Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Writing a book about Frank M. Johnson and George Wallace for @penguinpress. Alum @nytimes. Tuscaloosa native. Ruth 1:16.
Dec 5, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I did a lot of reporting for this piece, but nothing quite stood out like my interview with Johnny Tallant, a teacher at Marjorie Taylor Greene's high school whose class was held hostage by an armed student in 1990. This was during Greene's junior year... (Brief thread)
What happened was this: A sophomore entered the school, fired a rifle overhead, and marched students from one classroom into Tallant's (also full) classroom next door. In other words, Tallant was among those held hostage and experienced everything firsthand.
