The Baltimore County Public Schools system has launched an investigation into a high school principal who was recorded spewing offensive remarks about Black students and the Jewish community.
District officials are looking into Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert and an audio recording capturing what’s believed to be his voice going on a tirade aimed at school staff, Black students, and the community’s Jewish families. However, union officials claim the recording is AI-generated.
“The outrageous language in the audio is not the language, thoughts or character of Principal Eiswert. He is an outstanding school leader who has daily demonstrated his commitment to the students, community and faculty of Pikesville HS,” said Council of Administrative and Supervisory Employees executive director Billy Burke, whose union represents school administrators such as principals and other management-level staff.
The recording was posted on the Instagram account @murder_ink_bmore. It’s unclear who recorded the audio and how the popular social media page obtained it. Maryland is a two-party consent state.
“You know, I seriously don’t understand why I have to constantly put up with these dumba**es here every day?” the voice purported to be Eiswert’s is heard saying. “Between these ungrateful Black kids who can’t test their way out of a paper bag or these teachers who don’t get it — how hard is it to get these students to meet their grade-level expectations?”
The speaker goes on to name a staff member he believes “should have never been hired,” then makes a derogatory remark against another person, saying, “I’m gonna drag his Black a** out of here one way or another.”
“I’m just so sick of the inadequacies of these people,” the recording continues, a reference to the students and faculty. “And if I have to get one more complaint from one more Jew in this community, I’m going to join the other…
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