#AssaultAtCanyonSprings
Posted on November 2, 2022 by TWhittenberg
December 2017
A Clark Country School District police officer can be seen on video deploying pepper spray into a large group of students of color in response to a fight between two female students. The police captain admitted that the fight was “straightforward”. It is unclear from the video whether officers attempted to deescalate the situation using other non-violent methods. The incident took place at Canyon Springs High following a basketball game with another local high school. Identities of those involved were not released and at least one student was taken to a juvenile detention center for battery.
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#AssaultAtWestern
Posted on by TWhittenberg
October 2017
At least one Clark County School District officer responded to an alleged fight between 12-13 unidentified male students at Western High School by using pepper spray. It is unclear whether the two officers present at the school—where the majority of students attended were Black and Latinx—utilized any other methods to diffuse the situation. Six unidentified students were issued disturbance citations and, according to the school police captain, the police response would be reviewed.
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#AssaultAtBasic
Posted on by TWhittenberg
September 2017
Clark County School District deployed pepper spray into a crowd of mostly Black and Latinx coaches, players, and game officials following a fight between Canyon High and Basic High School players on the football field after a game at Basic High School. Several student athletes screamed in pain as they walked back to the sidelines. The incident was caught on camera and, reportedly, at least one child under age 13 was also hit with pepper spray.
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#AssaultAtPeoria
Posted on January 20, 2022 by TWhittenberg
March 2017
A school resource officer at Peoria High School tases a student. The SRO was responding to a fight between a small group of students.
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#AssaultAtGaringer
Posted on by TWhittenberg
May 2017
17-year-old Jamari W. is tased twice by two school resource officers at Garinger High School.
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#AssaultAtWando
Posted on by TWhittenberg
May 2017
A school resource officer tases a Black student at Wando High School. The officer approached the student after an assistant principal alleged that the student was trying to “set fire” to balloons that were hanging in the hallway.
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#AssaultAtColumbiaCentral
Posted on January 14, 2022 by TWhittenberg
August 2017
A Black student at Columbia Central High School is tased by a school resource officer. The student’s mother stated that the student was breaking up a fight when he was tased.
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#AssaultAtRuckelMiddle
Posted on by TWhittenberg
September 2017
A school resource officer tases a 14-year-old student with disabilities at Ruckel Middle School. The student was taken to a medical center for a mental health evaluation following the incident.
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#AssaultAtBlythewood
Posted on by TWhittenberg
October 2017
A school resource officer tases and arrests a Blythewood High School student. The SRO alleges that he used the taser to control the 16-year-old girl after she was making “threatening advances” and hitting him.
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#AssaultAtKalamazoo
Posted on by TWhittenberg
January 2017
A school resource officer uses a Taser on a Black 15-year-old Kalamazoo Central High School student who weighed only 110 pounds. The school resource officer was responding to a fight between two students.
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