Florida School Monitor Arrested for Punching 7th Grader

A security monitor at Horace Mann Middle School in El Portal, Florida, was arrested for punching a 7th grader. The incident was captured on a cellphone video.

Forty-year-old Antwan Ruffin was arrested by Miami-Dade Schools Police and charged with child abuse with no great bodily harm and battery. He is currently out on bail.

Ruffin was seen on the video yelling at the young boy then shoving and punching him in the shoulder.

“Try me. When the bell rings, you’re in my hallway,” the 6 feet 7 inches security monitor yelled.

“Do what you’re going to do. Bring his [expletive]. Bring them all. Bring them all,” Ruffin yells. “I ain’t scared of none of them. Bring them all.”

The Miami-Dade County Public Schools will take disciplinary actions against Ruffin.

“Miami-Dade County Public Schools is deeply troubled and saddened by the actions of this individual, as they are not representative of our caring and supportive workforce,” a spokesperson for Miami-Dade County Public Schools said in a statement about the arrested.

Parents are concerned because schools are supposed to be safe spaces for children.

“It’s concerning,” an unidentified parent said. “I’m not going to lie. It’s very concerning. You send your kids to school, and you think they are going to be safe at school. You’re not thinking an adult is going to put his hands on your child.”

“Oh no, I couldn’t handle that,” James Brannon, a parent, said. “Myself, if I had walked up and saw that, I would have gotten involved with it, and I would have said, ‘Hold up, you can’t do that kid like that.”

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