Oakland High guard charged in abuse of student in wheelchair

[shian]

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[quote]
Oakland High School security guard has been fired and charged with child abuse for allegedly handcuffing, punching and dumping a student out of his wheelchair, school officials said Thursday.

Marchell Mitchell, 23, and a second school resource officer at Oakland High School were urging students who were running late to go to class about 9 a.m. May 19. Mitchell encountered freshman Francisco Martinez, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, officials said.

Mitchell ordered the student to move toward his next class, but the student "either refused to comply or was slow to do so," Principal Matin Abdel-Qawi wrote in a letter to parents.

Mitchell then took the handles of Martinez's wheelchair and pushed him toward class, prompting Martinez to object and try to slap away the guard's hands, officials said. Mitchell then handcuffed Martinez and continued to roll him, and the student turned around in his wheelchair and spat in Mitchell's face, authorities said.

"The security officer then struck the student several times before dumping him from his wheelchair onto the floor, at which time another security officer intervened to restrain his partner," Abdel-Qawi wrote.

Oakland schools police investigated the incident and arrested Mitchell. Alameda County prosecutors have charged him with inflicting corporal injury to a child, a felony. He is free on $10,000 bail and is to appear in Superior Court in Oakland on June 16.

The Oakland Unified School District, which had hired him in November as a substitute security guard, fired him the day of the incident, said spokesman Troy Flint.

"I'm shocked and deeply hurt by this behavior and apologize on behalf of the staff at Oakland High," the principal wrote. "This incident is not reflective of the kind of culture we cherish at our school or how we treat one another."[/quote]

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what a dick

[Adlertag1940]

Oh look, one instance where it's actually reported and something is done!

[Wingz]

i like how no one does anything

[Tetsmega]

[QUOTE=Adlertag1940;44967262]Oh look, one instance where it's actually reported and something is done![/QUOTE]

If it was another student instead of a staff member they'd both get suspended.

[Wingz]

[QUOTE=Tetsmega;44967389]If it was another student instead of a staff member they'd both get suspended.[/QUOTE]

its hard to tell who the real victim is in these types of situations