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Video Showing School Officer Slamming Student into Concrete Prompts Outrage and Investigation

HeadlineJan 28, 2021

Florida police officials say they will investigate after a video started circulating of a school resource officer body-slamming a high school student into the concrete. The student appears to lose consciousness after she hits the pavement, but the officer still proceeds to handcuff her behind her back. The attack took place at Liberty High School in Kissimmee.

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