An office-duty police officer put his knee on a 12-year-old girl's neck to restrain her during a school lunch fight in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to surveillance footage released by the school district. The officer has since resigned, complaining of the "mental and emotional strain" caused by the public outrage.
The March 4 video, first reported by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, shows the daughter of Jerrel Perez being approached by another student before a fight ensues in the lunchroom of Lincoln Middle School. Seconds later, police officer Shawn Guetschow, 37, who was working as a school security officer, is shown breaking up the scuffle and using an illegal chokehold on Perez's daughter to subdue her. Guetschow reportedly had his knee on Perez's daughter's neck for 25 seconds before handcuffing her and escorting her out of the lunchroom.
