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 A high school music teacher in Maywood was arrested Friday after a classroom fistfight between him and a student was caught on video, officials said. 
 
 Marston Riley was taken into custody on suspicion of child abuse and causing great bodily injury on a child after the brawl at Maywood Academy High School on Pine Avenue was reported to authorities around 1:30 p.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Joana Warren, a public information officer with the department. 
 
 Inmate records show the suspect is 64-years-old and was arrested about 2:30 p.m. 
 
 Detectives with the agency's Special Victims Bureau are now investigating the case, Warren added. 
 
 Students who spoke with KTLA Friday night were all sympathetic to Riley, saying the classmate involved had pushed him to the brink. 
 
 The students said the confrontation began after Riley asked the young man to leave the classroom because he wasn't wearing a proper uniform. 
 
 The student allegedly refused, and cellphone video captured by another student shows him challenging the instructor, using profanity and repeatedly hurling a racial slur at Riley, who is black. 
 
 The situation escalates further after the student throws a basketball at Riley, who is then seen pulling out his cellphone to call for backup. 
 
 The student continues to insult and provoke Riley. The teacher holds his composure for a time but then punches the boy in the face, swiftly and without warning. 
 
 The ensuing brawl lasts about 30 seconds, with the pair clambering across the room as Riley repeatedly delivers blows and others in the classroom shriek. The boy is only able to deliver about one punch. 
 
 The video shows Riley continued to aggressively pursue the student even after other school officials responded to break up the fight. 
 
 The footage ends as the student is being pulled from the room by campus staff. 
 
 Several students spoke with KTLA Friday night on the condition of anonymity. 
 
 One alleged that the situation was a setup. 
 
 "Everything was planned out," he said. "There were students there who were already taking out their phones to record the incident. I don't think it's completely fair that they're just putting the blame all on (Riley), when I personally know that he's a good guy." 
 
 Another spoke up in defense of the music instructor's character. 
 
 "I had this teacher before and I had no problem with him," that student said. "He was a really nice teacher, I always respected him. He always had a really good relationship with every student." 
 
 Inmate records show Riley was arrested at about 2:30 p.m. and was being held on $50,000 bail. 
 
 Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated Marston Riley's age. The post has since been updated. ||||| On social media, scores of people defended Riley, saying that he was pushed to the brink and that the student was out of line for using racial epithets. A GoFundMe page for him had raised more than $18,000 by Sunday evening. ||||| A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $64,000 for a California music teacher who was arrested after a brawl with a student. (Photo: Thinkstock) 
 
 An online fundraiser has generated more than $65,000 for a Southern California music teacher who was arrested Friday after fighting with a student. 
 
 Marston Riley, 64, who teaches at Maywood Academy High School, was arrested for child abuse after a physical altercation with a 14-year-old male student during class, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. Riley posted bond and was released, officials said in a statement, while the boy was transported to a local hospital, treated for moderate injuries and released. 
 
 Video of the incident shows the student verbally harassing Riley, throwing a basketball at him and repeatedly calling him a racial slur. Riley then starts hitting the teen before a woman in a neon vest tries to intervene. 
 
 Students told KTLA that the confrontation began after Riley asked the teen to leave the classroom due to a dress code violation. 
 
 The GoFundMe campaign was created Saturday for Riley by Cecilia Diaz Jimenez, who said she works for the same school district as Riley and previously worked at the same high school. 
 
 “We all may have mixed feelings about what happened. But please do know that this is not the first time that Mr. Riley is attacked; physically or verbally,” the GoFundMe page read. “He is a great person and a great teacher.” 
 
 Riley thanked those who donated to the GoFundMe in a short video on the website. 
 
 “I want to thank you for supporting me,” he said. “You are a blessing.” 
 
 Los Angeles Unified School District officials said they were “extremely disturbed” by reports of the fight in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. 
 
 “We take this matter very seriously and do not condone violence or intolerance of any kind,” the statement read. “Los Angeles Unified is cooperating with law enforcement in investigating this incident.” 
 
 Riley is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 30 at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Courthouse, the sheriff's office said. 
 
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– A high school music teacher in California was arrested Friday and charged with child abuse after he got into a physical fight with a 14-year-old student who verbally provoked him in class. USA Today has cellphone video of the incident at Maywood Academy High School, where 64-year-old Marston Riley can be seen calmly absorbing the remarks of the belligerent student; students tell KTLA the teen had been asked to leave the class due to a dress code violation. For about a minute and a half, Riley quietly keeps asking the student to leave, per the Los Angeles Times, as the student berates him, calls him the n-word, and finally throws a basketball at him. Then, suddenly, Riley punches the student in the face, and they scuffle for about 30 seconds as students scream, until a woman in a vest runs in and breaks it up. KTLA spoke with some students and notes most are defending Riley, with one even suggesting it was a setup. A GoFundMe started in Riley's name by a colleague, meanwhile, had raised more than $75,000 as of Tuesday morning; Riley himself put up a short video confirming the fundraiser was legit and to thank everyone who supported him. "We all may have mixed feelings about what happened," the page host notes. "But please do know that this is not the first time that Mr. Riley is [sic] attacked; physically or verbally. He is a great person and a great teacher." As for the school district, it said in a statement: "We take this matter very seriously and do not condone violence or intolerance of any kind." The boy was treated for "moderate" injuries at the hospital, per the local sheriff. Riley is set to be arraigned on Nov. 30. (A substitute teacher reportedly ran a classroom fight club.)