Students arrested in videotaped fight with Santa Monica teacher

[alp227]

Source: LA Times

The cellphone video from inside a classroom at Santa Monica High School went viral Friday.

It showed Mark Black, a longtime teacher and wrestling coach, swatting at a student with his arms, grabbing the teenager by the thigh, and then crashing into desks and the classroom wall as he tried to execute a takedown. Moments later, Black had the young man pinned to the ground.

District Superintendent Sandra Lyon called the incident “utterly alarming” and acted swiftly, placing the teacher on leave pending the outcome of an investigation. In a statement released hours after the fight, she called the teacher’s use of physical restraint “unacceptable" and she pledged that the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District would offer support to the student’s family.

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On Monday, Santa Monica police announced the arrest of an 18-year-old and a 16-year-old in connection to the classroom scuffle and said they were seeking battery charges against both students from L.A. prosecutors.



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[flamingdem]

1. I read that the kids in question were trying to sell marijuana

so the teacher was reacting to that -- a shame that the Super saw the video before hearing about what happened!

[bluestateguy]

3. And while I favor legalizing marijuana

I don't think it should be allowed in a high school campus.

[Feral Child]

5. I favor legalization.

And I agree it should be restricted from HS campuses and minors in general.

On the other hand, teachers aren't cops.

[jtuck004]

2. If those kids go to court the defense attorney will thank their stars for the idiot superintendant.

"Because, dear jury, these people thought my clients were innocent, and took action against the person who assaulted them. Then a bunch of people decided to get together in a mob and..."

Probably buy her lunch.

[nikto]

4. A trivial, BS story

There's nothing at all that references test scores.

You can't have a public school story and omit test scores.

There is no legitimacy here without a discussion of test scores of those involved, as well
as the test scores the teacher has accumulated.

Test scores are not the most important thing;They are The Only Thing.

Ignore this story until we get some numbers.

Where are the numbers??

[jtuck004]

6. Exactly n/t