A "mildly autistic" Staten Island teen says that he was body slammed by an assistant dean at his school, leaving his left leg broken in several places. Brian Shane said he got into a fight with two other boys during gym class earlier this week at South Richmond High School when assistant dean James McKeon intervened. His parents said that the dean "grabbed Brian around the chest and wrapped his leg around Brian’s leg. They both flew backward in what my son said was like an Ultimate Wrestling move." We suppose this is one way to guarantee a spot on the dean's list.
The Shane family is now suing the city for $5 million. They claim this isn't the first incident that Brian has had there: they claim this is the fifth time their son has been bullied or injured in an incident at the school, and that they've asked the district numerous times before for a safety transfer. But this was the final straw for the family: "First of all, he shouldn't have been touching my son. There's no reason for him to touch my son," said David Shane, Brian's father.
Now Brian, who is "highly functioning autistic," is in "extreme pain," will miss hockey season, and will likely be confined to a wheelchair for the next few months. "There's really no excuse for what the teacher did here. We send our kids to school to be educated and to be safe, not to be body slammed like pro wrestlers," said Jonathan D'Agostino, the family's attorney. The family is now considering moving to Canada, where the health insurance flows like manna from heaven, and people really, really care about hockey.
