A Queens teacher who was arrested last month after he allegedly punched a 10-year-old boy in his special-education class in the face has been fired. In addition to being canned by the Department Of Education, 36-year-old Alexander Perry is facing a $10 million lawsuit from the parents of the student.
The news comes as disturbing audio of Perry allegedly berating and beating the child has been released. The recording was secretly made by a classmate of the student at PS 118 in St. Albans on Jan. 23rd. You can listen below.
The Daily News has this transcript of the audio:
“What didn’t I whip your ass for yesterday? Current events, right? Huh? Huh? Huh?” a male voice says on the tape. The sickening sounds of a scuffle and what appears to be the man striking the boy follow.
A child’s voice is heard screaming and pleading “Please no, no, no.”
“Thank God there was somebody here to stop me because I would have whooped your ass even worse than that,” the man says.
"Every time I think about it I am full of anxiety and just sadness because...my son was clearly begging him to stop and he just beat him for his weakness," the child's mother, Giovanni Garrick, told reporters. "It’s heartbreaking."
Perry has been charged with assault and child endangerment. He is now facing a second lawsuit from the parents of another child from his class; mom Tiefieca Sampson claims Perry accused her daughter of cheating and harassed her as well. "Other parents have come forward with evidence and with information and with stories similar to Ms. Garrick's, involving their children and abuse by Alexander Perry," attorney Paul Weitz said at a press conference yesterday.
