Charges Dropped/Dismissed Marston R. Riley, Maywood, California (arrested Nov 2018) [fight with student]

Music teacher allegedly punches student after being called N-word in class

A California music teacher is facing charges after allegedly slugging a 14-year-old student who reportedly called him the N-word during a confrontation in class. According to CBS Los Angeles, Marston Riley, 64, was recorded on a cell phone duking it out with the student during band class at Maywood Academy High School in suburban Los Angeles. Riley can be seen throwing the first punch but the student, who was treated in a local hospital and released, retaliated with his fists. “I was scared for the kid, and partly for the teacher, too,” a student who witnessed the fight told CBS ...

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High School Teacher Charged With Child Abuse After Punching Student

A black high school teacher faces suspicion of child abuse charges after footage showed him physically assaulting a white student. According to reports, 64-year-old Marston Riley began hitting the pup...

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https://www.vibe.com/2018/11/black-high-school-teacher-punches-student/

 

VIDEO: California high school teacher arrested, seen punching student during class

A black high school teacher faces suspicion of child abuse charges after footage showed him physically assaulting a white student. According to reports, 64-year-old Marston Riley began hitting the pupil after he reportedly cursed at him and repeatedly called him the N-word. According to CBS News, the exchange began after the music teacher informed the 14-year-old student he was not wearing clothes in proper dress code. In a video posted on youtube, you can hear the student yell out ” You got me f**ked up N***a.” Riley who attempts to get control of the situation walks away from the enraged ...

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Los Angeles teacher arrested after hitting student

A teacher was arrested on suspicion of punching a 14-year-old student who used a racial epithet and threw a basketball at him in a classroom, authorities said. Marston Riley, 64, was taken into custody on suspicion of child abuse after the fight was recorded on cell phone video Friday during a music class at Maywood Academy High School, the Los Angeles Times reported. The confrontation began after the teacher asked the teen to leave because he wasn’t wearing a proper uniform, the newspaper said. Video shows the boy using the N-word and cursing at the teacher, who is black. “What’s ...

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Teacher arrested on suspicion of hitting student

A sixth-grade teacher at Standard Middle School was arrested Friday on suspicion of hitting a student, according to the school district. The teacher is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the Sheriff's Office investigation, according to a statement released Monday by the district. A replacement teacher has been assigned to the teacher's classroom, and school counselors will provide additional support. "Our students and parents can rest assured that the safety of our students is of the utmost importance and we will not tolerate any altercations between staff and students," the district said. The teacher, Shannon Robinson, has since ...

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California music teacher arrested after punching student

A 64-year-old music teacher took numerous swings at a 14-year-old student who appeared to be acting belligerently at a Los Angeles area high school on Friday. [Cal Coast Times] The fist fight resulted in the teacher’s arrest. However, numerous people are coming to the defense of the teacher. Video of the incident shows the 14-year-old student standing at the front of the classroom, yelling profanity and racial slurs at teacher Marston Riley. At one point, Riley throws a punch at the student, and a fight ensues. During the brawl, Riley landed at least several punches on the student. Eventually, the ...

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https://calcoastnews.com/2018/11/california-music-teacher-arrested-after-punching-student/

 

Colleagues defend teacher arrested for punching student who was racist towards him

After punching a 14-year-old student last week a teacher was arrested - and now his colleagues are rallying to his defence because the teen called him the N-word before attacking him, according to reports. Police held the 64-year-old Maywood Academy High School teacher Marston Riley overnight on Friday on suspicion of child abuse. He was released on Saturday after posting bail. As of Monday, a GoFundMe page created by a woman working in the same Los Angeles district as Riley reached over half the $50,000 goal. Students in the room when the fight broke out filmed the incident, showing Riley ...

