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Another fight at Northwest High School caught on video

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Parents and students are looking to Indianapolis Public Schools to take action after another fight at Northwest High School is caught on tape.

We spoke to a student who says she, as well as her sister and cousin, were involved in the brawl. She says fights are a common occurrence at Northwest High School and something needs to change.

More cell phone footage of a fight that broke out Tuesday was posted on Facebook.

Destiny Holbert says she, her sister, and cousin were involved in a brawl. Destiny says more than 20 people jumped in. She is now at home, suspended for five days.

“The girl had run up on my cousin. My cousin started swinging at her and we was in a circle. We was backing up on the other females trying to jump her. More kids ended up coming and pushing, trying to see a fight, and we ended up falling over. So five to 10 females came over to try and jump her. So we end up just jumping in and helping her,” said Holbert.

Destiny says fights are just a part of a regular school day at Northwest.

“We get four or five fights every day. We get on lockdown like five times a day through seven hours of school,” said Holbert.

Nikki Holbert is Destiny’s mom. She says bullies picked on her niece, which led to the fight involving her daughters. Nikki says she reported the issues but wasn’t taken seriously.

“So why they even still in this school? Why? Why are they not doing anything? I know I don’t have the best kids. I know they have behavioral problems every time Northwest gives me a call. I’m up there getting on my kids,” said Nikki Holbert.

24-Hour News 8 told you Monday about another fight where a video posted on YouTube shows a male student beating a female with thousands of views. This mom and daughter hope the extra attention will bring change.

“For them to be doing that, it’s nothing to be safe at school,” said Nikki Holbert.

The principal at Northwest says there were three incidents on Monday alone, but added it’s a safe school, and they don’t plan on changing security.

The ISTA also responded to the fights and said that every school district is different when it comes to policies and procedures.

“Many times the school will have a policy where a teacher is suppose to do everything reasonable without putting themselves directly in the the line of a hit or a punch in the middle,” said ISTA President, Teresa Meredith.

Meredith believes that the teachers did the right thing, in both fights.