Denver East High School cheerleading coach fired amid forced splits controversy

A Denver East High School cheer coach has been fired after cellphone videos surfaced showing him forcing cheerleaders to do splits, pushing the students even though they were in severe pain, protesting and crying.
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg announced Friday that Ozell Williams has been fired. A criminal investigation of the incident is ongoing by Denver police.
Boasberg called the video footage “deeply disturbing.”
“What happened was wrong,” he