Georgia middle school student charged for stomping on cop’s foot with cowboy boots

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — A south Georgia police officer sought medical care after being stomped on his feet with the heel of cowboy boots, according to a police report.

On Tuesday, a 12-year-old MacIntyre Park Middle School student in Thomasville, Georgia was charged with felony obstruction after stomping on a police officer’s foot during a confrontation.

It began when the officer approached the student, who had referred to his teacher in a derogatory manner.

This incident comes at a difficult time for school officers across the country.

Videos have gone viral in the past showing violent confrontations between students and officers such as the recent video from South Carolina, where an officer body slams a student during a fight between two other students.

According to a Thomasville Police Department incident report, the student started to walk away and was directed by the officer to a school office.

“He (the student) snatched away and started to curse,” the report says. When the juvenile continued to pull away and curse the officer, back-up was called.

The student attempted to stomp the officer’s foot with the heel of the cowboy boots he was wearing, but missed and struck the edge of the officer’s shoe.

The officer pulled the student’s arms back and spread his feet to prevent his feet from being stomped again.

The report says the struggle and cursing continued.

As backup arrived, the student stomped the center of the original officer’s foot with the cowboy boot heel. The boy was taken outside, and the backup officer was told to handcuff him.

The reports says the officer’s left foot throbbed with pain. An X-ray at Archbold Urgent Care showed no broken bones or fractures to the foot.

Information was not available from Thomasville Police Department about whether the boy was detained or released.

“The child basically had a tantrum,” city school Superintendent Sabrina Boykins-Everett said.

It has not been determined if the student will be suspended.

“He will receive a consequence to be determined by school administration,” Boykins-Everett said.

 Dozier writes for the Thomasville, Georgia Time Enterprise.

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