Post by pavel on Jan 17, 2016 17:00:40 GMT -6
Mississippi teacher could face charges after video shows him body-slamming boy, district says
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi school district may pursue criminal charges against a teacher who on Friday body-slammed a male student into the pavement outside a high school, a district official said.
Freddrick Murray, chief academic officer for high schools in the Jackson Public Schools district, told local media that officials in Mississippi's second largest school district were alarmed by video of the incident taken by a student.
The video shows a Jim Hill High School teacher picking up a student and throwing the student to the ground, with the student's body making an audible thump. District officials said the student wasn't seriously injured.
"On the surface, what we saw is totally inappropriate and not the way we handle students," said Murray, who said an investigation is ongoing. "From what we saw, it was very compelling and our recommendation will be termination."
Read more: www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/01/mississippi_teacher_could_face.html#incart_most-commented_news_article
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi school district may pursue criminal charges against a teacher who on Friday body-slammed a male student into the pavement outside a high school, a district official said.
Freddrick Murray, chief academic officer for high schools in the Jackson Public Schools district, told local media that officials in Mississippi's second largest school district were alarmed by video of the incident taken by a student.
The video shows a Jim Hill High School teacher picking up a student and throwing the student to the ground, with the student's body making an audible thump. District officials said the student wasn't seriously injured.
"On the surface, what we saw is totally inappropriate and not the way we handle students," said Murray, who said an investigation is ongoing. "From what we saw, it was very compelling and our recommendation will be termination."
Read more: www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/01/mississippi_teacher_could_face.html#incart_most-commented_news_article