A Charlotte family is demanding answers from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools after they say a vice principal attacked their 13-year-old son at Renaissance West STEAM Academy in October.

Ashley Bolton said her son, Karter Bolton, was confronted by a teacher for having headphones around his neck. When he didn't want to remove them, worried they would be confiscated, vice principal Sanders Fairley was called in.

What happened next, the family says, was captured on school security cameras.

"As a parent, I was just devastated to see my child manhandled like that, especially for something so small," Ashley said. "He was tossed around like a rag doll."

According to the family's attorney, Mary Frances Parker, the security footage shows Fairley grabbing Karter, attempting to punch him, then throwing him to the ground.

"Mr. Fairley takes two hands on this child's shoulders and slams him into the concrete floor of the school, face first," Parker said.

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