Shocking video appears to show teacher pushing student to the floor, punching him repeatedly

A shocking call phone video has surfaced that appears to show a Georgia teacher repeatedly punching a student.WSB reports the incident happened at Charles Drew High School in Riverdale after the student threw a desk at the teacher.The video shows the teacher then pushing the student to the floor and punching him repeatedly. The teacher has not been identified because he is not yet charged with a crime.Yaquanda Lucas, the student's legal guardian, reportedly showed WSB documents stating that the punches caused a concussion. "That didn't look like restraining him to me, it looked like you beat my child," she said. "My child hasn't been sleeping well, he hasn't been eating well, he complains about headaches."Lucas said the fight stemmed from the teacher making a joke about the student's stocking cap that also referenced his recently deceased mother."He had his hat on and his stocking and he said the teacher said, 'Quit cutting up your mamma's stockings and wearing them on your head.' He said he was picking on him, trying to make the class laugh, and that made him upset," Lucas said. Lucas said her child also suffers from mental health issues the school is aware of."I don't excuse him throwing the chair. There's a way to handle these kind of kids, and that's not the way that you do it," she said. A district spokesperson said they cannot comment because the incident is under investigation.

A shocking call phone video has surfaced that appears to show a Georgia teacher repeatedly punching a student.

WSB reports the incident happened at Charles Drew High School in Riverdale after the student threw a desk at the teacher.


The video shows the teacher then pushing the student to the floor and punching him repeatedly.

The teacher has not been identified because he is not yet charged with a crime.

Yaquanda Lucas, the student's legal guardian, reportedly showed WSB documents stating that the punches caused a concussion.

"That didn't look like restraining him to me, it looked like you beat my child," she said. "My child hasn't been sleeping well, he hasn't been eating well, he complains about headaches."

Lucas said the fight stemmed from the teacher making a joke about the student's stocking cap that also referenced his recently deceased mother.

"He had his hat on and his stocking and he said the teacher said, 'Quit cutting up your mamma's stockings and wearing them on your head.' He said he was picking on him, trying to make the class laugh, and that made him upset," Lucas said.

Lucas said her child also suffers from mental health issues the school is aware of.

"I don't excuse him throwing the chair. There's a way to handle these kind of kids, and that's not the way that you do it," she said.

A district spokesperson said they cannot comment because the incident is under investigation.