T.J. v. State

On the day of the incident, T.J. was placed out of his classroom for being disruptive and reported to Leon Rogers. Rogers was a learning community assistant who assists disruptive students by attempting to return them to class once they have been removed. Rogers testified that T.J. continued to be disruptive when T.J. reported to him: "he never calmed down; he kept cursing, rapping, and being irate for at least 20 minutes." After spending about 20 minutes trying to calm T.J., Rogers called security because he felt he was unable to control T.J. by himself. The security officer attempted to calm T.J., but T.J. would not comply, and ultimately, T.J. was arrested.