Student's Leg Amputated After Teacher Brutally Beats Him

With witnesses, growing evidence and a good lawyer, this teacher and school are not going to have a leg to stand on.

                   


Story out of Columbus, Georgia:

A 13-year-old student who said he was “thrown to the floor” multiple times by a teacher at Edgewood Student Services Center on Sept. 12 is expected to have his leg amputated today as a result of the alleged incident, according to his attorney.

Attorney Renee Tucker, who represents the boy and his mother, said the student is still being treated at the Egleston Children’s Hospital in Atlanta. His family learned the news about the required amputation over the weekend.

Tucker said the mother also lost her job at a temporary agency, because she spent much of her time by her child’s side.

She said the boy was enrolled in the Muscogee County School District’s AIM program when the incident reportedly happened. It’s an alternative school program for students who have been temporarily removed from their assigned school because of violations of behavior rules.

Tucker said the student, who was previously enrolled at East Columbus Middle School, was trying to leave the classroom and go to the main office so he could call his mother to pick him up.

That’s when the teacher stopped him for an unknown reason and slammed him to the floor to prevent him from leaving, Tucker said. The student said he was thrown to the floor a second time when he tried to leave again.

Tucker said it’s still unclear how many times it happened, but she stated that assistant principal Eddie Powell reportedly witnessed it at some point. She said a school resource officer saw the student limping afterward but didn’t assist or file a report.

Tucker said an “inside source” informed her that the school has video footage of the incident. She said she submitted an open records request to the Muscogee County School’s board attorney on Sept. 26 requesting the footage along with more than 50 documents. That includes records concerning the teacher’s training, the teacher and assistant principal’s personnel record, the rules and regulations for physically restraining students, policies for transporting students on school buses, and policies and procedures about rendering aid to students. Cont.

Story from - Ledger-Enquirer