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Two weeks aft a North Carolina precocious schoolhouse student allegedly slapped and threatened a teacher successful an incident that was captured connected video that went viral, nan student has been indicted for kidnapping and battle connected a authorities official, nan Forsyth County DA announced Thursday.
Aquavis Hickman, 17, has besides been indicted for nan alleged battle of different coach astatine nan aforesaid schoolhouse — Parkland High School successful Winston-Salem, North Carolina — successful February.
"A expansive assemblage was convened past week, past Monday, comprised of members of this organization and nan expansive assemblage returned 2 bills of indictment against nan suspect now successful this case, Aquavis Hickman," Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill said astatine a property conference.
He said Hickman, who will beryllium charged arsenic an adult, faces second-degree kidnapping charges successful nan April 15 incident pinch a female coach "by unlawfully confining and restraining her without her consent for nan intent of terrorizing her. That suspect was besides indicted connected that aforesaid measure for battle connected a authorities official, that being a teacher, and yet communicating threats against that teacher."
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Police extracurricular nan schoolhouse wherever a coach was attacked by a student connected April 15 successful North Carolina. (WGHP)
He said Hickman told nan coach he was going to termination her, and nan "threat was made successful a mode and nether circumstances which would origin a reasonable personification to judge that threat was apt to beryllium carried out, and nan personification threatened believed it would, successful fact, beryllium carried out."
The viral video shared connected societal media appeared to show Hickman violently slap his coach doubly amid a profanity-laden rant against her.
"Do you deliberation that affected maine successful immoderate way?" nan coach tin beryllium heard asking. "Want maine to deed you again?" Hickman says, while stepping up and repeating nan question. "I don't want it," nan coach says, earlier she is struck again. The deed is truthful difficult that her glasses alert disconnected her look while nan teen continues his profanity-filled rant.
"Ain't cipher moreover coming. You sewage slapped," Hickman says. "B----, spell backmost to teaching."
He was besides indicted connected nan aforesaid charges for nan alleged battle connected nan 2nd coach successful February and was indicted connected a misdemeanor count of riot based connected allegations Hickman gathered pinch astatine slightest 2 others and "engaged successful a nationalist disturbance, kidnapping nan 2nd coach successful this case, attempting to conflict him. This disorderly and convulsive behaviour created a clear and coming threat of wounded to nan unfortunate successful this case."
Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill announced this week that Aquavis Hickman has been indicted by a expansive assemblage for kidnapping and battle connected 2 teachers (WGHP)
"Sheriff Kimbrough, Chief Penn and myself made a committedness to this organization that we would not tolerate immoderate assaults connected our teachers, plain and simple," O’Neill said. "Nobody should spell to activity and expect to beryllium assaulted."
He added, "We guidelines pinch nan teachers, we will conflict to protect those teachers and if you laic a manus connected a coach and battle a coach you tin expect that nan reward will beryllium swift and severe. Promise made and committedness kept."
Kimbrough, astatine nan property conference, said "everyone sitting successful this room owes a indebtedness to nan female aliases man who knowledgeable you: teachers. All of america are who we are because of nan men and women that knowledgeable us."
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He added, "How tin we successful bully conscience let anyone to battle a teacher?" adding, location are "some things successful nine that person to beryllium sacred," and "we person to protect nan group that amended us."
The battle caught connected video took spot astatine Parkland High School successful Winston-Salem, North Carolina, past month. (WGHP)
Kimbrough said each time successful nan organization he sees teachers breaking up fights, getting injured and deputies moreover forced to mace students.
He said that incidents pinch students person steadily accrued since 2020.
Winston-Salem Police Chief William Penn, Jr. added, "Our schools aren’t a battleground nor a boxing ringing … Our schools must beryllium safer."
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He said nan video that went viral "put america connected nan representation successful a antagonistic manner. I’m besides gladsome coming that nan remainder of nan federation will perceive that we do not tolerate that successful Winston-Salem and successful Forsyth County."
