A teacher is being investigated after he was caught throwing a 13-year-old girl around a classroom ‘like a rag doll’ while trying to stop her using her phone during class.
Shocking video shows the altercation at Samuel P. Massie Academy in Forestville, around nine miles south-east of Washington DC on Tuesday morning.
A male educator forcefully pinned a teenager down on a desk before appearing to choke her during the violent altercation in the Maryland classroom.
The pupil, identified as Cassidy, said she had been watching a movie on her phone for 10 minutes after completing an assignment when the teacher pounced on her.
Her outraged mother, Anitra Lang, accused him of ‘slamming’ her daughter around ‘like a rag doll’. Cassidy also described the incident in an interview.
‘He grabbed me by my chest and neck and slammed me on the desk while choking me,’ Cassidy told Fox News.
‘I had been on my phone for the past 10 minutes before he snatched my phone up,’ she added.
Footage shows the substitute teacher, who has not been named, grab the phone from Cassidy’s hand before holding it away from her grasp.
A teacher is being investigated after he was caught throwing a 13-year-old girl around a classroom ‘like a rag doll’ while trying to stop her using her phone during class
The child’s outraged mother, Anitra Lang (pictured), accused the teacher of ‘slamming’ her daughter around ‘like a rag doll’. Cassidy also described the incident in an interview
‘I kept reaching for my phone and he kept pulling it back,’ Cassidy said. ‘I was pulling on his shirt, cause why do you have my phone?’
Moments later, the teacher threw her down on the desk. ‘I got up and he was grabbing on my chest and stuff and he pulled me away,’ she said.
Lang said she was horrified by the footage of the teacher treating her daughter ‘like a rag doll’.
‘I was sick to my stomach to see that a full-grown adult felt comfortable enough with putting his hands, not only on child but on a 13-year-old female and slamming her around like a rag doll,’ she told Fox News.
‘I’m frightened not just for the safety of my child but the other students in the school.’
In a letter to families, the principal of Samuel Massie Academy, Brandi Smith, said ‘this behavior is not in line with the standards we hold for our staff and students’.
The male educator forcefully pinned the teenager down on a desk before appearing to choke her during the violent altercation in the Maryland classroom, video shows
Shocking video shows the altercation at Samuel P. Massie Academy (pictured) in Forestville, around nine miles south-east of Washington DC on Tuesday morning
She added that ‘the staff member involved has been removed from the classroom pending the outcome of the investigation.’
‘He is a teacher,’ Lang told Fox. ‘These are the people we are supposed to trust with the safety of our students.’
Lang said she wants the teacher to face criminal charges for child abuse.
The school said that ‘disciplinary actions will be taken based on the findings.’
It is unclear whether he is still working at the school.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the school for clarification.