The Warwick School Committee voted unanimously on Friday to terminate Hoxsie Elementary School teaching assistant Kerry Thibault, who was caught ranting on a video that went viral online.

WARWICK — The Warwick School Committee voted unanimously on Friday to terminate Hoxsie Elementary School teaching assistant Kerry Thibault, who was caught ranting on a video that went viral online.

The committee’s vote trailed a full cycle of media coverage that began with reports on the video and developed further Friday after Thibault made comments to The Providence Journal.

After the vote, Warwick schools Superintendent Philip Thornton referred to Thibault’s behaviors as “deeply disturbing.”

“Looking at Ms. Thibault’s behaviors in this video and on social media, with the violence and racist remarks, I do believe she should not work with children,” he said.

“The recommendation to terminate was, I believe, the right recommendation,” said Thornton.

Thibault had been an employee in the district since 2009, Thornton said. He declined to comment further due to the termination being a personnel matter.

Thibault was not at the meeting but was represented by a lawyer. John Burns, a representative from Thibault’s union, Council 94, also was present.

The video in question showed Thibault at Twin River Casino while she waited to place a sports wager.

Thibault said she was out on leave at the time the video was taken.

“They are firing me for an incident that went viral when I was on sick leave,” she said.

In the video, Thibault hits a man in line on the arm, rips a piece of paper out of his hand and shows him her middle finger.

She also yells obscenities, including: “I will punch you to [expletive];” “I will rip your [expletive] piece of paper like your report card;” and “Is anybody going to call security for a piece of [expletive] Brazilian? Go back to Mexico.”

Thibault declined to say what caused the conflict, but said her actions in the video do not reflect how she really feels.

“I am not racist because I teach about Martin Luther King,” she said.

Here is a link to the video. (Warning: Offensive language.)