Overview
- Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan is conducting an independent review while also prosecuting the juvenile cases in closed court.
- The probable-cause filing says officers moved to detain a teen, multiple students struck Chief Scott McElree, and the chief later sought hospital treatment.
- The affidavit makes no mention of a chokehold even as bystander videos show McElree with his arm around a girl’s neck and witnesses say he was not identifiable.
- By late Thursday, four teens had been released from detention and a fifth was expected that night, with some on home confinement and ankle monitors, according to defense attorneys.
- Calls for McElree’s resignation and scrutiny of his dual role as police chief and borough manager grew as community members also criticized school leaders’ handling of the walkout.