Student: Girl slammed to ground was trying to break up fight Martha Waggoner, Associated Press Updat

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Martha Waggoner, Associated Press Updated 4:40 pm, Wednesday, January 4, 2017


ROLESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A student who was slammed to the ground by a police officer at a North Carolina high school was trying to break up a fight involving her sister, said the 15-year-old who posted video of the incident on social media.

Ahunna Akpuda recorded a brief video of an officer surrounded by students at Rolesville High School. The officer lifts and drops a girl on her left side, then pulls her to her feet and leads her away. Akpuda said two girls had been fighting, including the sister of the girl who was slammed to the floor.

She says the officer arrived a few seconds after the girl arrived to break up the fight.

"He drags her farther away from the actual fight after it was broken up," said Akpuda, who spoke with The Associated Press on the phone Wednesday, along with her mother. "That's when he proceeds to lift her up and slam her down to the ground."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Officer-on-leave-after-video-of-student-being-10834017.php

[Feeling the Bern]

1. Is the girl black? And am I the only who thinks SROs do NOT belong in schools?

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Most are

From the linked article -

The officer is Hispanic and the female student in the video is black, Mayor Frank Eagles said.

http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Officer-on-leave-after-video-of-student-being-10834017.php

Treated like chattel for 400 years.

[zonkers]

3. That girl is going to be scarred emotionally. But at least she will have a mllion dollars.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. And sadly, cities spend more on settlements than prevention. nt

[Feeling the Bern]

5. Linked articles is blocked by Great Firewall of China. I am in a place where my VPN doesn't turn on

so I couldn't read the article. Thanks for that.

I knew she was black. I just needed vertification since I can't read the article. . .yet.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Here's the article by ABC news, Associated Press:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officer-leave-video-student-thrown-44542075




There is a video posted in the first post in an earlier thread, shared by Quackers:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141654529#post12