Texas Officer Punched 15-Year-Old Student During 33-Minute School Arrest
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 6
Texas Officer Punched 15-Year-Old Student During 33-Minute School Arrest
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 6
Summary
Body-camera footage from a November 2023 arrest at Judson High School shows Officer Marc Laue repeatedly grabbing 15-year-old Jeremiah Johnson, taking him to the floor and later ramming his fists into the handcuffed boy’s belly.
The confrontation began after Jeremiah was accused of pushing an assistant principal; he cursed at Laue, walked away and then resisted as the officer tried to arrest and handcuff him.
The 33-minute episode in Converse, Texas, was also partly filmed by a teacher who picked up Laue’s knocked-off body camera during the struggle.
The case spotlights Texas’ post-Uvalde school policing push: since 2022, the state has spent billions placing officers on campuses, though law says they should stay out of routine student discipline.
Across those years, school officers in Texas have still used physical force in thousands of cases, including over seemingly minor misbehavior.