The parents of a Dyersburg Middle School student, seen in a video being thrown to the floor by a teacher breaking up a fight, said they are taking her out of the school. FOX13 learned the teacher, 61-year-old Carey Sanders, has been suspended after being charged with assault.
Jamila and George Miller told FOX13 they are concerned about the well-being of their 8th-grade daughter Janiya Miller, especially after she was diagnosed by the State of Tennessee Department of Human Services with severe autism.
“I do want him fired, and I don’t want him to do anything to no child again,” said Jamila Miller, the mom of the 14-year-old.
“Once I saw that, I felt she wasn’t safe to go to school no more,” said Janiya’s father George Miller. “That’s why I’m going to go ahead and keep her in homeschool.”
The family said the bullying became too much to bear.
“She would come home crying because people were laughing at her or calling her ‘special ed’. She has OCD and comprehension problems.”
Thursday, Dyersburg Police arrested Sanders after he turned himself in. Police wrote in a statement on their Facebook page, “Sanders was observed on video forcefully throwing one of the juveniles involved to the ground.”
The Millers said their daughter wants to watch the video repeatedly. They believe she is still in shock about what happened.
“She told us she blacked out; she didn’t know what happened really. When she came home she was like, ‘I don’t remember,’” said the Millers.
Dyersburg NAACP President, Tiffany Boyd, said she was informed by the district that Sanders is expected to retire in May.
“I don’t think it’s fair for him to be able to just go on and retire like nothing ever happened,” Boyd said. “I think he needs to be fired.”
The district released the following statement regarding Sanders’ current employment status:
“In accordance with Dyersburg City School board policy 5.200, Mr. Sanders is suspended from school pending the outcome of the Dyersburg Police Department investigation and further court proceedings.
Meantime, police said both juveniles involved in the altercation were issued juvenile citations for disorderly conduct, and released pending Dyer County Juvenile Court action.
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