Police Respond to School Water Balloon Fight with Violence
Boy needed medical treatment after getting slammed to the ground
RALEIGH, N.C. — The mother of an Enloe High School student has filed a complaint with the Raleigh Police Department after an officer threw her son to the ground Thursday as police responded to a water balloon battle at the school.
Seven students and a parent were arrested.
Sophomore Jahbriel Morris wasn't among those charged, but he had to be treated at WakeMed for a cut above his eyebrow, a bruised shoulder, a scraped knee and a sore neck and back.
Morris, 15, said he was injured when a police officer grabbed him outside the school, knocked him down and drove his head into the ground at least twice.
(Hat tip to Swarley)
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Good thing nobody was shooting spitwads!
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FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All hail to law and ORDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, don't forget to mention Public Safety.
Well did they have "high capacity" water balloons?