Michigan High School Student Faces Felony Charges After Throwing Metal Chair at Teacher (VIDEO)
A 15-year-old high school junior who was caught on camera hurling a metal chair at her teacher and knocking the educator unconscious is now facing felony charges.
A teacher at Southwestern Classical Academy high school in Flint, Michigan was hit in the back of the head and knocked out by a chair thrown by a student during class on Thursday. The student has since been arrested.
The student has been charged with two counts of felony assault. Both she and another student involved in the altercation were arrested. Prosecutor David Leyton authorized the charges against the girl who threw the chair.
Video of the attack shows a female student screaming as the teacher stands several feet away with her back turned to the student as she tries to deal with an altercation in class.
