Taylor Bracey is still suffering the effects of the brutal body blow from Ethan Fournier, the school’s resource officer.

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Taylor Bracey is still suffering the effects of the brutal body blow from Ethan Fournier, the school’s resource officer.

A teenage girl from Osceola County who was brutally punched on the ground by a school official reportedly suffered from memory loss, insomnia and headaches on Friday, her family said.

16-year-old Taylor is Bracey, according to WHeaven32V News he is still She witnessed the effects of injuries sustained by Constable Ethan Fournier after allegedly using excessive force last week to end a brawl at Liberty High School in Kissimmee, Fla. The now viral video was captured by Bracey, who appeared to have passed out after being thrown to the ground by the man. He continued to put his hands behind her back to forcibly handcuff her.

The video also shows students in the field who appear shocked by the officer’s actions.

The girl’s mother, Jamesha Bracey, told the news agency her daughter may have suffered permanent damage.

“She’s very traumatized right now,” her mother said. “(We are) just angry and we want justice done. You have headaches, blurred vision, memory loss, and trouble sleeping. “

Jamesha also spoke to WHeaven32V about the argument between her daughter and another girl, saying it was not a physical fight.

“You had a verbal argument. They never touched each other, ”explained Jamesha. You never fell, you know, before the cop came to shoot you.

The news agency reported that Taylor did not recall Fournier punching her. He only remembered waking up in the headmaster’s office. The video had already gone viral when he first saw it on Thursday.

The Bracey family kept civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump.

Bursting speak with WESH about the incident, suggesting that Taylor’s race may have been a factor in Fournier’s aggressive approach to the teenager. The teenager is black and the officer is white.

“I’m just angry that a trained professional adult man feels entitled to pick up and beat a young black woman,” Crump said.

“You don’t do that to other people’s children,” he continued. “Why do you think it’s okay to do this to our children?”

According to the Orlando Sentinel, the Bracey family co-owns Crump tenuous A rally and press conference outside the Osceola County Sheriff’s Department headquarters on Saturday.

About 40 people attended the event which called for justice for Taylor.

“When you watched the video and heard his head hit the concrete floor, and it hit,” Crump said, slapping his hand on the platform. Who can say that they did not wonder if this little girl had been murdered? Her body was limp. She fainted. Without life.”

The young girl’s family demanded that Fournier be fired for his actions and that the state repeal the law which obliges armed police in all educational establishments.

Fournier was given paid leave while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the incident.