The teenage girl who was slammed to the ground by a school resource officer at a Florida high school on Jan. 26 is suffering memory loss, according to her mother.
Jamesha Bracey, said her daughter 16-year-old Taylor Bracey is suffering from memory problems after the Liberty High School student was slammed to the ground by an Osceola sheriff’s deputy in a viral video that emerged last week.
“She’s having problems sleeping and she’s having a problem remembering,” Bracey said on Jan. 29. On the day of the disturbing encounter, paramedics were called to the scene, and Sheriff Marco López said “the juvenile is doing fine” at a news conference the day following the incident.
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A video shows a school resource officer body-slamming a student at Liberty High School in Kissimmee. The sheriff said those involved were not seriously hurt. The officer is on paid leave, and the incident is being investigated by the FDLE. (Screen capture from viewer video)
Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Plans Rally for Liberty High Student Who Was Body-Slammed PUBLISHED 6:13 PM ET Jan. 29, 2021 PUBLISHED 6:13 PM EST Jan. 29, 2021
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of a Liberty High School student who was body-slammed this week by an Osceola County Sheriff Office deputy plan to conduct a rally and news conference on Saturday in Kissimmee.
"I am just angry that a trained professional, adult man feels that he has the right to pick up and slam a young Black girl,” Attorney Benjamin Crump said.