Video Shows Officer Grabbing Texas Student's Throat, Slamming Him To Ground
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ROUND ROCK (CBSNEWS.COM) - A 14-year-old high school student says a school resource officer used excessive force when he grabbed the teen by the throat after the student and another boy were involved in a scuffle at a Texas high school cafeteria.
A cellphone video taken Thursday by a third student shows the officer placing his hands around sophomore Gyasi Hughes' throat at Round Rock High School and taking Hughes to the ground. The video was given to the CBS television affiliate.
Hughes, who was suspended for fighting but not charged said the officer also pushed him.
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