SCS employee investigated after video emerges of child being dragged from bus

Officials with Shelby County Schools have started an investigation after an employee was shown on Facebook video dragging a child from a bus by the feet.

The unidentified employee of Robert R. Church Elementary in Whitehaven has been removed from the school, SCS said. He was apparently breaking up a fight on the bus.

The incident involving 7-year-old Terrell Williams apparently occurred Thursday.

His mother, Kimberly Hardin, Tuesday called the incident an injustice during a rally with Southern Christian Leadership Conference leaders and ministers.

Jalisa Pointer said her child is the person who shot the video, which shows the child in question screaming "get your hands off me" as the employee begins removing him from his seat. After a struggle, the employee is shown dragging the child up the aisle of the bus by his feet.

Pointer says her child was removed from the bus for the remainder of the school year, and she believes it was for recording the dragging incident. She said the child was dragged from the bus for fighting, but added: "No child should be handled in a manner like this under (any) circumstances."