A high school football coach has been arrested after he was caught on camera punching a player in the stomach during a game.
The coach, who has not been named, was employed by Mays High School.
The team took on Douglas County on Saturday at the Eddie. S Henderson Stadium at Midtown High School in Atlanta.
The coach was seen yelling at the player on the sidelines, before punching him in the stomach.
The player doubles over in pain.
Atlanta Public Schools said the coach had been arrested.
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They stressed that the coach was a ‘lay coach’ – coaching assistants who do not teach in the school or hold professional certification, but who must complete a GHSA training program.
‘A lay coach for Mays High School, who is not a classroom instructor, is in police custody after an incident that occurred on the sideline during the school’s game this afternoon against Douglas County High School,’ said Seth Coleman, APS media relations director.
‘Video from the live broadcast of the game appears to show the lay coach physically assaulting a player.
‘The adult faces administrative charges from the district as well.’
The coach was arrested and will be charged with simple battery, AJC reported.
black on black violence is NOT a crime. This is how all leftist tolerance, inclusion and equity is dispersed. IF the child was White, he be dead…
Coach should be immediately terminated. That is not his child,
…this is the reason I quit playing football in High School….idiot, uncaring, sociopathic coaches. I hope he learns a lesson here.