This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today, the federal government jumped into the case of the Deputy Sheriff seen on video making a violent takedown of a teenaged girl in a school room. The justice deparment is investigating whether ben fields, a Senior Deputy with the Richland County South Carolina Sheriffs Office violated the civil rights of the High School Senior whose name has not been released. Omar villafranca now on this latest case to raise questions force. Just stand up. Reporter the confrontation started just after 10 30 a. M. When a female student repeatedly refused requests by her teacher and assistant principal to put away her phone. Deputy ben fields was called in. bleep . Put your hands behind your back. Reporter 18yearold niya kenny was in the same class. When she protested the officers behavior, she, too, was arrested. I was praying out loud for the girl and i couldnt believe it was happening. I was just crying and he was like, since youve got so muc
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Student is set for trial in january. Sheriffsheriff leon lott says an internal investigation will determine if deputy fields keeps his job. If she had not disrupted the school, disrupted that class, we would not be standing here today. So it started with her and it ended with my officer. What im going to deal with is what my deputy did. Reporter the School District would not answer questions about the teacher or the student in the classroomom scott, the sheriff departments internal investigation is expected to be completed in 24 hours but the federal investigation could take several weeks. Pelley Omar Villafranca in columbia, South Carolina, thank you, omar. Schoolbased policing is the Fastest Growing segment of Law Enforcement, and we asked our jim axelrod to look into the role of cops in schools. Reporter this was last month at Rockdale County high school in conyers, jirgs. Watch as the Police Officer approaches the fighting students with his taser. And this happens its not isolated.
Government jumped into the case of the Deputy Sheriff seen on video making a violent takedown room. The justice deparment is investigating whether ben fields, a Senior Deputy with the Richland County South Carolina Sheriffs Office violated the civil rights of the high school released. Omar villafranca now on this latest case to raise questions force. Just stand up. Reporter the confrontation started just after 10 30 a. M. When a female student repeatedly refused requests by her teacher and assistant principal to put away her phone. Thats when Richland County deputy ben fields was called in. bleep . Put your hands behind your back. Reporter 18yearold niya kenny was in the same class. When she protested the officers behavior, she, too, was arrested. I was praying out loud for the girl and i couldnt believe it was happening. I was just crying and he was like, since youve got so much to say, youre coming, too. Reporter 15yearold Aaron Johnson was sitting a few desks away. It seemed, like,
Richland county South Carolina Sheriffs Office violated the civil rights of the High School Senior whose name has not been released. Omar villafranca now on this latest case to raise questions about police and excessive force. Just stand up. Reporter the confrontation started just after 10 30 a. M. When a female student repeatedly refused requests by her teacher and assistant principal to put away her phone. Thats when Richland County deputy ben fields was called in. bleep . Put your hands behind your back. Reporter 18yearold niya kenny was in the same class. When she protested the officers behavior, she, too, was arrested. I was praying out loud for the girl and i couldnt believe it was happening. I was just crying and he was like, since youve got so much to say, youre coming, too. Reporter 15yearold Aaron Johnson was sitting a few desks away. It seemed, like, really violent, and it was really, ready heard to watch. Reporter this afternoon of School Superintendent debbie outrageous. C