STATESVILLE, N.C. — A mother and her son will learn Tuesday whether a judge will approve a settlement over how a school resource officer treated her son.
It’s a new step in a long-awaited court battle after an incident in 2018 at Pressly School in Statesville.
In 2020, Channel 9 obtained body camera video, which showed a 7-year-old boy with autism handcuffed and spitting at a school resource officer. That officer restrained the boy on the floor for more than 30 minutes. The student was on his stomach, and his arms were behind his back.
The SRO was never formally charged and he has resigned from Statesville police.
The mother filed a lawsuit against the city and the former resource officer, claiming constitutional violence, negligence and infliction of emotional distress.
>> Channel 9 will be following along with the hearing Tuesday and will have updates on Eyewitness News on whether the settlement is approved.
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