Off-duty police officer accused of kneeling on 12-year-old girl's neck while stopping fight

An off-duty police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is accused of kneeling on the neck of a 12-year-old girl while trying to stop a fight that the girl was involved in.

An off-duty police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is under fire after a video went viral appearing to show him putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl at Lincoln Middle School on March 4, while trying to stop a fight that the girl was involved in.

A video of the incident taken by one of the students at the school was obtained by ABC News and shows the officer responding to a reported fight between two students.

The 12 year-old girl, whose name has not been revealed as she is a minor, appears to push the officer and then he pins her to the ground and appears to kneel on her neck, according to the video. It is unclear what happened before or after.

Attorney Drew DeVinney, who represents the girl and her father, Jerrel Perez, told ABC News that the girl “suffered injuries to her head and neck and is currently receiving medical treatment.”