A video posted online is responsible for charges being leveled Wednesday against two Baltimore school cops, one of whom is seen in the brief clip smacking a student in the face and then kicking him in the back.
The video, recorded March 1 by a fellow student at REACH Partnership School, shows an officer yelling at the 16-year-old student to "go the fuck home" and "get the fuck out of here."
Anthony Spence, 44, is accused of second-degree assault and misconduct in office. Another cop, Saverna Bias, 53, is charged with second-degree child abuse. The video shows a second cop, allegedly Bias, standing idly by during the brief beating. The pair have been placed on leave and were released on $50,000 bond Wednesday. Spence's attorney said his client was under the impression that the boy was trespassing before the altercation occurred. The boy, however, was a student at the school in the Clifton Park neighborhood.
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