A 7-year-old boy was escorted out of Coral Way Elementary on January 26, in Miami Flordia, after being told not to play with his food in the cafeteria. 

According to the police report, the boy, who will remain unnamed because of his age, began to attack the teacher by punching her in the back. Surveillance cameras captured the incident, although the video was not made public. (Surprise, Suprise) 

Now, the parents are outraged for how the school handled the situation and say they profiled their child. In previous incidents, the teacher had reportedly called the boy, "a danger to society."

“I feel like my heart is broken,” said the boy’s mother, Mercy Alvarez.  Rolando Fuentes, the child's father admitted his son misbehaved but told NBC Miami that the police officer went too far. 

"I know my kid did wrong, and he will be punished for what he did, but what the police officer did afterward, this is out of hand. Unbelievable."

The school arrested the boy, gave him a 10-day suspensation and has required that he be evaluated for psychiatric evaluation.

In a statement, police defended their actions by saying,  “This action was warranted to prevent his erratic and violent behavior from bringing further harm to others or himself. The manner in which he was transported to the receiving facility was done in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.” 

However, this brings up a broader issue of how we discipline children and to what measures we as a society are willing to go. This may be one incident but it will impact this family forever. Fuentes said:

"My 3-year-old son came to [me], and said, 'Dad, I'm afraid the police are going to take my brother away,'" he said. "I told him, 'No it's not going to happen.'"

Blavity previously reported that classroom bias, racism, and mental health stigmas are major factors that have doubled the suicide rate of brown and black children. The child's parents will continue to fight for what is right. “We have to make justice,” said Fuentes.