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posted by martyb on Friday October 21 2016, @12:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the professional-educators dept.

The Epoch Times reports

The family of [13-year-old Columbus, Georgia] student Montravious Thomas claim that behavioral specialist, Bryant Mosley, physically attacked the young student on his first day at AIM/Edgewood Student Services Center on Sept. 12.

[The family's attorney] Renee Tucker, [said that the boy], who was the only student in the classroom, wanted to leave the classroom to call his mother from the main office to pick him up. As Thomas tried to leave the classroom, Mosley slammed him to the floor. When he tried to leave again, he was slammed to the floor again. It's not clear how [many] times this occurred.

Tucker said that assistant principal Eddie Powell reportedly witnessed the incident and a school resources officer observed Thomas limping after the alleged attack.

Thomas was allegedly told that school officials would call an ambulance, but changed their minds. Once classes were dismissed, Mosley carried an injured Thomas to an idle school bus without notifying his family of the events that had transpired.

[...] Since the alleged incident, Thomas has undergone four surgeries. Doctors at Egleston Children's Hospital informed the family on Oct. 16 that [Thomas'] nerve damage was so severe, his right leg would have to be amputated.

U.S. Uncut further reports

The boy's mother was forced to be absent from [work] while [caring] for son and ultimately lost [her job].

Inside sources have reported that the school is in possession of a videotape of the confrontation and the boy's attorney has submitted an open records request to gain possession of the footage in addition to 50 documents related to the incident. They plan to sue the school for $5 million.

[..] Mosley works for Mentoring and Behavioral Services, which claims to conduct "holistic behavior approaches" to student discipline. Mosley is no longer working with the school district, though it has not been confirmed at this time whether this was a result of his confrontation with the student.

[Continues...]

Further details from The Washington Post :

A 13-year-old student in Georgia was badly injured after a behavioral specialist slammed him to the ground multiple times while at school last month, the boy's attorney [ Renee Tucker] said.

Montravious Thomas's injuries — which included a fractured tibia, a dislocated knee and permanent nerve damage — were so severe that his right leg had to be amputated on Tuesday.

[...] Tucker said there were at least three other school employees who saw the incident, but no one took the boy to the hospital after he yelled in pain and said his right leg was numb. Instead, [behavioral specialist Bryant] Mosley carried Montravious to the school bus, and he was driven home.

His mother took him to the hospital, where they arrived around 3:30 p.m. — about 90 minutes after the incident was alleged to have happened.

"The leg was never stabilized until he got to the hospital," Tucker said.

The boy was airlifted to a hospital in Atlanta that night for further examination. Over the next month, Montravious went through four surgeries to save his right leg, Tucker said. It was amputated Tuesday night, and he will soon have to go through physical therapy.


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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday October 21 2016, @06:05AM

    by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Friday October 21 2016, @06:05AM (#417125) Homepage Journal

    A thirteen year old is a teenager. They usually have pubes by that age. Far from what I would consider a child.

    From a biological standpoint, you're likely correct, although we don't know where this particular person's physical development [wikipedia.org] stands at the moment.

    From a legal and social standpoint [wikipedia.org] this is a child, which is why he was under the care of supposed education professionals.

    I'd also add that the science [npr.org] shows that human brain development is generally not complete until a person is in their twenties.

    It’s fairly unreasonable to throw anybody to the ground, child or not. Teacher should be serving time for assault. This “holistic ” school should be shutdown.

    I'm in full agreement. That this should happen to a child (from a socio-legal standpoint) in the custodial care of supposedly trained adults, makes this even more heinous.

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