BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KHOU) - A Texas mother is demanding justice after her 5-year-old son, who has autism, was allegedly slammed to the ground by his teacher in an incident captured on security video.

Two teachers at Wild Peach Elementary School were fired over Oct. 30 surveillance video that allegedly shows one of them slam a 5-year-old student to the ground and the other kick the boy’s injured ankle after the incident.

The victim’s mother, Guadalupe Rodriguez, says that’s not enough. She says her son has autism and is nonverbal.

“This is trauma that my son and I will carry forever,” Rodriguez said. “I wasn’t expecting to see my son be treated in such a manner.”

She says her son came home limping on the day of the incident. When she took him to urgent care, she learned he had a fra

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