was escorted out of the building, by Y'Barbo and an assistant principal, the teenager uttered a single profanity.

The officer told the student he was under arrest, and attempted to handcuff him. Suquet, who claimed he never heard the command, said his hand was grabbed from behind and he turned to see the officer swing a raised metal nightstick. He was struck 18 times, including nine blows while he was on the ground, recorded on school surveillance cameras.

The officer arrested him for disorderly conduct, although other school employees said Suquet had not shown physical aggression. Photographs taken by his parents that night document cuts, bruises and swelling on the back of the boy's arms, legs, elbow and neck.

"It hurt, it hurt to the point that I couldn't feel itanymore," said Suquet, who still complains of limited arm movement from blows to his elbow. "I mean he wasn't gonna stop, and I was getting ready for the worst - I didn't know what was going to happen.''

Pasadena school police officers have used force 129 times since 2012, drawing and pointing their firearms 24 times, and employing pepper spray twice, according to statistics released to the Houston Chronicle. They have used nightsticks four times, with three of those incidents involving Y'Barbo.

"When I sent my son to school, I expected them to keep him safe," said Cesar's mother, Guadalupe Suquet. "I never expected he would be attacked by someone who was supposed to be keeping him safe."

District officials did not respond for a request for comment after the suit