Two students were arrested after allegedly violently beating a teacher at a high school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Thursday, according to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
The altercation, captured on video, shows Jayvis L. McClover, 19, and Roddrick McQueen, 19, approach a teacher at Dillard High School at approximately 2 p.m. on Thursday, “verbally threatening to attack him,” police said.
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The students continued to punch the teacher while he was on the ground “in a fetal position attempting to guard himself against injury,” police said.
Dillard High School security staff intervened to pull the two students away from the teacher, who suffered injuries to his face in the form of “swelling and bruising and reported pain in his back as a result of the attack.”
McClover and McQueen were both charged with battery on a public or private education employee, according to police. It was not immediately clear if they had legal representation.
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“No educator should fear for their safety while doing their job. Schools must be places of learning, not battlegrounds,” Foganholi said.
He emphasized the need for solutions to prevent these incidents from happening, including “stronger disciplinary policies, better security measures and a culture that respects and protects our teachers.”
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Both McClover and McQueen were ordered not to return to Dillard High School, according to court records.
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