‘I’m Glad They’re Locked Up’: Florida Couple Attacked School Cop, Called Her a Racial Slur In Protest of Son’s Battery Charge, Police Say

A Florida couple faces multiple charges of violently attacking a middle school resource officer who had charged their son with battery just one day before the alleged incident. Jorge Rivera and his wife, Dagmarie Aponte Iturrino, met with the officer on Tuesday at Deltona Middle School, about 30 miles northeast of Orlando in Volusia County, to protest their son’s punishment. The boy was disciplined for shoving a female classmate to the ground. The parents soon demonstrated where their son might’ve picked up his alleged violent behavior. Jorge Rivera and his wife, Dagmarie Aponte Iturrino (Photo: YouTube/WFTV9) “When (the father) didn’t like the outcome of the meeting, he became irate, started screaming at the deputy and was asked to leave,” the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office reported. The fight continued in the hallway where, in front of their son and other students, the parents became violent. “In the hallway, (the mom) pushed the deputy against a wall; then (the dad) punched the deputy in the head, knocked her to the ground, and ripped her Taser from her hand,” the report stated. The deputy quickly recovered, drawing her firearm and commanding Rivera to drop the Taser. She then placed the couple under arrest...