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Las Vegas Substitute Teacher Brawls with Student for Using the ‘N-Word’

A Las Vegas substitute trainer obtained right into a bodily struggle with a excessive schooler whom he had requested to go away the classroom for allegedly utilizing a racial slur, with a stunning video of the incident going viral.

Re’Kwon Smith, 27, was instructing at Valley High School on Thursday when he instructed the unidentified teen boy to get out of the class after he supposedly mentioned the “n-word,” KLAS reported.

The scholar allegedly initiated the bodily contact when he “grabbed” Smith’s shirt, however the sub drastically escalated the scenario as an alternative of behaving as an grownup.

Footage captured by different college students in the hallway exhibits Smith and the scholar buying and selling haymaker punches earlier than the teen is knocked down. Smith can then be seen putting the boy as soon as extra, who was making an attempt to cowl his head whereas curled up on the tile flooring.

The substitute remained hovering over the teen and seemed to be yelling simply inches away from his face till different college students bodily separated the two.

A substitute trainer at a Las Vegas faculty brawls with a scholar who referred to as him the n-word. pic.twitter.com/Nk8v7muHz1

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“You’re going to jail, [slur],” the scholar mentioned as he was led away, based on a New York Post report.

“We are aware of an altercation involving a staff member and a student,” a message from Principal Kimberly Perry-Carter to folks mentioned.

“The information is preliminary, however, please know that CCSDPD [Clark County School District Police Department] is investigating the matter. Once we have information to share, we will be sure to update our community,” the memo, obtained by KVVU, learn.

Smith was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on costs of battery leading to critical bodily hurt, assault of a faculty pupil on faculty property, interfering with a scholar from attending faculty, and threatening to do bodily hurt to a public faculty scholar.

He is being held on $9,000 bail and is scheduled to look in courtroom on Friday.

The scholar, who has not been publicly recognized because of being a minor, was additionally arrested on “unspecified charges” based on the Post.

“Violence in any form is unacceptable and goes against the fundamental principles of education and respect. Any altercation between a teacher and a student is thoroughly investigated, and appropriate disciplinary action is taken,” district officers wrote in an announcement.

Smith had been working for the district since November 2023 and has since been faraway from the listing of eligible substitute academics.

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