Her name is Shakara and she has a broken arm.

[brer cat]

9. Thank you for adding this to our narrative of this awful event.

"It was disturbing to hear Niya say that when he entered the room she knew that something was going to happen because they call him 'Officer Slam.' And all the other kids took their cell phones out because they knew something was going to happen. That’s wrong on so many levels."

Situations like this happen because the community/society allows it. If the kids knew something was about to happen because of Officer Slam, then the teachers, administrators, and parents also knew about Officer Slam. It shouldn't take a video of depraved child abuse going viral for all of the above to force that SRO out.

I hope that Rep. Rutherford (D, of course) follows up with a thorough re-working of the law, and puts in place standards of conduct for those working with children/teens. Teenage petulance and angst is a common experience, not a crime.