A Las Vegas substitute teacher and a teenage student threw a flurry of punches at each other after getting into an argument in a classroom, with the slur reportedly leaked into a crowded hallway in front of other students.
Raekwon Smith, 27, is accused of scuffling with a Valley High School student Thursday after asking the teen to leave the classroom after he allegedly shouted a racial slur. According to 8NewsNow.
The altercation turned physical when the student allegedly put his hands on Smith.
Video obtained by news outlets showed both men swinging at each other until Smith struck Pupil several times, eventually knocking him down.
After pushing the unidentified student to the ground, Smith stood over him and appeared to be screaming as the student curled up behind his hands.
Smith continued to hover over the student and landed several more punches until campus safety guards and other students helped him get his classmate off the ground. According to Fox 5 Vegas.
“You’re going to jail. [slur]” the student reportedly shouted as he was led away, laughing.
“When I saw a teacher fighting with a student, I thought, ‘Wow!'” Valley High School senior Andrew Aceves he told KTNV. “And the teacher would just stand over him and slap him or say something to him. And I thought, ‘Wow, that’s crazy.'”
“We are aware of an altercation involving a staff member and a student,” Valley High School Principal Kimberly Perry Carter said in a message to parents Thursday.
“However, please know that while this information is preliminary, CCSDPD is investigating this matter. We will be sure to update the community once we have more information to share,” a message obtained by KVVU said. It was written in
Smith was charged with several crimes stemming from the fight, according to jail records.
He was charged with assault causing serious bodily injury, assault on a student on school grounds, interfering with a student’s commute to school and threatening to cause bodily harm to a public school student.
Mr. Smith is being held in the Clark County Detention Center on $9,000 bail and his next court appearance is scheduled for Friday.
The student was also arrested on unspecified charges.
“Violence in any form is unacceptable and violates fundamental principles of education and respect. All altercations between teachers and students will be thoroughly investigated and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken,” the school district wrote, according to the paper. There is.
Smith, who started working for the Clark County School District in November 2023, was removed from the substitute teaching slot and is no longer eligible to work for the district.
Sources told KLAS-TV that the CCSD Police Department is using the video as evidence.
Thursday’s incident is the latest in a series of violent incidents between students and teachers in classrooms across the country.
Earlier this month, a North Carolina high school student was charged with assault after he allegedly yelled profanities and slapped his teacher twice in the face.
The angry young man, who was determined to be a minor, confronted an educator inside a classroom at Parkland High School in Winston-Salem.
