A highschool trainer in Georgia was arrested Wednesday after allegedly shoving a scholar to the bottom throughout an argument that occurred inside a classroom earlier this month.

The trainer at Salem Excessive College in Conyers, a suburb positioned east of downtown Atlanta, is going through battery costs in reference to the incident, which the Rockdale County Sheriff's Workplace (RCSO) stated prompted a "thorough investigation."

Authorities recognized the arrested trainer as 44-year-old Marquette Thinn from Lawrenceville. Thinn has been accused of shoving a 14-year-old scholar throughout the incident, which authorities stated occurred on January 21. The incident was captured on video, based on the RCSO.

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A highschool trainer was arrested on battery costs Wednesday after allegedly pushing a scholar onto the bottom. Above, handcuffs are utilized in an unrelated incident to safe fences on the Brooklyn Middle Police Station on April 12, 2021 in Brooklyn Middle, Minnesota.Scott Olson/Getty Photographs

The Atlanta-based information station WSB-TV stated its reporters had obtained a duplicate of the footage. The station shared the video on-line on Wednesday after the RCSO introduced Thinn's arrest.

Within the video, a scholar will be heard arguing with an grownup inside a classroom as different college students round them are heard speaking and laughing. About 19 seconds after the video begins, the grownup pushes the scholar to the bottom and yells, "Shut up. You do not transfer."

"Sit your ugly a** down," the one that shoved the scholar continues. "Sit down. Right now ain't the day. Sit down."

In accordance with the RCSO, Thinn was the person who was caught on video pushing the scholar to the bottom amid what authorities described as a "verbal altercation."

The teenager, who has not been publicly recognized by authorities, reported some ache after the incident occurred. "The 14-year-old scholar complained of wrist ache ensuing from the assault," the RCSO stated in a Wednesday information launch.

Authorities stated their investigation into the incident will proceed and inspired anybody with info to contact the RCSO.

The sheriff's workplace "takes any crime involving a scholar with the utmost precedence to guarantee dad and mom, employees, and residents of Rockdale County that our faculty system is a secure studying surroundings for his or her kids," the RCSO stated in its information launch.

Thinn is listed within the Salem Excessive College's on-line listing as a trainer throughout the college's Social Research Division. The college is one in all three excessive colleges positioned throughout the Rockdale County Public Colleges district.

In an announcement shard with the Atlanta-based information station WGCL-TV, the district declined to touch upon the specifics of the incident allegedly involving Thinn.

"As you're conscious, we can't touch upon personnel issues; nevertheless, we work diligently to research all allegations of worker misconduct," the district's assertion stated. "Rockdale County Public Colleges (RCPS) expects all staff to conduct themselves professionally and ethically to offer a optimistic educating and studying surroundings for college kids and employees."

Newsweek reached out to the college district for additional remark however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.