‘Unfathomable’: Shocking Video Shows Illinois Teacher’s Aide Drag 8-Year-Old Boy Down Hallway Before Shoving the Child Into Classroom and Kicking Him

Monik Herron is still trying to process what happened to her son last month at his school in Matteson, Illinois. She first saw the video last week. “Just knowing that I sent my child to school, and he’s not being protected,” Herron said in an interview with ABC 7 in Chicago. A video screenshot shows Dionne Gamble dragging a student down the hallway. (Photo: YouTube screenshot/ABC 7) In the video, Herron’s 8-year-old son is seen running down a hallway at Marya Yates Elementary School in suburban Chicago, chased by a teacher’s aide who grabs him by the arm and swings him around. The aide, Dionne Gamble, is then seen dragging the child down the hallway before shoving him inside a classroom and eventually kicking him. Gamble was arrested that same day, charged with misdemeanor battery and endangering the life and health of a child. Gamble’s first court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 31. Herron said her son is scared to go back to school. “What do I do? You know, you’re confused, and it’s scary because you don’t want it to happen again,” she said. Nearly as disturbing as the assault is the reaction of adults who witnessed it. “So...