An argument over social media posts led to a fight between an assistant football coach at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach and several students that ended with the coach's arrest , authorities said.

The now-former coach, 29-year-old Jamir Clarke, was arrested Monday on four counts of child abuse without great bodily harm, Broward jail records showed.

According to an arrest report obtained by NBC6 on Wednesday, the fight happened in a weight room during football practice. Broward Sheriff's Office

Clarke allegedly struck four students after arguing about social media posts, the report said.

The report didn't detail the posts but said one of the victims made the "negative" posts and that Clarke became "verbally argumentative" before he started "swinging punches."

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