Student Arrested After Stealing Trump Hat And Slapping Her Teacher

A high school student in California was arrested after she went on a profanity-laced tirade against a classmate who was wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, and slapped a teacher who tried to escort her out of the classroom. Cell phone video showed 17-year-old Jo-Ann Butler arguing with her English teacher at Union Mine High School in El Dorado as he tried to remove her from the class.

During the confrontation, she slapped her teacher on the arm and ripped the hat off of the student's head before throwing it on the ground. A school resource officer was called to control the situation, and Butler was taken into custody. She could face two charges of battery for her actions and was suspended for one week from school. 

Butler defended her actions during an interview with KOVR about the incident, saying she was making a political statement.

“Maybe just wake people up in some type of way, because it’s not cool the environment our classroom is in,” Butler said.

Her father told the news station that his daughter did not handle the situation the way he had hoped.

“I don’t agree with grabbing someone’s hat and verbally talking to them in that way,” Chris Butler said. “But as far as the issue being brought up, maybe this is something that needs to be brought up.”