A high school graduation turned into a battle field when a group of unruly thugs in attendance erupted into a fight that ended with one woman being escorted out by authorities and another being placed in handcuffs.
Fox 13 obtained video of a fight that broke out during the Arlington High School’s graduation ceremony on Tuesday. In the video, two women are seen throwing punches at multiple people around them. As the melee continues, one of the women is captured hitting a man and shoving a young woman while the other begins pulling another woman’s hair. The fight reportedly started due to a request to switch seats.
Upon restoration of order Jeffrey Mayo, the chief of staff for Arlington Community Schools released the following statement :
Last night we celebrated 500 students who graduated from Arlington High School. This year’s class earned over $30,600,000 in college scholarships.
It was unfortunate that a couple of adults in the audience exhibited the behavior they did prior to the ceremony beginning and thus has caused a distraction from the celebration of our students’ accomplishments. The graduation ceremony was not affected by this incident due to the actions of Bellevue’s security team who promptly removed the adults from the ceremony.
It is our hope that the focus will shift to our students and their accomplishments instead of It is our hope that the focus will shift to our students and their accomplishments instead of the poor decisions by adults in attendance. Congratulations to our 2017 graduates of Arlington High School.