A teacher attempting to discipline a middle school student turned into a full-on assault in the hallway of a Michigan middle school. Now the boy and his family are looking for some payback.
Earlier this week, security footage from June 4 was released of a now-former employee at Ypsilanti Middle School choking a 14-year-old student with a t-shirt.
Watch the incident below:
Per a report from USA Today, the employee was charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm by strangulation, and assault & battery.
Along with losing his job, the employee can no longer work in the school’s district and is not allowed on school property for no reason whatsoever, according to WXYZ.
Michel Moon, the victim in the case, and his family are especially frustrated with the incident due to the employee being a “trusted coach,” according to USA Today.
In an interview with WXYZ, his parents said that the incident started because the coach, who was serving as a hall monitor, told him to do some pushups because he was playing in the hallway.
His parents claimed that their son had a hand injury and were attempting to explain why he couldn’t do the exercise.
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A short time later, Michael gets up, walks past the coach who seated, and goes into a classroom.
Ten seconds later, the coach gets up and goes into the room to get Michael.
Once in the hallway, Michael is walking ahead of the coach when the man takes a shirt and wraps it around his hands and wrists before putting it around Michael’s neck. Michael can be seen struggling and his face appears to become discolored.
Now, Moon’s family plans on filing a lawsuit against the school and the former employee, claiming that the incident left the 14-year-old boy traumatized, according to TMZ.
Moon’s attorney, Jordan Vahdat, told the outlet, “They have a duty to protect these children, to make sure they have a safe environment for these children to learn.”