A high school football coach beat a student so severely with a "canoe paddle" that the wood board cracked and had to be taped so the "licking" could resume, a Dallas school district report said.
The Lincoln High School student suffered severe bruising and welts to his lower back, upper thighs and buttocks and was referred to a doctor for treatment, according to the report obtained by The Dallas Morning News.
"The report, unfortunately, speaks for itself and is, to say the least, disturbing," Dallas schools spokesman Jon Dahlander said in Thursday's newspaper.
Paddling is legal in Texas but prohibited in Dallas public schools. No criminal charges have been filed and school district police suspended their investigation because of a lack of evidence in the 2007 case.
The student received up to 21 strikes from then head football coach Jerry Sands after being removed from the team. Sands decided the student would have to endure the paddling to return, according the report.
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Dang. He gave that boy a good old fashion whoopin. I don't think it was needed. Even if the kid agreed to it. He had to have known someone was going to report it, there was no way everyone would keep quiet.
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There is difference between discipline, and abuse, or assault.
From the sounds of it, this coach could have severely hurt this boy, if he cracked and broke the wood that it had to be taped.
He should be fired and never work near children again.
Mooch
The psychiatric community agrees: no physical punishment, doesn't it.