California Principal Charged After Being Caught on Camera Shoving Autistic Student

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A former California principal is now facing criminal charges after he was caught on camera shoving a 9-year-old student with special needs.

Brian Vollhardt, former principal of Wolters Elementary School was charged with “cruelty to a child by endangering health” after a June 7 incident. In the now-viral video, which was released last week by the Fresno United School District and Fresno police, Vollhardt can be seen talking to the student, who is autistic, during breakfast in the school’s cafeteria. But when the student points his finger at Vollhardt’s face, things get violent, and the former principal is then seen violently shoving the student to the ground. In the arrest warrant, Vollhardt said the student “was yelling and getting in [his] face while making threats.”

The announcement of the charges came from Fresno Unified School District Superintendent Bob Nelson and Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama, who held a joint press conference on September 7. “There’s no excuse for repugnant behavior such as this,” said School District Superintendent Bob Nelson to the room full of reporters. “Instead of de-escalating the situation, which is what we’d expect of an educator in our system, the former principal aggressively shoves the student down instead,” he added.

According to a statement by the child’s guardian to KFSN News, the school district sat on the surveillance footage for three months before sharing it with her. “You cannot put force to these kids like that. My son is autistic. Any parents seeing this video know what I’m feeling right now. My son was pushed with force by this principal who was supposed to protect him,” she said.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/california-principal-charged-being-caught-133704375.html

[NCjack]

1. Brian Vollhardt needs a job working with men the same size, the same age,

and able to defend themselves.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. If he messed with my autistic nephew he'd get his ass kicked

My nephew's pretty stocky.

[demigoddess]

2. that was abuse! He was not touched by the student, just pointed at.

[canuckledragger]

3. The principal's tender, fragile ego was hurt in some way.

That's more than enough justification for violence in that coward's book.

I know from experience with my physically abusive alcoholic step-father, he acted the same way with me (and only me) because he couldn't handle anything he misconstrue as challenging him in some way. Of course that shit stopped when I was big enough to give it back to him, him being a coward and all.

Just a little insight as to how these losers think.

[demigoddess]

4. yeah, I understood that. My mother was the same way, only didn't need alcohol.