The Wisconsin father who shoved his daughter’s faculty superintendent apart to forestall him from shaking her hand allegedly did it as a result of he and his youngster have “had points” with the administrator and “dislike him,” in response to reviews.
Matthew Eddy, 49, was caught on digital camera shoving apart Baraboo Excessive College superintendent Rainey Briggs at his daughter’s highschool commencement ceremony in late Could whereas saying, “That’s my daughter,” and “I don’t need her touching him.”
It stays unclear precisely what sparked the incident, however a police report lately obtained by WMTV instructed Eddy had “pre-planned” it primarily based on what he informed cops shortly after.
Eddy informed police he and his daughter “have had previous points with Rainey and dislike him,” in response to the report, earlier than saying he “wished to forestall Rainey from having the satisfaction of shaking.”
“So he went onto the stage to forestall that from taking place,” the report continued.
The daddy informed police he was solely sorry in regards to the incident for the way it may need affected his daughter.
Briggs denied understanding who Eddy was in any respect, saying that he solely recalled one incident the place his daughter was disciplined and that he “has no thought why [Eddy] reached the best way he did.”
Eddy was escorted out of the constructing and charged with disorderly conduct, and Briggs filed for and was granted a restraining order in opposition to him.
Briggs detailed the weird encounter in his petition to the Dane County Courtroom, describing how Eddy “approached the stage rapidly and put each of his fingers on me to push me out of the best way stating ‘You aren’t going to the touch my f–king daughter.’”
The administrator mentioned he “created house” and informed Eddy to cease touching him, however that the daddy continued to “push and pry at me.”
“This befell in entrance of 2-3 thousand folks,” Briggs added.
Briggs himself has not filed fees in opposition to Eddy.
Eddy appeared to single out Briggs particularly, leaving a number of different faculty officers untouched and free to shake his daughter’s hand.
Briggs has lately been tangled in controversy alongside faculty board president Kevin Vodak, who has confronted calls to be eliminated over allegations he misused taxpayer cash to spice up pad administrator salaries.
Vodak, nevertheless, was onstage throughout the incident and even shook the daughter’s hand, whereas Eddy solely appeared to focus on Briggs.
Some have speculated that the incident could have been racially motivated, as Eddy is white and Briggs seemed to be the one black particular person on stage.
The college has additionally been the middle of racial controversy previously — in 2018 a bunch of seniors have been photographed giving the Nazi salute and flashing different white power-associated indicators throughout a promenade photoshoot.
Eddy didn’t reply to requests for remark from The Publish.
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