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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Sat Nov 22, 2014, 05:09 AM Nov 2014

Gym teacher drags girl, who refuses to swim, to pool

http://gawker.com/gym-teacher-charged-for-trying-to-drag-teen-girl-into-s-1661776781


Stockton teacher dragging student to pool Shocking moment gym teacher tries dragging 14 ...

n leave and charged with causing injury to a child after he tried to drag a 14-year-old girl into a swimming pool while she screamed and struggled to keep her swimsuit top from falling off. Another student caught everything on video.

The Stockton, Calif. high school student said she didn't want to swim because she'd had her hair done for an event later that day, News 10 reported, but 10-year veteran gym teacher Denny Peterson wouldn't take no for an answer.

In the 95-second video, Peterson can be seen dragging the girl across the pool deck and trying to force into the water as she screams for him to stop. Other students try to break it up. You can also hear the girl yelling "my shirt's falling down!" as he tries to pull her away from her friends.
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