A San Antonio police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after a video surfaced of the officer slamming a 12-year-old girl to the ground.
Sixth-grader Janissa Valdez is seen in the footage struggling as the officer picks her up and then drives her to the ground.
Other kids looking on can be heard asking, “Janissa are you OK,” as she lies facedown on the brick sidewalk.
According to local reports, the incident took place on March 29. The officer, Joshua Kehm, works for the San Antonio Independent School District and has been employed there since March 2015.
Video of the incident first appeared on the San Antonio citizen journalism site Ghost-0. Read more…
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