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A Broward County assistant football coach, identified in police reports as Jamir Clarke, was arrested after deputies say he struck multiple students during football practice and now faces four counts of child abuse without great bodily harm. The arrest came after a confrontation at Blanche Ely High School that school officials and law enforcement say escalated into physical violence, leaving parents stunned and students shaken.
According to local reports, the melee unfolded in a school weight room after an argument over a social-media post, with witnesses saying Clarke allegedly hit at least three or four students and even cracked a mirror in the scuffle. Video and social-media accounts that have circulated show a chaotic scene, and deputies said Clarke was found after the incident sitting in a locked, darkened room — a sobering image when adults are supposed to protect children.
Court records show the judge set Clarke’s bond at roughly $30,000 and placed conditions on his release, including no contact with minors and possible house arrest with GPS monitoring if released. Prosecutors argued Clarke’s significant size and failure to de-escalate the situation made him a risk, while Clarke has defended his actions as self-defense — a legal claim that now must be tested in court.
Broward County Public Schools says Clarke has been reassigned and “will no longer serve as an assistant football coach,” but the district also confirms he has been employed only since December 2024 and the matter is under review for possible termination. Reassignment is the bureaucratic default — the slow-motion shuffle that too often looks like protection for paid employees rather than swift justice for victims. Parents deserve clear answers: reassigned does not mean resolved.
The arrest also followed the surfacing of separate video showing Clarke in a physical confrontation while working as a campus monitor at another school, Monarch High, earlier this month — footage that raises serious questions about why the district did not act before more kids were allegedly hurt. If true, this is the kind of preventable escalation that should make every taxpayer and parent demand accountability from school administrators and from the people they put in charge of our children.
Call it what it is: a symptom of failing leadership and a permissive system that protects employees until public outrage forces action. Conservative Americans who believe in law and order should be the loudest voices calling for both due process and swift consequences where adult misconduct endangers kids. No one is above the law, and no school bureaucrat should be allowed to hide behind vague “personnel review” language while students suffer.
Local taxpayers and parents must insist on transparency — immediate suspension without pay until investigations conclude, full cooperation with prosecutors, and a review of hiring and reporting practices that allowed this hire to remain at two campuses. We cherish coaches who instill discipline and character in our children, but we will not tolerate violent adults in our schools; protecting students is not a partisan slogan, it is a sacred duty.
This episode should be a wake-up call to communities nationwide to demand better from school districts: stronger vetting, faster reporting, and real consequences for staff who cross the line. If you care about safe schools and responsible government, speak up to your school board, call out bureaucratic inaction, and hold leaders accountable for every child placed in their care.
