A Florida teacher faces child abuse charges after allegedly swinging a six-year-old special needs pupil through the air and pinning him against a classroom wall in Palm Coast on 16 October as he cried that he could not breathe, according to an arrest affidavit.
The confrontation at Wadsworth Elementary School followed a dispute over a toy during classroom free time. The investigation began after a paraprofessional in Kevin Adkisson's emotional and behavioural disorders classroom alerted the vice principal about an incident that had left her uncomfortable.
