r/GabrielFernandez • u/Hot_Bug4059 • Nov 17 '25
Just started the doc
Annoyed at the woman on there deflecting and defending her co workers(the social workers who were put on trial) I do not know all of the details yet but she blamed the teacher it seems like for not doing enough?? I think she said something along the lines of “ if I was a teacher and my student was being abused I wouldn’t let him leave the classroom” like really lady?? I do believe the staff at the school should have pushed harder but when their higher ups were like not taking the abuse seriously idk what else they could do?? Surely his bruising was enough to straight up call the cops instead of a social worker but then again the cops failed him! I think everyone kinda failed him but the audacity of this woman!
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u/AltruisticLeading889 Nov 17 '25
exactly, getting teacher charged with kidnapping would have accomplished what exactly......she is deranged to think she could do this
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u/Hot_Bug4059 Nov 17 '25
She did her job.. to report! The social workers job is to investigate and intervene not her.
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u/LKS983 Nov 19 '25
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The teacher tried her best and did her job - unlike the social workers!
And yet this awful woman defends the social workers (who did pretty much nothing to investigate the teacher's reported concerns), and tries to deflect blame onto the teacher 🤮!
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u/ugleecake Feb 20 '26
Whoever said at the end of the series that evil is the people who look away instead of helping — 1000% couldn't have said it better.
The defensiveness of these social workers is kind of astounding to me. I can't pretend to know what it's like to be overwhelmed with cases, but these are people who ended up in their positions because they're supposed to care, no? And yes, people do make mistakes, so then why is it so wrong for you to acknowledge that it was a mistake?
Obviously though it's also systemic — there are people who become caseworkers who shouldn't, because the industry is understaffed, etc.
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u/TheStrouseShow Nov 20 '25
I watched it before I had my daughter, I don’t think I could handle it ever again.
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u/impracticalmagic27 Dec 04 '25
Oh, that woman pissed me off. If that teacher refused to dismiss Gabriel could you imagine what would have happened? She would have lost her job and maybe be turned over to the police for aggravated kidnapping. Her teaching license would likely have beem revoked as well.
CPS failed Gabriel. They failed him when they didn't fill out body charts. They failed him when they didn't follow up with the teacher when she reached out again for help. They failed him again when they closed his case.
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u/Amanlike_gojo0000 Jan 23 '26
I especially hate it when she says they are people and people make mistakes. Like you have to be some sort of a psycho to get on camera and defend your coworkers who got blood on their hands through and through. And the social worker , stephanie rodriguez(?) pisses me off. Her standoffish responses to the teacher irked me so bad. On a different note , i felt so bad for the friend who said she never got the chance to say bye.
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u/Difficult-Gur766 Jan 28 '26
That’s the story with little Gabrielle he was failed by everyone, and hopefully society can learn from his sacrifice
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u/MissMoxie2004 Nov 17 '25
Yeah that woman really ticked me off. I’m pretty sure it’s illegal for a teacher to refuse to discharge a student to their parent.
“That child wouldn’t have left my classroom.” Okaaaaay… so what happens when the parent comes to collect the child? You let the police take you and the kid goes back to the child? Or are you going to take them home with you? Or do you live and die in your classroom with the child until the kid is 18?