Miami high school students DEFEND suspended football coach who 'caught watching porn' on campus: 'Free Max!'

Students astatine a Miami precocious schoolhouse person rallied astir a shot manager who was suspended earlier this week for allegedly watching porn connected the campus. 

Max Edwards was seen connected video footage seemingly watching pornographic worldly wrong a Miami Jackson Senior High classroom. 

He has been temporarily removed from the schoolhouse arsenic they analyse the footage, which was archetypal obtained by CBS News Miami.

Outside of the schoolhouse connected Wednesday, students came to his enactment and could beryllium perceive chanting 'Free Max', believing the incidental has been misunderstood. 

Speaking with local10, Deontae Dowdell said: 'He’s a bully coach. He respected america and believed successful God and everything else. 

'I consciousness similar helium was astir apt watching a movie, it was astir apt and ad, it's each random.'

Dannis Morris said: 'As an athlete, helium changed the full team. The rumors request to stop, he's not that benignant of man, he's a bully person. Free that man.'

Another added: 'It was a misunderstanding, helium is simply a bully coach', portion others shouted 'Free Max' successful the background. 

One pupil spoke of their disappointment implicit the footage, saying: 'I thought it was benignant of insane due to the fact that wherefore would a teacher bash that? 

'You’re connected the clock. You’re not expected to beryllium doing that, you’re teaching.'

It is unclear however agelong helium had been watching the inappropriate contented for, but helium is seemingly successful the beingness of astatine slightest 1 pupil who captured the footage. 

In a statement, the schools territory said: 'Miami-Dade County Public Schools is disturbed by the allegations made regarding concerning behaviour involving an worker astatine Miami Jackson Senior High School.

'The idiosyncratic has been removed from the schoolhouse tract pending the result of an investigation. At this time, we cannot supply immoderate further comment.'

Earlier this week, 12th people pupil Simora Caraballo told NBC Miami that immoderate students seemed to judge it had happened before. 

Caraballo said: 'It’s claims that determination was a video that came retired earlier that but a batch of the squad was frightened to speech astir it due to the fact that of their season.

'You’re a grown antheral watching that successful a child’s vision, it seemed similar helium conscionable didn’t person immoderate regards to however we felt, however we would consciousness if we saw it due to the fact that it’s similar helium felt truthful comfortable.'

An chartless genitor besides told the outlet: 'It’s precise disturbing conscionable to deliberation that he’s a coach, he’s astir kids and what made him get successful that mindset to spell ticker pornography astir kids, you’re astatine work.

The manager is simply a good known fig successful Miami-Dade precocious schoolhouse football, and had antecedently coached astatine Miami Northwestern Senior High School for a decade. 

Edwards guided Northwestern to 3 consecutive authorities championships from 2017 to 2019. 

He was antecedently suspended owed to unauthorized shot grooming during the coronavirus pandemic successful May 2020. 

Edwards was aboriginal reinstated successful June of that twelvemonth and issued an apology for the determination to person his squad train.