do stupid things in our lives but some people are really stupid and this article is about really stupid people.

The coach who showed videos of school girls

Ozell Williams, the cheerleading coach at East High School in Denver, drew scrutiny after videos were made public showing teenage girls screaming in pain as they are forced into painful poses. The videos show Williams, along with other cheerleaders, pushing students into full splits while they scream in agony.

Tom Boasberg, Denver Public Schools Superintendent, announced Williams’ termination. He also said that the district hired an outside law firm, Davis, Graham & Stubbs,​ ​to investigate the matter. Denver police have also been investigating the incident.

One of the gruesome videos shows Ally Wakefield, 13, being held down by three teammates and Williams, while the girl is screaming, “Please stop, please stop, please stop!” Additional video clip showed one of her teammates experiencing similar agony while she is also forced into a split pose.

Boasberg condemned the actions in the videos, which reportedly were filmed during the team’s summer camp in June. He called them “extraordinarily distressing” and “deeply disturbing.”

He also said, “Under no circumstances should a young person be in a situation where they are suffering physical or emotional harm,” 

Boasberg said the videos ​​were brought to the school’s attention in June when a student’s parents raised concerns about the use of ‘forced splits.’ School administrators met the next day with the student, her parents and the coaches to discuss the matter, which they believed had been “resolved.”

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Boasberg said,”​At that meeting, the school leadership team believed they had addressed and resolved the parents’ and student’s concerns,  It is now clear they had not.” He also said the decision not to terminate Williams immediately was “wrong.”

Williams, who was previously fired from another job and reportedly was passed over for another gig due to his association with the coaching practice, claims the videos were taken out of context.

“You can definitely say that what was in the video could be seen in a different light,” Williams told the Denver Post. “I would love to tell my story, but I can’t say anything else at this time.”

Principal Andy Mendelsberg, assistant principal Lisa Porter, assistant cheerleading coach Mariah Cladis and an attorney for Denver Public Schools have been placed on leave pending the ongoing investigations.

As far as I am concerned, their services should be terminated and Williams should be criminally charged with assault. 

On the website for Mile High Tumblers, the 28-year-old Ozel Williams claimed to be “an Olympic athlete having won three Team USA First place rings in preliminary games”– but he has never been a member of an Olympic team or competed at an Olympic Games.

 The U.S. Olympic Committee confirmed that Williams was never on any Olympic roster. A spokesperson for USA Gymnastics added that there is no record of him being invited to the Olympic Gymnastics Trials, let alone winning three ring titles.

A 2011 profile of Williams referred to him as “a member of the USA Olympic Cheer Leader Team for 2012 in London.” A group of U.S. cheerleaders performed at men’s basketball semi-final and final games at the 2012 London Olympics, and it’s possible that Williams was a member of that squad. But that would not make him an Olympic athlete.

This stupid man made the following statement years ago; “I think Mars is the limit for me instead of the sky, because I reach up, above and beyond all that.”

Well, he did reach some dizzy heights but like all fools, his fall from grace has destroyed his reputation. permanently.

A strong team culture is the foundation to any successful organization, whether in sports, business, politics, or the military. Team members have to be united towards a common goal, and constantly put that goal before their own needs and wants. The leader directs the energy of the team, and to do so effectively, requires respect and loyalty from each team member. However, what is most important is that the leader must be honest and devoted to the welfare of his fellow members because if that honesty and devotion is missing, the teal suffers.

I don’t know if the cheer leaders at the High School that suffered from William’s abuse will return as cheer leaders again but if they do, they are to be complemented for their courage and devotion to their school.

A woman who applied for the wrong job

Kristina Hoefs, of the City of Manchester, had applied for the job at the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections in the State of New Hampshire.  She was hoping to get a job as a female guard.

Now I don’t know if you know this but if anyone applies for a job in a jail or a prison, that person will be first investigated to make sure that he or she are not a criminal on the lam or waiting for a trial that is pending.  

The results of the investigation showed that she was wanted for a theft-related criminal charge in the state of Maine.  

Hoefs was taken into custody and taken to police headquarters. She was later scheduled for arraignment, I don’t know what happened immediately after her arrest but you can be sure of two things. First, she didn’t get the job and second she was extradited to Maine to face the charge.

When someone applies for a job in any correctional facility, as sure as God made little apples, one of the questions being asked in the application form is; “Have you ever been charged and/or convicted of a felony in any state in the United Sates?”

Now if an applicant who has any semblance of a working brain has such a record or is wanted by the police knows that there will be an investigation of the particulars written by the applicant in the form.                                                                 

Obviously Hoefs’ brain was not in working condition when she applied for that particular job. If her brain was fully functional, she would have walked out of that facility when she saw the questions in the application form.  

I have many more cases of stupidity of other persons that you will enjoy to read about in the future.