Parent Allegedly Instigates Daughter Fighting Fellow Grade Student
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A school fight is caught on video, allegedly by a father who was encouraging the scuffle.
Columbus City Schools confirm the fight took place inside Columbus North International School on Monday. They say the father of one of the students involved in the fight entered the school under false pretenses.
The alleged victim claims the man came to the school for one reason: to help his daughter fight her.
“Get her,” a man’s voice can be heard saying in the video of two 8th grade girls fighting.
Johnetta Crockett and Steve Parks say their daughter was the victim in the fight. They say the other girl’s father is the man talking in the video.
“He’s instigating the fight,” Crockett said.
“A parent, in the school, bringing (his) daughter into fight my daughter and recording it…unacceptable,” Parks said.
Parks and Crockett say another video shot by a student shows the father recording the fight on his phone.
“He put his own daughter in danger,” Parks said. “If you notice on the video, they are fighting on a concrete floor. Now, what would have happened if her head hit the floor?”
Parks and Crockett say it’s bad enough that the father didn’t try to stop the fight. They say what’s even worse is that the video that appeared to be shot by his cell phone showed up on Instagram.
“It’s unreal that a parent would allow this to happen,” Crockett said.
10TV spoke with the father on the phone. We are not naming him because he hasn’t been charged with a crime.
He says he was only talking on his phone during the fight, not using it to shoot video. He says many students were likely recording the fight and that the Instagram video could belong to anyone.
“Now get her, now get her. Y’all want to jump my daughter?” the man’s voice can be heard saying in the video.
The man says he didn’t have a problem with the fight. He claims Crockett and Parks’ daughter attacked his daughter at a party over the weekend.
The two tell 10TV that’s not what happened. But they say even if it did, a fight at school wasn’t the answer.
“We’re approachable. You could’ve come talked to us. We could have straightened this out,” Crockett said. “But for you to stand there and videotape it is totally unacceptable. You’re a grown man.”
Parks and Crockett are planning legal action against the man.
A Columbus City Schools spokesperson tells 10TV the school is taking swift disciplinary action and will not tolerate disruptions by parents or students.
