A high school teacher in Tennessee fell victim to a student’s pepper spray attack after confiscating her phone during class, as revealed in a recently released video.
The incident occurred at Antioch High School on Friday and has since sparked significant online attention.
The video, captured by a fellow student, displays the disruptive student confronting her teacher after he took her phone as a disciplinary measure.
According to a Reddit post by user @Lazy_Mouse3803, the student had been “texting and Googling answers for her schoolwork” during class.
The video has now gone viral, drawing attention to the troubling incident.
WARNING: The video below may be disturbing to some:
As the video unfolds, a female student is shown leaving her desk and the classroom, with other students laughing and following her into the hallway.
The teacher, attempting to retain the confiscated phone, is then confronted by the aggressive student.
Upon entering the hallway, the student recording the video hears the teacher informing another classroom that he had just been pepper-sprayed.
The female student continues to pursue her teacher, demanding the return of her phone and subsequently pepper-spraying him a second time.
The teacher collapses to his knees, visibly in pain, while another adult from a nearby classroom intervenes.
The video concludes with the pepper-sprayed teacher coughing, and according to the individual who shared the footage, this is not the first time the teacher has faced assault from a student.
The post claims that two months prior, the same teacher was punched in the face after confiscating a phone from another student who was caught cheating in class.
WARNING: The video below may be disturbing to some:
Online reactions to the video have been overwhelmingly in support of the teacher, with many calling for the student’s expulsion and arrest.
Sadly, many online reactions also blame the teacher for taking the students phone away, which reflects an even bigger problem in todays culture.
This troubling event underscores the need for increased security and disciplinary measures in schools to protect teachers and maintain a safe learning environment.
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