KENOSHA Wis. – A school security guard breaking up a cafeteria fight held down a 12-year-old girl with his knee on her neck, according to surveillance video. The video shows Shawn Guetschow keeping the girl down about 30 seconds. The Kenosha School District released the video after the girl’s father called for the guard to be prosecuted. A 2021 Wisconsin law forbids police neck holds. The father said his daughter is in therapy and seeing a neurologist for her injuries The fight was March 4.
What video shows
The tape, which was redacted, shows the guard intervening in the fight, scuffling with the girl, then falling and and hitting his head on a table. He then pushes the girl’s head into the ground and uses his knee on her neck for about half a minute before handcuffing her and walking her out of the cafeteria.