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In just a few hours in south carolina, the richland county sheriff will decide whether officer ben fields can keep his job. he is the schoolry source video pulling her from her chair. the justice department civil rights division. fbi, u.s. tone for south carolina have agreed to look into the events surrounding this arrest. we are also hearing from other students who were in that classroom. >> weve heard about his reputation. weve heard hesion a really, i dont want to say, yeah, i guess dangerous...

Foolishness. >> it is time to change the law in south carolina and get those sheriffs deputies out of the schools? >> absolute ly. they can be in the schools to protect the student, but they have no business in a classroom meting out discipline. discipline belongs to the tee teacher, and the teacher should go to the administrator, and the administrator should never bring a deputy sheriff into the classroom unless there is bodily harm being threatened. if somebody is using a cell phone that shoul...

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Interesting to note that according to the sheriff both the teacher and the one administrator who was in the classroom at the time actually support ben fields here. during that news conference, i was glancing back at the high school behind me to see if there is any reaction there, and so far, none, either in a spontaneous way or any official announcement. it is obvious that any officer losing their job, regardless for the reason is not a point that somebody is going to be celebrating. so we conti...

Unfolding even as we speak. >> reporter: they are, wolf. you know, the sheriff out here said that after he saw that video, he wanted to move very quickly on this case. 48 hours later, he did. giving the announcement just about everybody expected. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: tonight the officer in this video out of a job. >> 20 minutes ago, school resource officer ben fields was terminated from the richland county sheriffs department. >> reporter: the internal affairs division determining ben fiel...

>> reporter: in 2007, army veteran carlos martin filed a lawsuit against officer fields, claiming he used excessive force when questioning him and his wife about a noise complaint. the jury ruled in fields favor in 2010. but martin claims race was a factor in his arrest. >> when i saw the video, it just reminds me of all the nightmares and what ive been going through for ten years. >> reporter: a student in the classroom who posted this video wrote that fields is, quote, a cool dude and not raci...

Tonight the violent arrest of a south carolina high school student is now the focus of an fbi investigation and federal civil rights investigation as well. several students videotaped the incident as it went down inside an algebra classroom. if you havent seen the images, they are hard to watch. a school resource officer slamming a 16-year-old to the ground taking her from the desk after she allegedly refused to le leave the classroom. the officer was called to the classroom after the student al...

School student to the floor and dragging her will be relieved of duty. the incident was captured on video from students and since triggered widespread outrage. the richland county sheriff is expected to announce his decision on ben fields in a news conference in the next hour. he had been awaiting the result of an internal investigation. his actions are still being investigated by the fbi and the u.s. attorneys office for south carolina. craig melvin joins us live now from clum bewaw tolumbia. i...

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I want to update you on the breaking news out of south carolina. we have learned that the sheriffs deputy involved in the violent arrest of a young female student has now been fired. the boss, the sheriff in the county said that the investigation revealed that the deputy sheriff ben fields did not follow the proper procedure when he threw that 16-year-old girl across the floor. joining us from south carolina, the south carolina congressman and democrat james clyburn, and thank you for joining us...