school violence

A white Kentucky high school teacher was fired after being captured on film fighting a Black student. An investigation discovered he ‘escalated the situation when he told the teenager, who is a gunshot victim, he was ‘just another Black boy who got shot.’

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Taiwanese exchange student accused of threatening to “shoot up” his high school near Philadelphia was spared additional time in prison at his sentencing Monday, but he will be deported and barred from returning to the U.S. A federal judge Monday after nearly two hours of testimony sentenced An-Tso Sun also known […]

Jasmine Darwin said she was trying to break up a fight between her sister and another student when the officer slammed her to the ground.

MERCED, Calif. (AP) — A student stabbed and wounded four people as classes got underway at a rural university campus in central California before police shot and killed him, authorities said Wednesday. Two students, one staff member and a vendor were attacked at the University of California, Merced, but were expected to recover, the school […]

Based on a viral video of Deputy Officer Ben Fields assaulting a Black female high school student, a local sheriff has requested that the SC FBI and the US Justice department intervene for an independent investigation.

A Baltimore high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave and a student is facing charges after a fight inside a school was caught…

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit public school district has fired a teacher after she used a broomstick to try and break up a fight between two teenage boys. Cell phone video obtained by WJBK-TV and aired Tuesday shows the boys slugging it out in a Pershing High School ninth-grade classroom. The video also shows the […]

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — An 11-year-old middle school student accused of bringing a handgun, more than 400 rounds of ammunition and multiple knives to his school was arrested Wednesday night, police said. Police recovered the weapons and ammunition earlier in the day at Frontier Middle School. No one was hurt. The boy was interviewed by […]

For IPAD/IPOD users: I’m tired. Tired of getting dispatched on breaking news, rolling up to schools in the middle of the day, sometimes in the middle of the night. Tired of getting there and the place is either on lockdown or has been emptied out. Tired of standing in front of the building wondering how […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A University of Central Florida student planned an attack on campus but committed suicide in a dorm before carrying it out, authorities said Monday. Materials found in his dorm room made it appear that 30-year-old James Oliver Seevakumaran planned a wider attack, authorities said a news conference. Seevakumaran pulled a gun […]