A Texas school officer has been placed on paid leave after body slamming a 12-year-old student.
A San Antonio Rhodes Middle School student, Janissa Valdez, was thrown to the ground on March 29 by school district officer Joshua Kehm. A video, uploaded to YouTube on April 5, captured the incident.
In an April 7 statement released by the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD), the district said that upon their learning of the “very disturbing” video, an investigation was immediately launched, both by the district administration and the district’s police.
We are not going to tolerate excessive force in our district
, SAISD
