Post by Logan on Apr 29, 2016 22:21:10 GMT -6
Cape student sues, accuses school officials of slamming her to ground multiple times
A teenage Cape Girardeau student is suing the Cape Girardeau School District after an incident where she said she was assaulted by two high-school officials. Attorneys for the plaintiffs stated in court documents there is a surveillance video of the incident that is "graphic and disturbing."
Judge Craig Brewer granted a venue change in the case Wednesday. The Southeast Missourian has filed a public-records request with the school district for the video.
Ta'Brea D. Harris, 14 at the time, said she was waiting for a bus Dec. 11, 2014, when she was involved in a verbal altercation with a female student, according to an amended petition in the civil case filed Feb. 12.
Chris Kase, who then was assistant principal, approached Harris, grabbed her, spun her and slammed her into the ground, according to the petition. Sometime after, athletic director Lance Tollison approached Harris from behind, pulled her hands behind her back and slammed her to the ground. Tollison then picked Harris up to her feet and Harris tried to get away. Tollison then slammed Harris to the ground a second time, according to the petition.
Read more: www.semissourian.com/story/2299730.html
A teenage Cape Girardeau student is suing the Cape Girardeau School District after an incident where she said she was assaulted by two high-school officials. Attorneys for the plaintiffs stated in court documents there is a surveillance video of the incident that is "graphic and disturbing."
Judge Craig Brewer granted a venue change in the case Wednesday. The Southeast Missourian has filed a public-records request with the school district for the video.
Ta'Brea D. Harris, 14 at the time, said she was waiting for a bus Dec. 11, 2014, when she was involved in a verbal altercation with a female student, according to an amended petition in the civil case filed Feb. 12.
Chris Kase, who then was assistant principal, approached Harris, grabbed her, spun her and slammed her into the ground, according to the petition. Sometime after, athletic director Lance Tollison approached Harris from behind, pulled her hands behind her back and slammed her to the ground. Tollison then picked Harris up to her feet and Harris tried to get away. Tollison then slammed Harris to the ground a second time, according to the petition.
Read more: www.semissourian.com/story/2299730.html