Video Shows Student Being Punched In The Head By Howard High School Staff, Sparking Community Outcry

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — A convulsive video that emerged connected societal media shows Howard High School staffers restraining a pupil connected the level and punching him successful the head.

Howard County Police archer WJZ a information defender and schoolhouse head intervened aft a pupil reportedly assaulted respective different students successful the cafeteria.

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“Y’all enactment excessively overmuch unit connected a kid that’s inactive successful precocious school,” said Tory a freshman astatine the school.

WARNING- Graphic: from Howard High TODAY showing staffers restraining a student, punching him successful the head. @HCPDNews accidental a pupil reportedly assaulted different students successful the cafeteria. A information defender + schoolhouse unit intervened – this is how. We’ll person the details astatine 11p @wjz pic.twitter.com/framBJbWiF

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“I was shocked, I couldn’t judge what I saw, it was 3 men connected apical of 1 young man,” said Desiree, a genitor astatine Howard High School.

Howard County Police corroborate 1 of the information officers seen successful the video is simply a erstwhile constabulary officer. They told WJZ his actions Thursday are nether investigation.

Another genitor shared a connection from the school’s main that says the pupil evaded unit aft the fight, forcing the schoolhouse to spell connected lockdown.

Now, the schoolhouse assemblage has questions.

“Most of america are inactive confused,” said Bianca a freshman astatine the school.

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Her mother, Desiree, said it looked arsenic if the pupil was being manhandled and she feared it could hap to her ain kid astatine school.

It’s conscionable 1 of 3 chaotic scenes that happened successful Maryland precocious schools Thursday.

In Baltimore County, a pistillate pupil was charged with first-degree battle aft a combat broke retired astatine Franklin High School. Another pupil was earnestly wounded and had to beryllium airlifted to the hospital.

And astatine Frederick County’s Linganore High School, constabulary accidental a 19-year-old threatened different pupil astatine knifepoint. He was arrested and charged with assault. No 1 was hurt.

Back successful Howard County, there’s anticipation the schoolhouse volition code what happened, but others fearfulness they won’t.

Bianca believes it volition beryllium swept nether the rug.

Her parent Desiree said “the schoolhouse should beryllium successful talks with the students to springiness them immoderate closure. We spot them with our children each day, and if this is however they’re going to dainty them erstwhile things spell wrong, past wherefore are we sending them here?”

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Howard County Public Schools tells WJZ determination was nary limb progressive successful Thursday’s incident.

Annie Rose Ramos