A student at a Texas middle school hurled chairs at a 73-year-old substitute teacher, who was left with a bloodied face as he tossed the chairs back toward the youngster, shocking video shows.
A series of clips circulating online showed the substitute teacher at DeSoto West Middle School being struck in the head Wednesday.
“Damn!” another student yelled out after educator Larry Brumfield was hit in the head, one clip shows.
Brumfield then could be seen picking up several chairs and tossing them back toward the student who attacked him, leaving other students shocked at what they were seeing.
Brumfield said the teen who tossed the chair wasn’t even assigned to his class and refused to leave, KXAS reported.
“Fortunately I saw it out of my peripheral vision,” Brumfield said of the chair. “It hit my leg. My leg and my head. It didn’t hurt as much but I felt the blood on my face … I picked it up and threw it back at him.”
Some youngsters were screaming or standing on desks as the bloodied teacher walked around to survey the damage, the footage shows.
Other clips showed Brumfield tossing chairs at the young boy who tossed one initially as the youngster tried to fend off the angered teacher.
“Oh, he’s bleeding!” one girl screams at one point.
DeSoto police said last week an investigation into the incident was ongoing. A larger police presence was on hand the following day to prevent more in-class mayhem.
School officials canceled classes on Friday and started spring break a day earlier than scheduled.
“Students may have witnessed and filmed an assault that took place in a classroom on a district campus,” DeSoto ISD officials said in a statement Wednesday. “The district makes clear that it does not condone or tolerate the behavior that took place in the incident and that all parties will be held accountable to the full extent of the district’s ability to address the matter.”
Messages seeking additional comment from district officials and DeSoto police were not immediately returned Tuesday.
One district rep told WFAA students attacked Brumfield first. He was treated by paramedics at the scene, the station reported.
District officials declined to indicate what set off the wild scene or whether any students were detained or would face discipline, WFAA reported.
When students return to classes on Monday, every school will have staffers in common areas and hallways to monitor students, according to a district statement.
“DeSoto ISD is working to reset culture and behavior on campuses, and to refocus our system on effective instruction, learning, and student academic and social development,” district officials said Thursday.
The attack won’t keep Brumfield from returning to a classroom, despite his daughter begging him to quit.
“”I came up from the ghettos of Gary, Indiana, Chicago,” he told the station. “I’m thinking as an idealist, I have some things up here I could share with people that might help them.”
Listen to that teacher he came from an environment that has given him insight, that student didn’t belong in that class as he asked him to leave he defied the teacher, he may not even be a student!
I agree, stop letting our children think they rule the roost and they can walk over anyone they want. Violence does not solve anything. Get back to teaching the basics of education and stop the re-education of the woke idiots and let the police force do their job. Listen to people who know more than some school officials!
I’m wondering why several of the other boys in the class didn’t jump the trespassing, violent student and put an end to his ignorant and illegal chair-tossing. Why didn’t the punk just ask the teacher to meet after school off of school property if he though he could actually kick the teacher’s butt in a fight (wouldn’t ever happen by the way) or why didn’t some of the other non-involved students immediately contact security, another teacher or the administration while the punk kid was committing this assault instead of screaming like little girls and trying to get their phones to record the incident? I’m betting the offending kid has a history or record of numerous other behavioral offenses at this or other schools! Also betting the kid got violent when told to leave the class which he wasn’t supposed to be in rather than comply with the teacher’s request to leave the classroom. It’s ridiculous that no schools are permitted to use corporal punishment (spankings or “licks” as we knew them) for serious behavioral issues due to snowflake parents who never discipline their non-respectful brats! I got “licks” numerous times throughout my elementary , junior high and high school years and some of them really “lit me up” and I never repeated the undesired behavior again after the football coach and/or Ag teacher paddled my butt good! Kid should be put in Juvey Hall and forbidden to attend the school for the remainder of the year!