; A South Carolina school officer grabbed a high school student from her chair, knocked her to the floor and dragged her across the classroom on Monday, a video shows. The brief, shaky video shows an officer grab the student by her arms while she’s sitting at her desk and flip her over, toppling the desk. The officer then yanks the girl to the front of the classroom. ; The officer has been identified as Deputy Ben Fields. He has been placed on administrative duty, Richland County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson said, according to News19. The full video of the Spring Valley High School Police Officer brutally assaulting a peaceful student. pic.twitter…
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A South Carolina school officer grabbed a high school student from her chair, knocked her to the floor and dragged her across the classroom on Monday, a video shows.
The brief, shaky video shows an officer grab the student by her arms while she’s sitting at her desk and flip her over, toppling the desk. The officer then yanks the girl to the front of the classroom. ;
The officer has been identified as Deputy Ben Fields. He has been placed on administrative duty, Richland County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson said, according to News19.
The video becomes blurry after the officer and the student reach the front of the classroom, but the officer appears to restrain the student by putting her arms behind her back. ;In a longer version of the video, the officer looms over the student before grabbing her. ;
Libby Roof, a communications officer for Richland School District Two, told News19 officials were “deeply concerned” about the incident.
“Student safety is and always will be the district’s top priority,” Roof said in a statement. “The district will not tolerate any actions that jeopardize the safety of our students. Pending the outcome of the investigation, the district has directed that the school resource officer not return to any school in the district.”
The student had refused to leave class ;before the school officer became involved, the sheriff’s office told the local TV station WIST.
Incidents of violence involving students and school or local law enforcement are not uncommon. Last November, a video emerged of a school resource officer punching a student in the face, supposedly to break up a fight. An incident earlier this month shows a cop grabbing a teen by the neck and slamming him to the ground. And another shows a man using what Fusion calls a “WWE wrestling move” on a 14-year-old student.
Spring Valley High School officials didn’t immediately respond to inquiries. A spokesman for the Richland County sheriff’s office was unavailable, according to someone who answered the department’s phone, because the office had been “inundated” with calls. ;
This article has been updated to include comments from the school district and sheriff’s department.
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