A sheriff’s deputy who was caught on camera slamming an 11-year-old boy to the floor at a North Carolina middle school was charged with three misdemeanors on Tuesday, a local prosecutor said. The prosecutor, District Attorney Michael D. Waters, said the officer, Warren Durham, faced charges of assault on a child under 12, child abuse and failure to discharge his duties. The episode occurred on Thursday at Vance County Middle School in Henderson, N.C., about an hour’s drive north of Raleigh, where Deputy Durham had served as a school resource officer. Video published on social media and local news sites on Friday showed him slamming the student to the ground twice, then dragging him along the floor. On Monday, the Vance County sheriff, Curtis Brame, said the officer was no longer on the force.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2019 19:49 UTC