Link: School officer fired after video showed him body-slamming a 12-year-old girl
On
March 29, Janissa Valdez, 12, was thrown to the ground by a school
police officer named Joshua Kehm. Valdez and her mother spoke to KSAT-TV
about what happened.
District officials said officer Joshua Kehm was terminated Monday amid an investigation into an incident last month at Rhodes Middle School, in which he appeared to restrain and then throw down 12-year-old student Janissa Valdez.
“We understand that situations can sometimes escalate to the point of requiring a physical response; however, in this situation we believe that the extent of the response was absolutely unwarranted,” school district Superintendent Pedro Martinez said in a statement. “Additionally, the officer’s report was inconsistent with the video and it was also delayed, which is not in accordance with the general operating procedures of the police department...
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