Video Shows Police Officer Slamming 12-Year-Old Girl On Floor Following Altercation

A shocking video captured on a student’s cell phone camera is going viral and the story is just as disturbing.

A 12-year-old San Antonio girl has been suspended following an altercation with another student. That fight ended with a police officer slamming the girl to the ground, according to the girl’s mother and the supporting cell phone footage.

Here’s the story, according to CBS News affiliate KENS:

The student at Rhodes Middle School had been in altercations before. According to her mother, Gloria Valdez, “she had been bullied at the beginning of the school year.” Valdez said she had spoken with the school counselor and vice principal, who said they would look into the issue.

On the day this video was recorded, Valdez said he daughter was in another altercation, but this one had been started by a fellow student. To break up the fight, a school district officer picked up the girl and threw her to the ground

“Supposedly he was threatened by her, that she kicked him, but in the video her legs never went up,” Valdez said about her daughter.

Valdez’s daughter did not want to go on camera but told KENS what had happened. She had been speaking with the other girl when a crowd closed in on the two. Tensions rose and while it’s unclear whether or not things became physical, it was at this point that the officer put his hands on her.

As a result of the altercation, Valdez’s daughter has been suspended for three days and the officer has been placed on paid leave.

After you watch the video below, please tell us your thoughts. Should the student be suspended and was paid leave an acceptable response to the officer’s actions?

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