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A New Jersey father is facing charges after getting into a heated confrontation with a student over an alleged dispute with his daughter.
In a now-viral video, a parent, who's been identified as Aaron Thomas, is seen confronting a student in a classroom at Paulsboro High School. The father demanded the teen apologize to his daughter, per the video.
“I didn’t do nothing to her,” the student responded.
“You heard what the f**k I said,” the father said to the teen. “Apologize to my daughter. Now!”
At one point in the video, the man appeared to engage with another student who came to his peer's defense. The student involved in the initial confrontation continued to repeatedly claim that he did nothing wrong.
An adult appeared to attempt to de-esclate the incident, but the father continued to exchange words with the student.
“I’m just proving a point,” the parent said.
As he was escorted out of the classroom, the man continued: “If I have to come up here again, I’m going to slap fire out the both of y’all."
“Do it, we’re right here,” one student said.
The father then walked back up to the students. In the video, it appeared that the confrontation got physical.
“You scary as sh**,” the man said.
Following the incident, Thomas, 38, was charged with charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, simple assault, and terroristic threats and taken into custody, per Action News.
The Paulsboro Public School District said an investigation had been launched into the incident.
“Safety and security of our staff and students is paramount,” the district said in a statement. “Unfortunate situations such as these gives us an opportunity to reflect and analyze current practices to further strengthen the district’s safety and security procedures to ensure that our schools are a safe place for all students and staff.”
Watch the video here.
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