After reading these comments I can see many people on this blog understand the true seriousness of this child's actions regardless of how big he is or his age. Andrew Rhodes blog of questioning the character of the teachers involved is the exact reason why many children believe they can act defiant to adults within the school system! People who question the methods used by teachers to restrain the young male who attacked a WOMEN in front of hundreds of students need to stop and think before they say or write something ignorant. Also stop putting band-aids on the situation and making up excuses for these children. Adults need to set an example and put the blame on the children when they are in the wrong and hold them and their parents accountable for their child's actions. The race issue....I know the man personally being ACCUSED of restraining this student. The mother believes it was a race issue. This man has taught there more than a decade and has coached hundreds of students and helped many regardless of their race and backgrounds. I challenge the media and all those who question his character to question every single one of his student/athletes and ask them if he is a racist. I played for him and will vouch for him. He gave love and compassion to every one of his student/athletes. You can start by interviewing me first and my all my fellow teammates. In time, the truth will come out and people will realize they owe this man and the staff an apology for their negative untrue and unresearched statements about the physical attack on the female principal of the school.