ST.ANN, JAMAICA: Students protest Police attack on principal, Marcia Grant at the Steer Town Academy...."I put my hand on the handle of the car when the officer pushed me and that was when the students started to retaliate," Grant said.

Tuesday, April 01, 2014 | 9:26 PM RENAE DIXON OBSERVER STAFF REPORTER   

Steer Town, St Ann - Students at the Steer Town Academy staged a protest at the institution on Tuesday, April 1 after the school's principal was reportedly assaulted by one of three Police officers who went to the school and arrested two students.

The principal, Marcia Grant had reportedly gone to the officers after she was informed that the Police had arrested and handcuffed two students, and removed them from the school compound without the knowledge of any member of staff.

Grant told Observer Online that she was speaking to one of the Police officers about the removal of the students without informing the administration. According to the principal while talking to the Police she placed her hand on the car which the officers drove to the school. At that point she was shoved. This she claimed happened in full view of many students. 

"I put my hand on the handle of the car when the officer pushed me and that was when the students started to retaliate," Grant said.

This led to a standoff between the police officers and the students of the institution.

One of the police officers who visited the school is said to be a parent of a child who attends the  school who the Jamaica Observer found out had been in trouble several times at the institution and was in an altercation only last week, during which he was injured. That last incident reportedly took place off campus.

Only one of the police officers was wearing uniform on Tuesday.

The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is investigating the matter. more