EL DORADO COUNTY, CA. (THECOUNT) — The father of an El Dorado County, Ca., high school senior, who was arrested on a pair of battery charges, one for striking her teacher, is speaking out to local news outlets in an effort to explain his daughter’s actions.
A video of the father, referenced above, can be viewed at the end of the post. But first, here’s a little backstory.
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Jo-Ann Butler, a student at Union Mine High School, located on Koki Lane in El Dorado, CA, was arrested on campus following an incident where she can be seen on video, continually knocking a “Make America Great Again” hat off of a fellow student’s head.
Butler, 18, is now facing battery charges for the removal of the student’s Trump swag and for striking her teacher, who was intervening.
Butler can be seen on video getting into a verbal altercation with another student who was donning a red hat with the words “Make America Great Again” on it.
In one section of the video, filmed by a fellow student, Butler can be seen grabbing the hat and throwing it to the ground, an action which prompted the teacher to step in and remove her from the classroom.
After being allowed to return to class, Butler again approached the student and forcefully removed his hat, at which time the teacher can be seen trying to come between the two students.
During the second altercation, the teacher held out his arm to intervene and the student slapped it. That prompted a call to the school resource officer and the student was taken to juvenile hall. source
Following the incident, a defiant Butler appeared on the local news with her father:
“Maybe just wake people up in some type of way, because it’s not cool the environment our classroom is in,” the student said.
The school policy noted that they do allow political expression.
Butler is suspended for a week and faces battery charges.