Student in wheelchair attacked by security guard, school officials say

[KamaAina]

http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_25864711/oakland-high-student-cerebral-palsy-attacked-by-security

An Oakland High student with cerebral palsy was punched several times and dumped on the floor from his wheelchair by a school security guard earlier this month, school officials said.

The attack, caught on surveillance video, happened about 9 a.m. May 19, according to a letter sent from Oakland High Principal Matin Abdel-Qawi to parents. The security officer was arrested and faces charges of child abuse. The school district fired him in the wake of the attack, spokesman Troy Flint said.

According to Abdel-Qawi's letter, two school security guards were urging students to go to class, but several lingered in the hallway, including the student in the wheelchair. The student either refused or didn't move fast enough, at which point, the officer tried to push the student's chair to class, Abdel-Qawi said.

The video shows the security officer pushing the student's chair and then suddenly punching him more than once with his right hand. Abdel-Qawi said the student tried to slap away the security guard's hand, and after being handcuffed, then spit in the security officer's face. The attack continued until the teen wound up on the floor.

[atreides1]

1. Now we wait

For someone to justify what the security guard did!

[jwirr]

2. Security guards are supposed to keep the students safe not do the teachers job. This security guard

has no business in any school. I hope they send him to jail.