High school cop who arrested student in the hallway for 'assault' admits lying about being hit but says it was an accident Angel Marrero was filmed shoving the teenager against a wall in December The unnamed boy walked past him calling him a 'p***y' and threatening to hit him Marrero pinned him against the wall then arrested him for assault and battery He claimed the teenager had struck him in the torso with both of his hands Surveillance footage disproves his account and he is under investigation When questioned, the cop said he genuinely thought he had been pushed By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com Published: 15:06 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 15:07 GMT, 19 March 2019 Viewcomments A cop who was filmed roughly arresting a student in school lied afterwards by saying the child had assaulted him then admitted making it up but has claimed it was an 'accident'. Angel Marrero was filmed pushing the boy against the wall of his school in the High School of Commerce in Springfield, Massachusetts, in December. When he filed his report, he said the boy, who has not been named, assaulted him by pushing him in the torso. He claimed he had been assaulted and arrested the teenager, who has not been named. Surveillance footage of the incident which circulated on social media however disproves his claim. It clearly shows the boy walking past Marrero and turning to make a comment towards him. Angel Marrero was filmed grabbing the unidentified student by the neck and pinning him against the wall on December 3 The cop claimed in his police report that the teenager hit him in the torso, a claim that was disproved by surveillance footage of the incident The cop and others have claimed he called him a 'p***y' and threatened to 'slap the s**t' out of him. Marrero is now under investigation for his handling of the incident and for lying. In an explanation he gave to internal investigators that was obtained by MassLive, he said he lied about the shoving because he thought he had been pushed. 'At no time did I ever have the intention to write the arrest report of [redacted] in a manner that could be perceived as deceitful nor did I write it with the intention of being deceitful,' he said. He went on to describe his stellar record within the department and boasted that he'd never had a complaint before. As other students watched, Marrero struggled with the boy and held him against the wall Eventually a teacher intervened and tried to pull the cop off of the high school student Marrero claimed the boy had assaulted him and he arrested him. Now, the cop is under investigation for lying In his initial report, he said the boy 'raised his left arm up striking me with his elbow in my lower torso area.' 'Upon feeling the strike from [redacted’s] elbow, due to the close proximity of [redacted] and I, and also due to having just been threatened by [redacted] to be physically assaulted I perceived at that moment he had committed an assault and battery on me by pushing me with two hands in my lower torso area,' he said. The video however shows him grabbing the student and shoving him against the wall without the youngster ever raising his hand to him. As he pinned him up against the wall, another adult walking past stopped and tried to intervene. The incident happened on December 3 and an investigation was launched three weeks later but the video made it to social media in February. The internal investigation into Marrero's conduct is ongoing. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility