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Boykin tripped or pushed Burd in the hallway after the teacher had taken away his iPod during class, prosecutors said.
Burd fell toward Footman, a ninth grader, who took the opportunity to punch the teacher several times, causing him to fall and strike his head against a locker, prosecutors said. Footman, who was cutting classes at the time, didn't know Burd or Boykin. It wasn't the first time he had hit a teacher, however. Footman had been dismissed from Roosevelt Middle School after assaulting a teacher and was on the verge of being expelled from Germantown. He had been absent 45 days and suspended 11 times, and was getting D's and F's in his courses this year, prosecutors said.
Kids should have a fear of their parents, with fear comes respect.