Texas dad furious after daughter suspended for standing up to alleged male bully
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A Texas dad is outraged after his daughter was suspended from a high school for defending herself against a male student.
Video shows a boy slapping a girl at the front of a classroom in Taylor High School in in Taylor, Texas, last month, KTRK reported.
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The girl points out what had just happened to a stunned teacher, who does not diffuse the situation, before the girl takes a swing at the boy. The two end up on the ground, with the boy pinning her down and hurling profanities at her.
Another student is seen trying to pull the boy off the girl while the teacher appears to run from the classroom. The boy punches the girl a few times until they are eventually separated.
The altercation resulted in both students getting three-day suspensions after the district deemed it a “mutual” fight — which the girl’s father is disputing.
Danny Gianfrancesco told the outlet that his daughter has been harassed by the football player all year and when she told her boyfriend, who is also on the football team, he told the alleged bully to quit it. That allegedly angered the boy, prompting the classroom confrontation.
The concerned dad insisted that the video proves his daughter was the victim and that she acted in self-defence after she was slapped.
“I don’t want that to happen to anyone else’s daughter,” he said. “That video is so hard to watch. I can’t even watch it anymore.”
The Katy Independent School District said it had investigated the incident and carried out the appropriate punishment, according to the district’s code of conduct, but are now reviewing the policy in regards to self-defence.
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“I’m looking at the policy right now,” said Independent School District president Victor Perez.
“I think part of the exercise here, besides informational, is to think about if there is any tweaking that needs to be made to the policy going forward.”
Gianfrancesco stated that his family plans to press charges against the brawling boy.
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