Texas Teens Tasered, Arrested While Protesting School's Handling Of Sexual Assault

[Jilly_in_VA]

Students and parents at Little Elm High School in Little Elm, Texas, are furious following a demonstration Friday where several students were tasered, pepper sprayed, dragged by their hair, thrown around and shot with rubber bullets for, according to students, protesting the school's lax attitude toward sexual harassment and assault. Four students were also arrested. Curiously, while city spokesperson Erin Mudie initially told Fox News Digital that the "four juvenile students were arrested … for assaulting/spitting on officers," this was later amended in the Dallas Morning News to say "she couldn't comment on what they were arrested for as a result of the incident."

Either that or as a result of video footage of the police attacking students published on social media after she initially spoke to the media.

Parents of the students involved in the protest spoke to the media later that day to express their horror over what happened to their kids, at school, where they are supposed to be safe

According to students on social media, the protest was sparked by an incident in which a girl was sexually assaulted by a male student, reported it to the school administration (as did two eyewitnesses), and was given in-school-suspension for falsely accusing him and lying, because he said he didn't do it and because they found video footage of her talking to him on the bus prior to the assault. They say the demonstration they planned had been peaceful until the school called the police to come in and take care of it.

The female student whose complaint sparked the demonstration initially posted about her assault and the aftermath on Snapchat, leading to the demonstration on Friday. Other witnesses posted their own corroborating statements to social media as well.

https://www.wonkette.com/texas-teens-tasered-arrested-for-protesting-schools-handling-of-sexual-assault
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There is some video at the link. It's disturbing.

[Torchlight]

1. Damn. That video is beyond horrible.

Those cops make me ashamed to be a Texan.

Those students make me proud to be one.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[MagickMuffin]

3. The ISD can go pound sand, to act like they care for the Students safety

If they cared about the Students/Children's safety they wouldn't have called the Enforcers to take control of the PEACEFUL PROTEST.

The Enforcers turned it into violence!

[lapucelle]

4. Local news coverage.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/little-elm-superintendent-to-hold-community-meeting-after-violent-high-school-protest/2822560/

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/i-felt-like-i-lost-student-says-of-response-to-alleged-sex-assault-that-sparked-protest/2822871/

[cinematicdiversions]

5. Proud of the students s t adding up against such things.

The administration of that school should be ashamed.

[DFW]

6. It looks like some of the steroid-addled cops couldn't wait to assault students with their weapons

Small town America will never discipline dirty cops for actions like this, but I would put each and every one of them behind bars for ten years without parole for this. Nothing else will break the cycle.