Three teenagers assaulted a teacher at a DeKalb County high school, and it was all caught on camera. The video, which has since gone viral and sparked heated online debates, stemmed from a Tuesday (April 22) exchange between an employee and three students. It’s unclear what exactly led up to the ordeal at Martin Luther King Jr. High School, but according to the district’s statement, the students initiated the physical fight. And the teacher did not back down.
In the disturbing clip, a young man can be seen walking up to a Black male teacher and punching him right in the face. A security guard held the student back as the teacher attempted to reach him after his glasses were knocked off his face. The teacher managed to punch the student back before a second student pushed him to the ground.
As the teacher walked to approach the student again, another high schooler inserted themselves pushing him down and striking him. “Stick his ass J,” one student can be heard saying…