principal shocks student - is this right?

An attorney for three students who were allegedly threatened and beaten at a Pittsburgh high school said recent surveillance video exposes an atmosphere where administrators and police are “assaulting children.”

Todd Hollis, a civil rights attorney, said his clients plan to sue the Woodland Hills School District, school board and Churchill Police Department in three separate cases in southwestern Pennsylvania.

“We want a change in the culture,” Hollis said in an interview.

“This has gone uncovered; nobody feels that they’ve done anything wrong because they’ve been doing it so long,” Hollis added. “They’re assaulting children. They’re violating children’s civil and constitutional rights.”