Published on Feb 20, 2014
PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM
A field trip for some District of Columbia high schoolers went horribly wrong when police handcuffed and questioned their teacher in front of them.
Reports had come in to DC Metro Transit Police of an assault, and the officers believed the students matched the suspects' description.
Dunbar High School teacher Brandi Byrd says she was detained for 20 minutes and repeatedly pushed against a wall, yet police never told her why they were detaining her.
RT's Meghan Lopez takes a closer look at the civics lesson these high schoolers will never forget.
