The principal of a Texas junior high school has apologized for “severely inappropriate behavior” after a brutal fight on school grounds Friday morning was captured on video that proceeded to go viral.
The educator did not address why two adults, presumably teachers, made half-hearted attempts to break up the fight, with one of them holding onto his Thermos as he approached the aggressor.
Witnesses say roughly 100 students at Hardwood Junior High, located about 24 miles west of Texas, watched as the young teen looked to them for help. They responded with whooping noises, with many recording the fight as the attacker sat on the victim’s chest and punched him repeatedly in the face and the back of his head.
At one point, the victim attempts to stand up but is tackled by the offending student onto the concrete of the school’s courtyard.
Finally, a school resource officer intervenes, pulling the attacker off the other student after he stomped the classmate’s head, knocking him unconscious. The school nurse was on hand to treat the injured boy, who was lying flat on the ground, his pants pulled down to his knees. The extent of his injuries is unknown.
The boy throwing the punches has been “detained” and was referred to the Tarrant County Juvenile Justice Center, Bedford Police Chief Bobby LaPenna told TMZ.
The county’s district attorney is reviewing the incident and will decide whether criminal charges are necessary, the chief said.
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