CA: District addresses Oakland school officer attack on student in wheelchair

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Unified School District on Thursday said it has fired an Oakland High School resource officer who is also facing a criminal charge after he slapped and dumped a student out of his wheelchair.

"We as a district apologize to the family of the victim," said Oakland Unified School District spokesman Troy Flint.

Flint said on May 19th at 9 a.m., two school officers were urging students running late to get to their classrooms. He said some of the students including one in a wheelchair, a teen named Francisco Martinez, continued to linger in the hallway.

After more failed attempts, Flint said school officer Marchell Mitchell grabbed the handles of the wheelchair and began to push Martinez toward class. Flint said Martinez objected and began to slap the officer's hands.

Flint said the officer responded by handcuffing Martinez and then attacking him.

"He then responded in an extremely emotional manner, basically by snapping and punching the student several times and dumping him out of his wheelchair and onto the floor," explained Flint


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