The video of a white police officer throwing, beating and assaulting a black female student went viral.
White police attacked black school girl because she was chewing gum [Update]
A student of the Spring Valley High school has just confirmed that the white police officer attacked the black female student because she was chewing gum in class.
White police officer beating and assaulting black school girl goes viral
The video released Monday, shows a white school police officer grabbing an African-American student by the neck and slamming her to the ground.
The horrific event is believed to have started when the girl refused to leave class.
However, a student of the Spring Valley High school has just confirmed that the white police officer attacked the black female student because she was chewing gum in class.
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Aaron Johnson, one of the students present in the class during the incident posted a series of tweets where he confirmed that the students did not do anything except the fact that she was chewing gum in class.
See more tweets below.
Despite this new information, School officials and sheriff’s deputies said they are investigating what happened.
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