A school resource officer was captured on camera grabbing a teacher’s neck as she tried to break up a fight between two female students in Henry County, Georgia.
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The substitute teacher, identified as 22-year-old Nia King, tried to break up the altercation between two students when the officer suddenly grabbed her by the neck inside Eagle’s Landing High School. She told WSB-TV that the officer grabbed her as the fight between the two students continued.
“Once we pushed down the hall, I got trampled from the left to the right of the hall, and now I’m back into the middle of the fight. As I was back in the middle of the fight, the SRO just grabs me by the neck, and the fight is still continuing to go on, and she dragged me all the way from the middle of the hall towards her office,”
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King added that the officer offered some help but didn’t explain why she grabbed her in the first place. After telling the female officer that she couldn’t breathe when she grabbed her neck, the officer said, “I was trying to save you. I was trying to save you because they say you got hit.”
“She asked me do I need EMS do, I need the nurse, and do I need some water. I just told her I just need you to leave because you just drug me from that point to this point, and I couldn’t breathe, but you wouldn’t talk,”
However, King did not believe the officer’s claim and said she had been mistaken for a student. Additionally, she met the female officer on multiple occasions. An investigation is currently underway, and Henry County Police Captain Randy Lee says an investigation is underway, but they cannot discuss any details.
A school resource officer in Georgia grabbed a substitute teacher by the throat & dragged her down a hallway, mistaking her for a student involved in a fight.
She thought she was doing a chokehold on a student.🙃
But good idea, let’s put more SROs in schools. pic.twitter.com/50nMuJVNlb
— dara faye (@darafaye) April 3, 2023
The fact is that the SRO is targeting that teacher. She knows this is not a student. She’s purposely attacking her. Also, what the hell is that SRO doing by using a chokehold on anyone and dragging them? This woman is trying to kill someone. She needs to be fired & arrested.
— Avery (@Saytana24) April 3, 2023
I’m sorry we just don’t need that kind of behavior anywhere. She needs to be fired! Straight up! So sorry for the substitute teacher and when people make a mistake, own it! An apology probably would’ve been better.
— JULIE JOHNSON (@WEDOINSURANCE) April 4, 2023
Awful. Many SROs are not trained to deal with mental health issues. (Same with police.) I’m talking severe trauma issues and mental breakdowns. So many kids are struggling right now, and the resources we have in place are simply not correct. I fear we’re just causing more harm.
— Brynn (@pcbrynn) April 3, 2023