A BALTIMORE TEACHER HAS JUST BEEN FIRED AFTER A STUDENT THAT
HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISCIPLINE AND IT UP WITH A BROKEN JAW, AND
ALLEGEDLY SOME MISSING TEETH.
IT IS A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WHO SUFFERED THESE INJURIES, AND
I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TEACHER WHO GOT FIRED.
BEFORE WE DO SO, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
7-YEAR-OLD TREYVON GRAYSON IS BRUISED, SWOLLEN AND CUT, AND
MISSING SEVERAL TEETH; INJURIES THAT HAPPENED WHEN A ñ AN
ASSISTANT TEACHER PUNISHED HIM.
HE STOKES ñ SHAKING IN HIS SLEEP, SAYING HE STILL HAS
VISIONS OF THE TEACHER THROWING HIM INTO THE WALL.
ACCORDING TO HIS MOM AND DAD, THE ASSISTANT TEACHER WAS
ESCORTING THE SECOND YEAR ñ THE SECOND-GRADER TO THE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE FOR A DISCIPLINE ISSUE.
BUT HE NEVER MADE IT TO THE OFFICE.
HIS MOM SAID THAT WHEN SHE MADE IT TO THE SCHOOL, TREYVON WAS IN
ANNAPOLIS CRYING, AND THE TEACHER WAS THERE AS WELL, SHE
SAID WITH TREYVON'S BLOOD ON HIS SHOULDER.
HE SAID HE MADE A MISTAKE.
HE SAID, I MADE A MISTAKE, IT WAS A MISTAKE.
SO THE TEACHER IS IDENTIFIED AS 25-YEAR-OLD TIMOTHY RANDALL
KORR,
AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BALTIMORE CURRICULUM PROJECT.
HE WAS TAKING THE STUDENT TO THE PENCILS OFFICE FOR THE
SUPPLY AND WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.
BY THE WAY, THERE IS A WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST, SO HE IS
GOING TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR BEATING UP A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD.
IT DEFINITELY MAKES YOUR BLOOD BOIL.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE A KID, BUT IF YOU HAVE A KID THAT
AGE AS I DO, YOU THINK IF A KID ñ IF A TEACHER DID BACK TO MY
KID...
IT IS DISHEARTENING TO SEE, PARTLY BECAUSE WE'VE BECOME
INURED TO THE VIOLENCE.
SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE THIS ALL THE TIME.
YOU GOT THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, ETC., I JUST FEEL
LIKE, TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED HERE, HE'S GOING
TO BE ARRESTED, SO THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S THE JUSTICE THAT YOU WANT.
BUT IF THIS HAPPENED IN THE SUBURB I GREW UP IN, OH MY GOD
THEY WOULD HAVE TORN THE SCHOOL DOWN BRICK BY BRICK; THE
PARENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN SO ANGRY.
THE PARENTS ARE ANGRY YEAR, BUT TO BE FAIR HE IS GETTING
ARRESTED.
HE IS GETTING ARRESTED.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
HIS ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT CORPORAL
PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS.
SO, WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA ñ
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
WE CAN'T LET THIS STAND.
VIDEO BUFFERING ñ
WHEN ADULTS USE A FORM OF VIOLENCE AGAINST THEM TO
DISCIPLINE THEM.
I MEAN, IT SENDS A PRETTY BAD MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S
BEING DONE ON A SCHOOL CAMPUS, BY ESSENTIALLY STRANGERS.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE TELLING A TEACHER THAT IT'S OKAY TO
SPANK MY KID.
LIKE, A TEACHER LAYS A FINGER ON MY KID AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE SOME PROBLEMS.
THE THING IT TELLS THEM IS THAT VIOLENCE IS THE ANSWER.