A Tennessee high school teacher was pepper-sprayed twice by an unruly student who became incensed after he confiscated her phone during class, new video shows.
Dramatic cellphone footage taken during class Friday at Antioch High School captured the rambunctious student confronting her teacher after her phone was taken away as a disciplinary action.
The disobedient student had been “texting and Googling answers for her school work,” according to Reddit user @Lazy_Mouse3803, who shared the now-viral clip.
In the minute-long video, a female student can be seen getting up from her desk and walking out of the classroom as the student filming repeatedly exclaims, “Nah, mace is crazy!”
Students in the classroom laugh and joke before following the rebellious student into the hallway, where she can be seen trying to get back her phone from her teacher.
That unruly young ratchet would have been on her way to the dentist if she did that to me
Taser – a little zapidy zap and instant compliance. I’m tired of seeing kids with no respect for anyone.
The teacher didn’t need to take her phone. He could have simply given her a failing grade. He was supposed to be the adult in the room. He failed.
Ah, another Cracker imposter. Looks like I’m going to have to regroup
WTH has our Schools come to? Teachers are scared to react and defend themselves against these kids.
7:56 am – I would imagine that teachers respond as they do for fear of punishment and retaliation. As soon as an issue starts, a dozen or more kids whip out their cell phones. Before you know it, a 15-30 snippet of the situation goes viral (ignoring the context of the entire event and what preceded), news media picks up on it, and now the teacher is placed on leave. From there, it’s a downward spiral where many just pile on to besmirch the teacher.
Think about what happened in OC when the teens were vaping and repeatedly told to stop. They didn’t and were arrested. A short clip was recorded and sent around the world via the internet. Before you knew it, everyone and their brother was calling for the police to fired, charged, sued and who knows what else. In the end it all came out and the officers were quietly exonerated for enforcing the law. Not a lot of media on that as it isn’t sensational enough.