SCHOOL FIGHT: THE AFTERMATH
Police handling of brawl questioned
Officers said they were pelted by books and bottles during Friday's melee. Students said they were roughed up by police. Parents met in the aftermath to discuss concerns.
About me: MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Police were called to Miami Edison Senior High School after a student protest became unruly Friday, officials said.
Parents wait behind crime scene tape after a disturbance at Edison Senior High School in Miami.
"A couple of hundred" students were involved in the protest, which began during lunch hour in an open patio next to the cafeteria, said Quintin Taylor, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade School Board.
Minor injuries were reported among police and students, and video from the scene showed several students being led away as if under arrest.
Students told CNN affiliate WSVN they were angry the principal put a student in a "choke hold" Thursday.
Taylor said officials are investigating how the protest, which started peacefully, became unruly.
"Our officers assigned to the school became a target at the school of objects being thrown at them ... books, soda pop, water bottles, milk cartons," Miami-Dade Schools Commander Charles Hurley told WSVN.
The Miami-Dade superintendent of schools issued a statement saying police "were able to secure the area and get students safely back into the school. ... Police will continue to investigate this matter to find out exactly what took place today and ensure that this type of incident does not happen again."
Ten Miami-Dade School police officers received non-life threatening injuries, according to Lt. Iggy Carroll with the Miami Department of Fire Rescue.
Several students complaining of minor injures were treated on scene and one student who said she is four weeks pregnant was taken to a hospital as a precaution after she said she was hit in the stomach, he said.
Some students told WSVN police were using stun guns and pepper spray to break up the protest. Miami Police spokesman Delrish Moss said there was no evidence to support those claims.
Who I'd like to meet: SEND US YOUR PICS & VIDEOS OF THE EDISON HIGH RIOT! All parties involved have a right to see and hear the truth!
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First and formost, my heart goes out to the girl who lost her child.(My prayers are with you.) To the many teens who got unwarranted felonies on thier records. (I'm riding with you stay strong!) And the students who had to go to the hospital for bumps and bruises. (Heal up soon because the fight isn't over!) Rights something you are born with and they acted out of thier scope of authority. Continue to fight and make your voices heard! Myself and the community are along side of you all. Power is in numbers, and one voice is not enough. Papi
