Akron police incident at Firestone Community Learning Center [Video]

AKRON, Ohio — Akron Mayor Shammas Malik held a press conference Monday “to provide details on an incident which occurred last week at Firestone High School between a student and a school resource officer.”

According to Malik, the incident happened on the morning of Oct. 16 when a 16-year-old Firestone student bypassed the metal detector as he entered the school. The student was escorted back to the metal detector by the Firestone staff, per the policy that everyone who enters the school must pass through the detector.

Malik said there were two Akron police officers at the school that morning, one was Firestone’s school resource officer (SRO) and the other was there on a “secondary employment shift.” 

“Surveillance camera footage from the school depicts the student being directed towards the metal detector several times. At one point, the student attempts …