Footage shows a student being held to the floor by an assistant principal in a Rhode Island high school.

In the video filmed Monday (October 23), a fifteen-year-old student is immobilised following a reported earlier incident at the cafeteria.

According to local report, Mr Bacon, the assistant principal, told the Police that he was attempting to escort the student, Amare Pemberton, from the cafeteria after he had cut in line. Bacon told police, “I tried to gently guide [the student], who then dropped his bag and raised his clenched fists.”
Then, Bacon declared that he tried to "gently restrain" the student but Amare continued to resist and they both fell on the floor.

According to a friend of the boy's mother, the student wanted to leave the line when Bacon grabbed him. She continues saying that "the student clearly said 'let me go' whilst bacon was holding him. He kept trying to get away from his grip and Bacon proceeded to tackle Amare."
She finally adds that the boy never dropped his bag as we can see it on his back in the video.

The Police is still investigating the incident while Mr Bacon has been placed on administrative leave and Amare Pemberton has been charged with two counts of simple assault.

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A boy named amare was cutting the lunch line, then once a principal came over he didn’t want problems so he tried to walk away, after that Bacon approached him yet again but he continued to ignore it. Then mr bacon grabbed him and the student clearly said “let me go” whilst bacon was holding him he kept trying to get away from his grip, bacon proceeded to tackle amare, then the video come into play. In his statement bacon said they fell together, and that he dropped his bag and put up fists, this was clearly a lie due to the obviousness of the bag being on his back in the video, and all of the witnesses seeing that amare was tackled. There was no “gently guiding”. Bacon is a complete liar who got exposed.