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Maywood high school teacher arrested after hitting student

A Los Angeles-area teacher was arrested on suspicion of punching a 14-year-old student who used a racial epithet and threw a basketball at him in a classroom, authorities said. Marston Riley, 64, was taken into custody on suspicion of child abuse after the fight recorded on cellphone video Friday during a music class at Maywood Academy High School, the Los Angeles Times reported. Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they’re cooperating with the sheriff’s investigation. “We take this matter very seriously and do not condone violence or intolerance of any kind,” a district statement said.

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Should this teacher be arrested for fighting student who called him n****r? [Video]

A band teacher from Maywood Academy High School in Los Angeles has been in the news for engaging in a fierce fist fight with a 14-year-old student who provoked him with insults and racial slurs. The incident, which occurred on Friday, began when Marston Riley, 64, asked the student to leave his class because he wasn’t in the proper school uniform. Visually angry, the teen threw a basketball he was holding at the teacher and followed it with a barrage of insults and racial slurs. “You got me f*****d up, my n***a,” the boy could be heard in the video ...

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Maywood high school teacher arrested after hitting student

AirTalk: A Los Angeles-area teacher was arrested on suspicion of punching a 14-year-old student who used a racial epithet and threw a basketball at him in a classroom, authorities said. Marston Riley, 64, was taken into custody on suspicion of child abuse after the fight recorded on cellphone video Friday during a music class at Maywood Academy High School, the Los Angeles Times reported. Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they’re cooperating with the sheriff’s investigation. “We take this matter very seriously and do not condone violence or intolerance of any kind,” a district statement said. Guest: Nick Salerno, ...

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https://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2018/11/06/63872/maywood-high-school-teacher-arrested-after-hitting/

 

Teacher arrested after classroom fight with student

A teacher at Maywood Academy High School was arrested Nov. 2 after getting into a fight with a 14-year-old student in a classroom. Marston Riley, a 64-year-old music teacher, was arrested for child abuse and booked at the East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station that afternoon and was released the following morning after posting $50,000 bail. He will be arraigned Nov. 30 at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Courthouse. Neither Riley, his attorney or Robert Jeffrey, the school’s union representative, could be reached for comment. The fight occurred in a classroom as other students and a woman wearing a yellow safety ...

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http://wavenewspapers.com/teacher-arrested-after-classroom-fight-with-student/

 

Educators Challenged to Reduce Racial Trauma at ICUE Gathering

Howard warned educators that they have to do a better job at eliminating racial trauma for Black children who attend urban schools. Howard — who holds the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair and is director of the Black Male Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles — told several hundred attendees at the International Conference on Urban Education that it is their responsibility to disrupt the racial trauma that minority students encounter on a daily basis at the hands of school teachers and administrators. Families and neighborhoods, he said, are often blamed for the trauma that educators actually inflict on ...

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https://diverseeducation.com/article/131590/

 

VIRAL VIDEO | Attorney says teachers can fight back

The student was caught on camera punching a teacher at a Baltimore City school. The shocking cell phone video is going viral. Now, an attorney is saying how teachers can fight back. The violent attack happened Wednesday at Frederick Douglass High School in northwest Baltimore. The chemistry and biology teacher was assaulted just a few days after returning from medical leave after battling cancer. She is among teachers who are under attack. The confrontation inside a Baltimore classroom comes just days after a fight involving a teacher and student at a school near Los Angeles Friday. In Baltimore, there's more ...

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https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/viral-video-attorney-says-teachers-can-fight-back

 

Video: California Teacher Repeatedly Punches Student in Shocking Classroom

California Teacher: A Los Angeles-area school teacher was arrested and charged with child abuse for allegedly punching a student several times during a violent encounter videotaped by classmates. Marston Riley, 64, was released Saturday from Los Angeles County Jail on $50,000 bail, according to authorities. In cellphone video of the incident, the music instructor and the 14-year-old student appear to argue, then fight, with Riley apparently punching the student several times, driving him to the floor as classmates try to intervene. The teen was treated at a nearby hospital for moderate injuries and released, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office ...

