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I read the story. What's weird is the students got suspended for posting and sharing the photo and not for fighting (unless I misread). The principal said he had to restrain the female student but he could have done something other than the choke hold. I don't even think the school district did anything about it.
One quick instant in a photo doesn't reveal the truth. Most it probably went down as the story said, fighting was going on, people were all over the place, things happen, I don't believe the teacher intentional went up to the girl and put her in a headlock... I wasn't there so I can't say for sure..... but like most stuff, probably BS ginned up by the kids....
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Looks to me like he grabbed her around the chest, compressing her arms to her sides. She squirmed and sank down, probably trying to get away and back to the fight - thus giving the illusion that he had a choke hold on her. Love that she couldn't move the day after the accident but was doing quite well come Monday at school.
I read the story. What's weird is the students got suspended for posting and sharing the photo and not for fighting (unless I misread). The principal said he had to restrain the female student but he could have done something other than the choke hold. I don't even think the school district did anything about it.
They did get suspended for fighting, along with ten others who got suspended for the social media postings.
Ever break up a fight between two students? It's like trying to break up a fight between cats. I've broke up a couple and once ended up having to miss over 3 weeks of work with broken ribs and collarbone. I've known quite a few teachers that have gotten broken noses, one broken jaw, and a few broken or damaged hands. Two teachers I know were hurt so bad they were permanently disabled, although I think one of them was more fear of future fights than lasting physical damage. One friend of mine loss 10% usage of her right hand. Teachers are more likely to be seriously hurt than the kids - their bodies are young and they heal much easier than us old fogies. Not only that, some kids just won't stop and if you give them any slack they lunge at the other kids again. He was probably trying to restrain her and she may have moved in a way that left it looking like he was trying to put her in a chokehold.
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The suspension of the two teens physically involved in the fight has since upped that number to 12.
Seen lying in a neck brace at home Tuesday, Johnson told KTVU that Whitmire's side of the story is a bit farfetched.
"I wasn't fighting back I just laid there on the ground," she said through carefully pressed lips.
Johnson now blames Whitmire for her injury, which in her at-home interview showed has apparently made her unable to move.
A video taken in a classroom Monday by a school resource officer, however, shows her comfortably moving around, the Times reports.
I read the story. What's weird is the students got suspended for posting and sharing the photo and not for fighting (unless I misread). The principal said he had to restrain the female student but he could have done something other than the choke hold. I don't even think the school district did anything about it.
Maybe have grabbed her by her waist? It is interesting that the faculty is white and the student is black. I wonder if it would have been a different headline if the student was a white female. It possible could be twisted into some sort of molestation charge.
Just another dirtbag looking for a payout. Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
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