Texas teacher put on leave after physically assaulting high school student who ended up in the ER

A Texas English teacher is being investigated after he was filmed beating a student and pinning him violently against a classroom wall.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon at Humble High School, which is located just outside of Houston, and left the 10th grade boy in the emergency room with injuries.

Footage showed the teacher slamming the student to the ground and overturning a table, then holding him against a wall as other students tried to pull them apart. 

The teacher was placed on leave, and the boy’s father, Elvert Bolden, is demanding he be barred from ever teaching again. Bolden said the ‘upsetting’ fight started because the teacher thought his son was being too loud.

The student’s father, Elvert Bolden, is demanding he be barred from ever teaching again

A Texas English teacher is being investigated after he was filmed beating a student and pinning him violently against a classroom wall

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon at Humble High School, which is located just outside of Houston

The shocking clip showed the teacher in a purple sweatshirt grappling the student dressed in black. 

The student appeared to be escaping from the teacher, who held him by the arm as the pair toppled over a table and sent chairs flying in the classroom scrum.

The teacher then held the struggling student to the wall with his hands on either side of his neck, while a group of other students appeared to try to pull them from each other.

At one point the student threw his hands up in the air as if to show he wasn’t resisting, but the teacher continued to hold him against the wall.

The teacher slammed the student to the ground and climbed on top of him before they were finally separated.

Bolden (pictured) said his son was left limping, bruised, and in need of crutches after the beating. He said the teacher ‘Stayed in his [son’s] face, antagonizing him. My son told him ‘You told me to be quiet. I’m not saying nothing else’ and that’s when I was told the teacher snatched the chair from up under my baby’

‘I want him arrested, charges filed,’ the father said. ‘I want his teacher’s license revoked. I don’t want him to be able to go to any school in any state and be able to teach another child in the event he may do this again’

The shocking clip showed the teacher in a purple sweatshirt grappling the student dressed in black

The student appeared to be escaping from the teacher, who held him by the arm as the pair toppled over a table and sent chairs flying in the classroom scrum

The teacher held the struggling student to the wall with his hands on either side of his neck, while a group of other students appeared to try to pull them from each other

Humble Independent School District called the incident ‘unacceptable’ in a statement.

‘This should not have happened. It is unacceptable,’ the district said. ‘The teacher has been put on leave. An investigation is underway, and it is unlikely he will be returning when the investigation concludes.’

The district said the teacher ‘used physical force to try and get a student to take a seat and listen.’ 

They called the teacher’s behavior ‘unacceptable and contrary to standards and expectations for all employees.’

‘The district has a process for addressing serious concerns which includes reporting to law enforcement and full cooperation with any law enforcement investigation.’

The school added that the school district police were investigating.

‘If I would have put my hands on my baby I would have been in jail,’ said the student’s father, Elvert Bolden

The teacher slammed the student to the ground and climbed on top of him before they were finally separated

The teacher holds the student against the classroom wall as other students try to pull them apart

The teacher throws the student to the ground and then climbs on top of him

Bolden said his son was left limping, bruised, and in need of crutches after the beating.

He said the teacher ‘Stayed in his [son’s] face, antagonizing him. My son told him ‘You told me to be quiet. I’m not saying nothing else’ and that’s when I was told the teacher snatched the chair from up under my baby.’ 

‘I want him arrested, charges filed,’ he added. ‘I want his teacher’s license revoked. I don’t want him to be able to go to any school in any state and be able to teach another child in the event he may do this again.’ 

‘If I would have put my hands on my baby I would have been in jail.’