Oklahoma parents accuse assistant principal of abusing their son with Asperger's

From FOX 23 TV in Oklahoma:

TULSA, Okla. -- A 13 year old boy's parents say he was physically abused at the hands of an assistant principal and security guard at Hamilton Middle School.

Tulsa Police are investigating and say the markings found on the boy on January 4th are consistent with him being in some type of struggle.

Larry Bruce says that day staff members at Hamilton Middle School called him to pick up his son in response to what he says was an incident of abuse involving his son.

"He's scared to death," said Bruce. "He is scared to death that they're going to do it to him again."

Tulsa Police are investigating marks found on the boy and how they got there.

"They were mainly worse on his shoulders and his neck," he said. "You could tell where there was a hand print on his neck. You can tell where there'd been a foot on his shoulder to hold him down."

The student, who has a form of Autism called Asperger's Syndrome, was, according to police, involved in a fight with another student. He was then sent to the office and then the assistant principal was called in to help subdue him.

Police say the principal and a security guard claim the boy assaulted them. Police also say they did find evidence on the boy consistent with some type of struggle.

"You can't treat him like a normal child. He may be 13, but some of his actions are 6 year old, 8 year old, 10 year old."

The Tulsa Public Schools district says it's found no fault in the Hamilton staff’s disciplinary actions and it denies all allegations of abuse of any student at Hamilton Middle.

"If that was us, who would be at my house? DHS. They would haul my butt to jail. But, if a Tulsa Public Schools person does it they're not going to do anything? That's not right."