Newly released police reports are shedding more light on the Feb. 20 student-police confrontation in Quakertown, including Police Chief Scott McElree’s account of the incident that drew widespread attention and community backlash.
According to PhillyBurbs.com, McElree disputed claims that he placed a student in a chokehold, instead stating he was attempting to protect a teenage girl’s head as the two went to the ground during a physical struggle.
He also said he identified himself as a police officer multiple times while engaging with students, including during an earlier encounter at an intersection…