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A video of a violent fight near Cosgrove Middle School recently went viral online and left social media users enraged. In the clip, a ninth-grade student can be seen picking up another young student and harshly slamming him to the ground.
The younger student could be heard pleading and saying, “It was the other dude” before running away from the scene. The Ogden Police Department reportedly took up the investigation and said the incident took place outside Cosgrove Middle School in Spencerport during dismissal on Monday.
The Spencerport Board Vice President, Michael Miceli, also addressed the disturbing video and said that authorities are taking the act of violence “seriously” and would take disciplinary action following the investigation:
“We are all parents. We are all concerned board and community members. We take this act of violence very seriously. And without question, we will support any strict disciplinary consequences once the investigation concludes.”
The VP also mentioned that officials will work on security efforts and focus on necessary programs to prevent the repetition of such incidents in Cosgrove:
“We further understand it is our ongoing responsibility to make sure our students have a safe environment to learn. We are committed to building upon our security efforts in our schools and campus, and focusing on our programs and services to prevent behaviors such as what happened at Cosgrove from ever happening again.”