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https://pattayatoday.net/video-california-teacher-repeatedly/




Video: California Teacher Repeatedly Punches Student in Shocking Classroom

California Teacher: A Los Angeles-area school teacher was arrested and charged with child abuse for allegedly punching a student several times during a violent encounter videotaped by classmates. Mars...

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California Teacher Arrested After Punching Student in Class

A California high school music teacher caught hitting a 14-year-old student on video Friday has been arrested, authorities said. Marston Riley, 64, was arrested on charges of suspicion of child abuse ...

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Maywood Teacher Captured on Video Punching Student Charged With Misdemeanor

A 64-year-old Maywood high school music teacher captured on video fighting with a 14-year-old student in a classroom was charged with a misdemeanor Friday. Marston Riley of Anaheim was charged with one count of corporal injury to a child after a Nov. 2 video showed him punching a confrontational student. The fight between Riley and the student set off shock waves on social media, with some in disbelief that an educator would strike a teen student, and others coming out in support of the teacher who they said had been provoked with racial slurs. Following the outburst at Maywood Academy ...

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Maywood High School Teacher Charged After Caught-on-Video Fistfight With Student

A music teacher at a Maywood high school was charged Friday with allegedly hitting a student earlier this month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said. Marston Riley, 64, was charged with one misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a child, according to the DA's news release. Riley was taken into custody on Nov. 2 on suspicion of getting into a brawl with a student at Maywood Academy High School, the L.A. Police Department said. Despite the criminal charges, multiple students have defended Riley over the past month, saying that the classmate involved had pushed him to the brink. ...

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https://ktla.com/2018/11/30/maywood...after-caught-on-video-fistfight-with-student/

 

Maywood teacher seen punching student on video is charged

A Maywood high school music teacher who was filmed punching a student in his classroom was charged Friday with a misdemeanor, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office. Marston Riley, 64, was charged with one misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a child and faces a possible maximum sentence of one year in jail if convicted, prosecutors said. On Nov. 2, Riley, a teacher at Maywood Academy High School, got into a confrontation with a 14-year-old boy that was recorded by other students with their cellphones. Videos of the fight went viral online. Students told KTLA that the ...

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https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-teacher-punch-student-charged-20181130-story.html




Maywood Teacher Charged Over Fight With Student

A Maywood high school music teacher who was caught on widely circulated cell phone video punching a 14-year-old student during a classroom argument was charged Friday with a misdemeanor count of ...

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https://mynewsla.com/crime/2018/11/30/maywood-teacher-charged-over-fight-with-student/

 

Teacher seen on video punching student charged in California

A Los Angeles-area teacher captured on video punching a student who had repeatedly called him a racial slur has been charged with a misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a child. Video posted to social media this month shows Marston Riley, who is black, repeatedly hitting the student, who returns some of the blows. Before the scuffle, the video shows the student throwing a basketball at the 64-year-old Riley and repeatedly calling him names. City News Service reports Riley, a music teacher at Maywood Academy High School, was charged Friday. It wasn’t known if he has an attorney. Arraignment is ...

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Teacher seen on video punching student charged in California

A Los Angeles-area teacher captured on video punching a student who had repeatedly called him a racial slur has been charged with a misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a child. Video posted to soc...

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Maywood Teacher Charged Over Fight With Student

A Maywood high school music teacher who was caught on widely circulated cell phone video punching a 14-year-old student during a classroom argument has been charged with a misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a child. Marston Riley, 64, of Anaheim, is accused of hitting the boy during the Nov. 2 altercation at Maywood Academy High School. The altercation occurred in front of a classroom filled with students. Witnesses said shortly after the fight that Riley had asked the student to leave class because he wasn’t wearing a proper uniform. The student allegedly responded by yelling racial epithets at Riley, ...

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https://mynewsla.com/crime/2018/12/01/maywood-teacher-charged-over-fight-with-student-2/