Mother Defends Son’s Treatment at Mid School

AN ALBUQUERQUE MOTHER SAYS SHE’LL NO LONGER SEND HER KIDS TO JIMMY CARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE SAYS HER SON WAS ROUGHED UP WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED BY CAMPUS SECURITY AIDS ON TUESDAY. NICOLE ORTIZ SAYS HER SON, LUIS, HAS NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE. BUT HE REFUSED TO GIVE A TEACHER HIS CELL PHONE ON TUESDAY, WHICH IS WHEN THE SECURITY AIDS WERE CALLED IN.
SECURITY AIDS TRIED TO TAKE THE PHONE FROM LUIS, WHICH IS WHEN THE CONFRONTATION GOT PHYSICAL AND WAS CAUGHT ON A 15 SECOND SNAP CHAT VIDEO … WITH NO AUDIO. NICOLE ORTIZ SAYS HER SON ASKED THE AIDS TO PLEASE STOP WHEN HE WAS PUSHED AGAINST A WALL AND TO THE FLOOR.
AN APS SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT WAS LUIS WHO BECAME COMBATIVE.
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