Gun-toting mom threatens teacher with death over project involving rainbow flag

[tulipsandroses]

Police in Indianapolis, Indiana, have arrested a mother who threatened the life and family of a sixth-grade LGBTQ+ elementary school teacher after the teacher assigned the woman’s daughter a project asking students about different flags, including the rainbow Pride flag. The parent confronted the teacher at school while carrying a gun — something forbidden by law — and later emailed her, calling her “a child predator” and adding, “kiss ur kids goodbye.”

Police charged 48-year-old Carrie Rivers with felony possession of a firearm on school property and misdemeanor harassment via written communication after confronting the teacher inside Valley Mills Elementary School on April 9. Rivers reportedly claimed that the assignment was about “same-sex relationships” and disliked that the teacher was in a relationship with a female police officer. The teacher also had a rainbow flag with the words “Be kind” on it hanging in the classroom.

Rivers withdrew her daughter from school that day and allegedly came to the school to confront the teacher while carrying a holstered firearm on her waist, though she didn’t brandish it. While the teacher told Rivers that her daughter didn’t need to complete the flags project, the teacher also silently triggered a police alert about an “irate parent,” WTHR reported.
Police arrived, removed the gun, and informed Rivers that carrying a firearm on school property is a felony; Rivers claimed not to have realized she was carrying a gun and said that she had carried the gun inside of the school before.
Police didn’t arrest Rivers at the time. However, less than 30 minutes after leaving the school, Rivers allegedly emailed the teacher, writing, “god will condemn you to hell not only for your personal beliefs but for the fact that you use your position to mess with the minds of our children,” WXIN reported.

Rivers also reportedly told the teacher that she had “messed with the wrong family” and could see “why [the teacher has] gotten death threats in the past,” adding, “u [sic] never know when god says it’s our time so always be prepared.”
“so please say ur prayers and kiss ur kids goodbye and goodnight u never know when god says its our time so always be prepared,” the error-filled email continued. “your a child predator and your only hope is your b**ch a** wife that is a cop otherwise someone else woulda already delt with u for ur wrongs.”

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[travelingthrulife]

1. It's good she admitted to previously bringing her gun with her into the school multiple times.

She probably thinks of herself as a good christian. Always the victim those people.

[efhmc]

2. Hideous that that psycho is not in jail.

[wolfie001]

15. repukes cover up crimes by other repukes

tRUMP's gameplan. The pig that he is. I miss having a sane and measured President in the WH, not a rodent resident.

[Trueblue1968]

19. Violent Trumper, gun lover mom should be jailed. Danger to society. I would jail her for 20 years if i could

[Aristus]

3. I'm going to kill you in the name of our loving Lord, the Prince of Peace, the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.

Religion is a pathology...

[wolfie001]

16. I stopped going to church in 2004

GWB and Bachmann-Pucker-Overdrive were 2 of the main reasons. And the fact that it's all BS.

[Ping Tung]

4. Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine

Not to mention a bunch of cruel people wearing silly red caps.

[William769]

5. 1st mistake was the police, you always arrest on a felony charge.

Other than that, I hope they throw the book at rivers.

[bluestarone]

6. This sounds like a story with a very possible BAD ENDING!!

This mother needs to have ALL GUNS removed from her house. Also she needs daily meetings to PSYCH unit.

[sakabatou]

7. Now watch as people are gonna claim she's being persecuted

[hlthe2b]

8. A truly "diseased- minded" person...

The way the RW MAGAT-Xians and the rest of the MAGATs are indoctrinating their susceptible followers, we are going to need far more prisons.

[Aaeia]

9. Karen

Bet she's blonde with pearls. (No offense to Karens who are kind & have open minds is meant.)

[Warpy]

10. Obviously too unstab;e tp pwm a firearm

She needs to surrender her arsenal and consider therapy for those anger issues.

I wish someone would develop a pill to stop assholes from being assholes. Until and unless that happens, we're going to have to relieve them of the ability to commit mayhem.

[Wednesdays]

13. "I wish someone would develop a pill..."

Weed comes close.


Unfortunately, smoking/taking it is purely voluntary.

[Warpy]

17. Weed only removes a lot of ambition

since it's more fun to loaf around stoned and listening to head banger music than it is dressing up in camo and going out to shoot up a school or grocery store.

In addition, I've noticed that cannabis makes a lot of right wingers even more paranoid. There are no facts or figures on this, it's just something I noticed over the years.

An anti-asshole drug is still as dream. I hope someone is working on one.

[Wednesdays]

11. Illiterate

and ignorant. One guess as to whom she voted for last November.

[Sun-Moon]

12. I hope this Indiana community supports this teacher.

Have a rainbow day at School!

I hope this woman gets the maximum penalty. How is a hate crime a misdemeanor?

[aeromanKC]

14. Kiss your gun rights away.

Orange will be your new color of the rainbow.

[MagickMuffin]

18. Carrie Rivers, Why are you offended by god's promise?

I remember something about the Rainbow was “created” by god as a promise he would never drown the world with his vengeance ever again .

Of course that rainbow being created by god is so important to remind us we all can play god when we use water outside. I can create a rainbow today since it’s sunny outside today.

Carrie Rivers is a raging anti Christian. And perhaps she needs to display the 10 commandments inside her home because she’s broken several.

[Squaredeal]

20. And so, are the other parents of pupils with this Jake?

I would be at the next school board meeting for a full explanation and flyer the entire town about it.