Posted on October 11, 2019

Teacher Pummeled by Student After He Tried to Prevent Fight

WWJ-TV, October 9, 2019

A teacher who was trying to prevent two high school students from fighting landed in the hospital Monday, school officials in Atlanta said.

The fight at Frederick Douglass High School in northwest Atlanta was captured on video by a fellow student and shared on Instagram, according to WSB. It shows a student pummel the teacher, who is on the ground trying to block his head.

School police said the teacher was trying to prevent the ninth grade student from starting a fight with another student, when the student began to punch the teacher repeatedly in the head.

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The student was arrested and charged with assault.

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[Editor’s Note: The video, which has been removed from most sites reporting on the story, is available below.]

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