'Completely unacceptable' | 2 students involved in 'violent' fight at North Texas junior high

BEDFORD, Texas — A now-viral video of a fight involving two Harwood Junior High School students could have started when one student "disrespected" the other student's dead grandmother. That's according to a juvenile court judge who presided over a detention hearing for one of the boys who was arrested after the fight last Tuesday in an interior courtyard of the school in Bedford. The Bedford Police Department (BPD) addressed the incident on Facebook after video of the fight was widely circulating on social media.

In their post, the department said the fight started just after 8 a.m., and upon arrival, a BPD officer saw a school staff member separating the students.



The officer immediately took control of one student, the department said. The school nurse also arrived at the scene of the fight and began treating the other student for injuries, according to police. The principal reassured in the letter that "anyone involved in fighting will receive consequences in line with the Student Code of Conduct, and can also experience consequences through the legal system as determined by law enforcement.

" In Wednesday's hearing, Judge Alex Kim, who said he hadn't seen the video, ordered the boy seen in the video punching another student to be released to his mother. He also ordered that he go to an alternative school and wear a leg monitor. The judge didn't say who he thought started the fight, but the student's mother and attorney said it was the other boy's fault.

"She's saying that the kid hit him first, or swung at him first, and that he swung back," Attorney Ray Hall Jr. said. "I think there's also concerns and issues about the way the teachers handled the situation and didn't break it up and let it keep going.

" The judge also said the other student in the fight suffered a concussion and a shoulder injury. The principal said in the letter that the school’s resource officer and nurse were in the courtyard to secure the scene and gave medical attention within 60 seconds of the beginning of the fight. Any concerned students or parents were encouraged to speak with a school counselor if needed.

Tarrant County juvenile prosecutors are expected to decide whether to bring assault charges in the coming weeks..