Teacher arrested for forcibly cutting student’s hair

Footage posted online shows Margaret Gieszinger singing Star Spangled Banner as she hacks away with scissors

Margaret Gieszinger
Video of the incident 
(Image credit: Reddit)

A California school teacher is facing six criminal charges after footage emerged of her forcibly cutting a student’s hair while singing the US national anthem.

Margaret Gieszinger, 52, was arrested after a video posted to Reddit showed her telling a student to “take a seat” before “cutting chunks of the boy’s hair and tossing them behind her” while belting out incorrect lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner, the Associated Press reports.

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