Bottom line: there is no way this was not excessive force. Period.

Bear hugs, arm holds, even just getting in between the girls and forcing them apart. Eventually it may have still come down to having to get to this level of physical...

There is no middle ground between those things and body slamming her to the ground.

It is:

avoiding discussion about the actual assault shown in the video.

I should have phrased it better:

a time out to calmly look them in the eye and rationalize them actual works.

If there is a well-developed system of schoolwide positive behavior intervention and supports, including restorative justice, incidents like this are less likely to happen in the first place.

And then get fired:

the best thing to do is to separate the antagonists from their peer audience. Once they have no face to lose, they calm down swiftly.

Oh and i’m sure they would have worked out just fine too.

supposedly trained to de-escalate situations pick up a 12 year old girl

That is the question, and it looks like the answer is: They didnt.

individual is supposed to be TRAINED

Maybe he did use his words. We dont know because its not on the video, and we all know: “Pics or it didnt happen.”

Well that kinda is the question i am asking.

Thats not an answer to the question.

Oh, I’m sure that would have deescalate the problem just fine.

Oh ok then, im sure that would have solved the problem just fine then.

How would you handle it?
Ask her nicely?
A polite discussion?
Call her parents?