re: BR Educators fired after mocking autistic student in audio recording-Nakamoto WBRZ

They can try.

Win or lose, though, they end up getting so much publicity to this case that they are worse off than if they had let it drop.

As of now, people just hear “two teachers fired over tape”. This goes to court and they start hearing the teacher’s names over and over again along with what they did. That kind of publicity means the incident sticks around and haunts them forever, likely getting them blackballed from teaching.