Caught on video: Violent fight between girls at Devon Aire K-8 Center

MIAMI - It's happened again. This time it was 7th-grade students from Devone Aire K8 in Southwest Miami-Dade.  It started as a brawl between two girls, and then a third one joined in and kicked the girl who was on the ground.

It was all caught on video. 

"This is something that all the kids met up for, this is something that they both wanted, and it was planned for," said Tony Hurtado, a basketball coach at the school.  

"One of the girls was on the basketball team," said Hurtado as he pointed at the girl on the ground, while looking at the 44-second video shot Tuesday, after school hours and now circulating among students of the school located at SW 122nd Avenue and 105th Street.  

Without revealing her name, Hurtado said the girl was suspended by the school, "with all social media and all the influence, it's an overwhelming crown that pulled her in."  

However, Miami Dade Police are saying the other two girls actively participating in the fight also received "disciplinary action." Officers said that during school hours both girls agreed not to fight. Yet, after class, they decided to meet behind the school. 

"You don't have a fight in school anymore that is not recorded," said James Phillips, a counselor and psychologist.  
He says peer pressure and the recording fights have serious consequences, "people that win get to have all the social benefits and people that lose ultimately become victims of bullying."  

According to Phillips, parents need to play an important role in controlling bullying, "if you see a video of a fight on your kid's phone share it with your school's administrator."

The Miami-Dade School Board responded to the video by saying: 

"The students involved have been disciplined according to the Code of Student Conduct. This school district goes to great lengths to promote the values of restraint and respect as well as using social media responsibly. We ask that parents reinforce these principles at home."