An American from Texas who had locked her 13-year-old son in the trunk of his car to be tested is the subject of criminal proceedings but also testimonies of support which came out on Monday, January 11.
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Sarah Beam went to Pridgeon Stadium in Houston on Monday, January 3, where you can get tested without getting out of your car.
To the site manager, she explained that she came for her son, who was positive for Covid-19 during a previous test, but preferred to put him in the trunk of her car so as not to risk being contaminated in turn.
The site worker asked to see the teenager and then clarified that no testing would be done until he was in the back seat of the vehicle.
The police, warned by the employee and using CCTV cameras, arrested this teacher last Saturday on suspicion of endangering a child.
She was not released until the next day on bail of $ 1,500.
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On Monday, former Sarah Beam students hung words around her house to support and defend her.
She is
"a true heroine without a cape"
writes one of them,
"an incredible teacher, a loving mother, an inspiring woman"
.
On cardboard signs hanging from its windows, we could also read:
"We support you"
and
"We do not judge a book by its cover"
.
The woman, just over 40, was until recently a high school teacher in Houston but is currently
"on administrative leave"
.
The judicial authorities did not specify when she will be heard.