A middle school coach in Michigan is out of a job and facing criminal charges after cops say he used a shirt to choke a student in the hallway. The incident was caught on surveillance video.
Footage from Ypsilanti Middle School purportedly shows the coach approaching a teenage student from behind, as the kid walks down the hallway towards the door, before the older man wraps a rolled-up shirt around the student’s neck.
It looks like the coach, who has yet to be ID’d, yanks back on the shirt and a struggle ensues, all while the shirt tightens around the kid’s neck. Ultimately, the teen breaks free and the man lets up as the kid walks away.
Now, the coach is facing criminal charges, assault with intent to do great bodily harm by strangulation, plus assault and battery, this per local prosecutors, who talked to ABC News.
According to the kid’s parents, the coach ordered the teen to do pushups as a punishment for horsing around in the hallway, but when the boy refused, citing an injured hand, they claim the coach went after him and did this.
The incident happened earlier this month and now, the school district says the coach is no longer employed there. He is also banned from campus and all school events too.
WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT BELOW:
Lock him up and tell the other prisoners that he is a child molester and they will administer a whopping punishment!