Cop fired after video shows him slamming 12-year-old girl to the ground

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A Texas law enforcement officer has been fired after video surfaced that shows the policeman grabbing a 12-year-old student from behind and slamming her to the brick pavement face-first.

The San Antonio Independent School District's superintendent said that 27-year-old district officer Joshua Kehm's use of force at Rhodes Middle School on March 29 was "absolutely unwarranted."

"Additionally, the officer’s report was inconsistent with the video and it was also delayed," Pedro Martinez, the district's superintendent, continued in a statement. He added, "We want to be clear that we will not tolerate this behavior." Martinez said that the officer did not note the violence in his report. The school district has referred the investigation "to a third-party law enforcement agency."

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