Mother of Girl Body-Slammed by School Security Guard Speaks Out

Officer Kehm was immediately placed on paid leave following the video’s surfacing.
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The mother of Janissa Valdez, the 12-year-old middle school student from Texas who was body-slammed by a school security officer on March 29, is speaking out after learning about her daughter’s violent encounter.

“She’s my daughter, and I just want justice for her,” Gloria Valdez told ABC News‘ Good Morning America (GMA).

She added: “I was upset. I was angry because I still couldn’t believe he had done that to her and then she told me, ‘Mom, I wasn’t fighting. Why did he do that?’”