I thought maybe they had a good motive.
I was wrong.
Sources told ABC 7 NY that the coach was attacked after he tried to stop the suspects from bullying another student. He ultimately declined medical attention.
The incident is being investigated as an aggravated assault.
Several players on the Malcolm X. Shabazz High School junior varsity boys basketball team brutally attacked their coach after a game Tuesday night, NJ Advance Media reports.
The video shows the players pushing the coach to the ground, punching and kicking him outside of the school, which is located in Newark, New Jersey. The players attacked their coach after an away game at Livingston when got they off the bus to return to Shabazz around 9 p.m.
The players have been suspended and criminal charges could be forthcoming.
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