A Lowell school librarian says she has been targeted for years by a self-described 'parental-rights' advocate. A viral video from February put her over the edge.
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LOWELL, Mich. —
For five years, Lowell Area Schools (LAS) library media director Christine Beachler says she has been the target of untruthful, personal social media attacks directed mostly at her and other staff members.
After a video of Beachler during a library tour in February went viral, she says it pushed it over the edge.
“At the point when that video came out number one. It went viral,” Beachler said. “So, there were over a million people seeing it. But to actually have threats of, you know, on my life that was unreal. I mean, how do you justify that in your mind, that I'm doing my job exactly as the school board has told me to do?”
The video, posted by self-described parental rights advocate Stefanie Boone, showed Boone on a LAS library tour. She asked Beachler where books with adult content are located.
For years, Beachler says Boone has targeted Beachler and LAS over books Boone describes as “pornographic” in the library, leading Boone to call Beachler and pedophile and groomer online.
Which is why on Tuesday, a civil lawsuit was filed in 17th Circuit Court, asking for damages and for Boone to take down all her posts referencing Beachler.
“This is not where she wanted to end up,” said Beachler’s attorney Liz Geary. “She has tried every way she can think of to stop this, and unfortunately,...
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