DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Shocking cellphone video showed the moment a Miller Grove High School student threw another student into a garbage can, headfirst.
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The incident happened on June 18.
“I was hurt. I was angry,” father Terrance Shedrick said about the incident.
The video was posted to social media and had more than one million views.
“Someone saw us in the store and was like, oh he’s the one that got thrown in the trash can,” Shedrick told Channel 2′s Audrey Washington on Tuesday.
Shedrick said one student asked his son to record herself and another student play fight inside the cafeteria.
According to Shedrick’s son the other student knocked the phone out of his son’s hand and then forced Shedrick’s son to the trash can.
In the video, the student is heard telling someone to remove the trash can lid before he dumped Shedrick’s son in the garbage.
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Eventually one of the students helped Shedrick’s son out of the garbage can.
Shedrick said his son hurt his neck in the incident and is now too embarrassed to return to school.
“There should be some accountability for all that’s involved,” Shedrick said.
In a statement sent to Channel 2 Action News a DeKalb County School District representative wrote:
The DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is committed to maintaining secure and supportive learning environments for everyone in our schools. On Tuesday, June 18, during summer school at Miller Grove High School, a playful exchange between two students in the cafeteria escalated into a physical altercation. As a result, DCSD police charged one student with disorderly conduct.
Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
The District commends the quick response of our staff and security personnel assigned to the area in managing this situation and ensuring the continued safety of our school community.
While the District cannot discuss individual student discipline, appropriate consequences are being applied, as outlined in the DCSD Code of Student Conduct.
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However, Shedrick told Washington there was no adult supervision around when his son was thrown in the garbage.
“I really feel like the system failed with this,” Sherick said.
Next, Shedrick plans to press charges against the other students in the video.
He said he wants the school district held responsible, as well.
“You’re there to teach and keep these kids safe and they didn’t do that in my opinion. Not for my son. Not for this little boy who’s going to have a charge now. It’s sad.”
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