Teacher placed on leave after student hazing incident

A Washington state middle school teacher has been placed on leave after video surfaced showing a student allegedly being roughed up by the teacher and other students.

"I was horrified by what I saw," Chuck Cuzzetto, the acting superintendent at Kopachuck Middle School in Gig Harbor, Wash., told NBC News.

Watch the video above for the full story about the incident.

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