DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Atlanta's WSB-TV learned that a teacher at a DeKalb County, Georgia, school has been charged with attacking a 14-year-old student.
The alleged attack between student Julian Butler and teacher Keith Evans happened in November 2018 at DeKalb Alternative School.
Butler's mother, Sharon Hepburn, showed WSB-TV's Michael Seiden photos of her son with bruises on his neck.
Butler said it all started when Evans told him to tuck in his shirt. “He was like, ‘Just tuck your shirt in.' ... The way it was tucked in – it wasn’t the way he wanted it to be.”
"I was hurt. It actually made me cry because that's not what I send my son to school for," Hepburn said. “I get to the school and find out that one of his teachers had grabbed around his neck, choked him and slammed his head on the desk.”
Butler was charged with simple battery in November following the incident, but three months later, the teacher is now facing the same offense. Hepburn said she had to show pictures to a judge to get charges against Evans.