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Point that the person responsible for beginning this whole incident is the girl herself. she was disruptive. she was disrespectful. she was basically a distraction in the classroom and that is why the teacher wanted this girl removed from the classroom. she refused to do so even when the principal came to the classroom. so the officer was called in but the sheriff also says that he is also responsible for the citizens of richland county. he is also responsible for a seventh grader, his own daugh...

As events warrant. we could find out if an embattled south carolina cop could lose his job. cell phone captured this in her high school classroom. the fbi and justice department are now involved in the investigation. local officials are expected to address the allegations against officer ben fields at noon. in the meantime, the sheriff in this case says even though the deputys actions disturbed him, the student in this incident did bear some responsibility. >> it actually shows the student hit...

Fired. abigail marquez has more on the disturbing video and the serious questions it has raised. [ bleep ]. >> the video, disturbing. a 16-year-old female high school student being forcefully ripped from her chair, handcuffed and removed from class. the school resource officer, ben fields, a deepty with the sheriffs department since 2004 has, for now, been removed from his duties at spring valley high school. >> i wanted to throw up. i mean, its literally -- it just makes you sick to your stomac...

Also bears responsibility. this as the fbi and justice department launch civil rights investigations. we have cnns martin savage live in columbia, south carolina, with the very latest, which is? >> reporter: good morning, chris. we are all standing by waiting to hear what will be the fate of this particular officer. the sheriff here says he was going to act pretty quickly on this matter. its expected that could come as early as midday, today. in other words, it could be high noon for officer ben...

The school administrator and then also the verbal commands of our deputy, im looking at what our deputy did. >> cnns martin savidge is following the story. he joins us now. good morning, martin. >> reporter: good morning, carol. the richland county sheriff, by the way, was out of town when this happened monday. he quickly raced back. and then yesterday he said he was going to start an investigation, and he was going to move very quickly on coming up with some kind of determination as to what sho...

Statements, both fully support the actions of ben fields. they said that he acted appropriately, that he didnt use excessive force and did what was necessary. and thats -- that came from both of them who were present when this happened. the third video from another student who also supports officer fields actually shows the student, female student, striking ben fields and her resisting when he tried to get her from her chair. once he put his hands on her, he was allowed to do that. he placed her...

Officers make mistakes, too, and they are human and held accountable, and that is what we have done with deputy ben fieldsings, and we have held him accountable also. ben fields. denying that this is a terrible incident is not going to the accomplish anything. so we are not denying that, and we dont need to create unnecessary conflicts n. is a time of building bridges, and not tearing the bridges down. so i hope that those in this community that will remain to be here long after these cameras ar...

South carolina. charles, new developments today. what is the latest you can tell us? >> reporter: less than 48 hours after the video went viral the sheriff fired the resource officer seen in the video. he said officer ben fields violated training policy and other procedures in handling the arrest. he handed out a policy book describing exactly what should take place in an arrest. reading from it it says the training division does not train deputies to throw or push away a suspect unless the goal...

Refused. thats when fields was called to escort the student out. at a news conference an hour ago, the sheriff said the video played a very important part in his decision. >> when i first saw that video it continues to upset me when i see that video. he picked the student up and threw the student across the room. that is not a proper technique and should not be used in law enforcement. and based on that, its a violation of our policy. and approximately 20 minutes ago ben fields was determine nig...

Out. we already know his reputation. >> why did you feel that way? >> just because of his reputation. >> hot was his reputation? >> he is known as officer slam. i was in eighth grade hearing about this man. >> so he comes in. does he say anything? does she say anything? >> she doesnt say anything the whole time. nothing. silent. but he does ask her, he asks her, are you going to leave with me and she just sits there. >> we should note we have tried reaching out to ben fields on several occasions...