An NBC News article buries the mention of child pornography charges against
an Oklahoma school principal who moonlighted as a drag queen and resigned
when the charges came to light.

Last month, Shane Murnan, a 52-year-old man who performs in drag as Shantel
Mandalay, resigned as head principal at John Glenn Elementary in Oklahoma
City. The Western Heights school board voted Monday to accept Murnan�s
resignation.

An Oklahoma principal with a side gig as a drag queen says he was
forced to resign under pressure from state Superintendent Ryan
Walters and others. https://t.co/bLg3U8gnfJ

� NBC News (@NBCNews) February 13, 2024

In the months leading up to his resignation, a substack called V1SUT posted
about Murnan�s previous arrest on child pornography charges, putting pressure
on the school district to reexamine its hire.

Murnan was arrested in 2001 after police found four images of children
engaged in sex acts on his computer, court documents say. However, the
charges were ultimately dropped when a judge ruled that prosecutors had not
proven that the people in the photos were underage.

At the time, Murnan was a 30-year-old fifth-grade teacher at a different
elementary school in the Oklahoma City area.

Back in June when Murnan was hired at John Glenn, the school district
acknowledged that it was aware of the old charges. Nevertheless, the district
said Murnan came �highly recommended� and said they were �very excited about
his vision� for the school.

Soon after he was hired, however, the former charges against the teacher went
viral. The popular X account Libs of TikTok posted about Murnan, and State
Superintendent Ryan Walters called for him to be fired.

Meet Shane Murnan- elementary principal at @wh_isd.

Shane is a drag queen who performs for children and reads books
about gender to kids while dressed in drag.

Shane was also previously arrested on child porn charges.

Would you want this person in charge of your kid�s school?
pic.twitter.com/yNuZyt3HRK

� Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 30, 2023

�I�ve heard from parents all over the state,� Walters said in September.
�They want this principal out of the school, and I�m going to do everything
in my power to ensure that that happens.�

Finally last month, Murnan said that Superintendent Brayden Savage told him
that if he didn�t resign, the district would fire him because of the cost of
increased security due to threats the school was receiving.

NBC�s Monday article focused on Murnan�s drag persona rather than the
�decades-old criminal charges against Murnan that were dropped,� which it
first mentions were related to child pornography way down in the 13th
paragraph.

�He never had a problem with his dual identities, he said, until last year,�
NBC�s article says.

�I�m a very professional person � I�ve worked really hard,� NBC quoted Murnan
as saying. �I�ve gone to school. I got my bachelor�s, my master�s, my
doctorate � I have been devoted to education, trying to make it a better
thing. But they�ve destroyed me, and I don�t know where I�m going or what I�m
doing now. This has been a nightmare.�

The article also says Murnan is the �latest example of an educator singled
out by Walters over ideological disagreements.�

The piece finishes with a quote from Murnan, who laments that �right now,
it�s not about the kids in Oklahoma� but �all about politics.�

#WhatLiberalMedia

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Let's go Brandon!

On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 08:23:49 -0500, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
wrote:

>“I’m a very professional person — I’ve worked really hard,” NBC quoted Murnan
>as saying. “I’ve gone to school. I got my bachelor’s, my master’s, my
>doctorate — I have been devoted to education, trying to make it a better
>thing. But they’ve destroyed me, and I don’t know where I’m going or what I’m
>doing now. This has been a nightmare.”
>
>The article also says Murnan is the “latest example of an educator singled
>out by Walters over ideological disagreements.”

Uh excuse me - but if you're performing in drag (or any other kind of
"exotic entertainment") or dabbling in kiddie porn it's NOT a matter
of "ideological disagreements" but rather moral turpitude that make
you unfit to even be around never mind be responsible for underage
minors.

I remember years ago when I was in high school when our basketball
coach once got into trouble since it was an away game (two hours by
bus from home) and rather than returning to the school with his
players he drove to the away game and back from his home to save
himself 45 minutes each way. Not sure who on the bus managed to
persuade the driver to stop at the beer store and bring a 24 pack on
board but even at 16 I knew somebody was going to get in trouble (I
don't think anybody actually did though) when I saw the empties
rolling down the aisle on the bus.....players necking with
cheerleaders in the back of the bus was ok but beer definitely wasn't!