Court: Student Athlete’s Claim Against District Police Officer Can Continue

A federal judge has denied a summary judgment motion of a Killeen Independent School District (KISD) police officer, who was working security at the entrance to a basketball game when a student sought entrance, was physically restrained, and then sued the district and the officer for violating her Constitutional rights.   The incident occurred on February 7, 2006 when Khandiese Cooper, a seventeen-year-old honor student and track and field athlete at nearby Ellison High School, traveled to