OAKLAND, Calif. – Oakland school officials are unraveling a cover-up by the district’s previous administration of a seemingly unprovoked assault on a student by security officers at Fremont High School.

Oakland Unified School District’s new superintendent, Antwan Wilson, and new school police chief, Jeff Godown, recently uncovered surveillance video from January that shows two school security guards manhandling a student in the school’s office, the SFgate.com reports.

The footage shows a male student leaning against a doorway to the office when he’s confronted by two security guards. One of the guards pushes the student from behind, then the other puts him in a choke hold. The two drag the student with his arm twisted into the office, where the teen attempts to fight back.

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“After he attempts to flee, he is pushed against a wall and takes a swing. Then, largely off camera, according to district officials, one of the officers punches him multiple times. That the boy punched once and one of the officers punched three times is not in dispute, officials said,” according to the news site.

School staff in the office during the melee are seen simply going about their business as usual.

Wilson suspended the two officers involved in the incident, and sent a letter to school staff and parents on Friday.

“The video reflects that the security officers initiated contact with the student, escalated the conflict, struck the student and used improper technique to try and subdue him,” Wilson wrote, according to SFgate.com.

“When I watched the video, I was angered by what I saw; not only the excessive force, but also the apparent response of some of the adults who either failed to act on behalf of the student during and/or after the incident.”

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The student was suspended for five days, and the police officers received no punishment under the district’s previous administration, Godown said. They are now suspended with pay, according to sfist.com.

The officers’ report generated from the incident was bogus, Godown said.

“The only narrative in entire (district police report) that had any truth to it is the child’s statement,” he told SFgate.com.

“I just don’t see any reason for them to have physically touched him or pushed him,” Godown said. “You see the kid punch the (school security officer), which he admits because he’s choking to death.”

The student’s family contacted the district about the incident, which prompted the Godown and Wilson to review the video, which they forwarded to Oakland police for a potential criminal investigation, according to media reports.

An internal district summary of the incident speaks to the video’s potential to inflame racial tensions in the district, as the student is Latino and the guards black.

“This event is going to become public and will elicit strong reactions — anyone who views this video and understands the circumstances of what happened in its wake should be justifiably angry,” the summary stated, according to SFgate.com.

“Given a history of incidents as well as recent violence, this revelation has the potential to inflame racial, geographic and other tensions across our school communities, which we have to address and ensure do not lead to further violence or danger.”

School officials also met with staff to discuss the incident, and will conduct further investigation to determine who knew of the incident and failed to inform district leaders.

Wilson also issued an apology to the student and his family, and reiterated those sentiments in a memo to staff.

“We are deeply sorry and apologize to (the student) and his family, as well as the OUSD community at large,” he wrote, SFgate.com reports. “What happened in this January 2014 incident is absolutely unacceptable. This should not and cannot occur anywhere in OUSD, ever.”

The student’s family is expected to sue Oakland schools over the beating. The incident at Freemont High School was the second such case in the district last year.

According the San Jose Mercury News:

Last May, an Oakland High School security guard was caught on videotape beating a handcuffed student in a wheelchair. That security guard was charged with felony corporal injury to a child.

The 17-year-old victim has cerebral palsy and cannot use his legs, according to the criminal complaint filed May 21 by the Alameda County District Attorney.

Flint said all security guards at Oakland schools went through enhanced training last summer after the second beating.