Viral Video Shows Nevada Teacher Knock Down 18-Year-Old Who Reportedly Called Him Slur; Black Students Launch GoFundMe After Arrest, Say Teacher Acted In Self Defense

A Nevada substitute teacher was arrested for getting into a physical scuffle with a student, according to several reports. 

Video obtained by News 3 shows the teacher going head to head with the student in the hallway at Valley High School in Las Vegas on Thursday. The student and the teacher could be seen throwing jabs at one another until the teen fell to the ground. The adult appeared to stand over the teen but eventually walked away from the area, surrounded by other students.

“I see a teacher fighting a student, I’m like ‘wow,’” Andrew Acevez told KTNV. “And then the teacher is just standing over him, just slapping him, saying stuff to him, and I’m like, ‘wow, that’s crazy.’”

The teacher was identified …