Greenville Ex Teacher Pleads Not Guilty

A former Mississippi teacher has pleaded not guilty to abusing a vulnerable person after a video showed her dragging a student by the hair. An attorney for Linda Winters Johnson entered the plea for her this week in Washington County Court. A trial date for the misdemeanor criminal charge was not immediately set. A video viewed millions of times online shows her dragging a special education student by the hair across the floor of the Greenville High School gym. A second video shows her striking the student with a cup. The school district fired her, and the state last week barred her from teaching for 12 years.