sunsetsdawn
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Texas law- Injury to a child on school property and The use of excessive force are both felony offenses. My twelve year old son was taken back behind the school and assaulted by a school district police officer. The only probable witness was a teacher that stated officially she saw nothing. Ha! She saw everything! The officer in an effort to cover his tracks cohersed a principal and teacher unofficially to say that my son hit him first. That was a lie. The attorney we had at the time stated that he could just about prove my son had no time to hit the officer but due to no more money for a jury trial we had already spent $7,000 and the prior charge that he had gotten adjudicated on(class B misdemeanor for assault on a police officer's kid that he had gotten into an argument with and a shoving match had insued with my son shoving the police officer's kid and he fell hitting the corner of something and it ended up requiring stitches) On Friday my son had been adjudicated inwhich the police were present for come Monday this happened. Three days later mind you, anyway since he had just been adjudicated for assault he advised us to stipulate to the evidence for my son had fought back when he was attacked by this officer. in the state of Texas you are allowed to defend yourself if you feel you are in immenant danger against anyone, police included, and since he did and the burden of proof being lowered due to the assault charge he felt we should please this way. if I had known that we were pleading guilty I would have never agreed. This officer should have been relieved of his duties pending IA investigation but was not. Subsequently he was found innocent by his superior who did the investigation. My son now has a felony charge on his record for something he never did and can be proven that he never did. I would like to sue the school district and I want this officer dismissed as a police officer. They violated my son's Civil Rights when they 1. Never read him his Miranda Rights 2. Handcuffed him TDC style instead of juvenile style 3. Questioned him without parental or counsel's permission or approval or being present. This is an outrage and a grave injustice to my son. it was an act of retaliation and I feel like they should not get away with this. Such behavior by a school district officer is criminal and has no place being put in the position of leadership or control amongst our children. No parent should ever experiance the horror of picking their child up from school to find paramedics tending to him, there was blood everywhere and his mouth was busted and his face scraped up as well as his back, and finding him bloody and beaten. Where is the justice? They waited 29 minutes befor calling the paramedics and this is during the time that they turned the father away and would not allow him acess to the child. They sent him home without seeing his child. They had locked the school down when I arrived imaginer their surprise thinking they could keep this quiet when I found an unlocked door and went searching for my son that I was there to pick up. The teacher saw it all. I know she did. She could not even talk. Studdering when i inquired where my son was as she unlocked the back door. Anyone brave enough to take on the biggest school district in the state? If you nelieve in Justice please take this case. It would mean the world to my son to be able to tell his side and get deserved restitution for the great wrong done to him. He was 12 years old! He is now currently at a Boy's Ranch for something he didn't even do. That in itself is criminal. Please help.