William Bennett, 58, has a history of misconduct in at least four other districts
A white high school teacher who was filmed fighting a black student has a long history of misconduct in neighboring districts, once allegedly telling his class they were acting like 'monkeys' and pushing a student off his desk.
William Bennet, a science teacher at Moore High School, Louisville, Kentucky, has been reassigned pending an investigation after he was filmed pinning a student to the ground and grabbing a fistful of his hair on August 24, two days into the school year.
The minute-long video shows Bennet, 58, locked in a ground fight with the student as other kids circle them and try to break up the altercation. He appears to call for security.
'F*** you mean get security, n****, get the fuck of him!' one student yells in the video, which has been widely circulated on social media.
Another students says, 'That's a teacher, bro.'
The science teacher was filmed fighting a student at Moore High School in Louisville, Kentucky on August 24, two days after school started
The minute-long video shows Bennet, 58, locked in a ground fight with the student as other kids circle them and try to break up the altercation. He appears to call for security
Other students try to break up the fight as Bennett continues it, calling for 'security'
The student involved in the altercation told a local news station that he hit Bennett first because the teacher said he 'would just be another black boy shot.'
In a since-deleted Facebook post after the event, Bennet claimed he was misrepresented in the shocking footage.
'That being said, the truth has yet to be revealed, and this will change the whole narrative, Bennet said. 'We have the complete school footage and the actual statements made.
Previous records reveal he was reprimanded in Hardin County decades ago, after he admitted to calling a noisy class 'a bunch of monkeys,' kicking a trash can and singling out a student who cursed at him after he threatened him with detention.
The school district has since reassigned him out of the classroom with pay as it investigates
The student (pictured) told a local TV station that he hit Bennett first after the teacher told him he was 'just going to be another black boy shot'
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