Shocking footage has emerged of a woman who breaks up her son's fight then hits the other boy across the face. When a man tried to intervene she tells him she's a police officer.
Following the incident, West Midlands Police said it will be interviewing an off-duty officer "at the earliest opportunity" in connection to a woman assaulting a boy outside a school. The video was reportedly recorded outside Nishkam High School in Birmingham.
It first shows two boys fighting before the woman steps in. After pulling them apart, she strikes the other child.
She then tells her son to go to the car and continues to shout at the other schoolboy. Before hitting the boy the woman is heard saying:" Get off, who the hell are you?"
She then shoves him in the chest, before he tells her: "We were just messing around". The woman slaps the boy in the face, and screams, "Just messing around, by hitting my son?"
She then follows the boy as he tries to walk away, asking him who he is. And she tells him to "come with me" as she leads him away - before handing her car keys to her son and telling him to lock himself in the vehicle.
Turning to the other boy she tells him: "You're not going anywhere", to which he replies: "He hit me first - I was just hitting him back". The woman says: "I saw you attacking him."
A man wearing a high-vis vest walks up to the pair, puts his hand between them, and asks: "Are you okay?" And the woman tells him: "I'm not okay - I'm a police officer."
Nishkam High School has been contacted for comment. A West Midlands Police spokesperson said in a statement: "We have begun an immediate investigation after a schoolboy was assaulted by a woman outside a school in Aston on October 13.
"We have received an allegation of assault from the boy’s parents and we are also liaising with the school. Our investigation is in its early stages and we will be interviewing an off-duty police officer at the earliest opportunity.
"The incident has been referred to our Professional Standards Department who will also refer it to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC). We are aware that footage is being circulated on social media and we would urge caution in sharing this as the victim is a child and also it forms part of the ongoing investigation."
