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Not based on the training or acceptable. our training unit looked at it, they examined it. i have a written report from them, which i'll share with all of you, which goes into details on the force of how we train our officers and what we expect of them in circumstances like this. their recommendation to me was that deputy fields did not follow proper training, did not follow proper procedure when he threw the student across the room. from the very beginning, that's what has caused me to be upset. when i first saw that video and continues to upset me when i see that video is the fact that he pi...

His actions, not anything he had to do. >> reporter: it seems deputy fields had a reputation among the students. they nicknamed him officer slam. was any of that brought to your attention? >> no. he's been in the school for seven years. he's highly respected as a school resource officer. they wanted him at spring valley. he has tremendous support from faculty and staff at spring valley and from the students. of course, when something like this happens, you do have people that are going to come up to say things they have never said before. we have never heard anything like that. it has never be...

Not anything that she had to do, and entirely wa what he did. that is what we looked at. >> sheriff, is she facing charges? >> did the school relay any concerns about deputy fields, because it seemed that they have nicknamed him officer slam, and anything been brought the your attention? >> no, he has been at that school for seven years and highly respected as a school resource valley, and they wanted him there at spring valley, and he has tremendous support from the faculty and staff and from students there at spring valley. of course, when something like this happens, you have people who com...

Jury found he did not do the things he was accused of. >> reporter: sheriff, can you tell us what ben fields should have done in that situation? >> i can tell you what he should not have done. what he should not have done is thrown a student. that's what he should not have done. he could have maybe done a lot of things he's trained to do, but he was not trained to throw the student. when you make an arrest from someone who does not have a weapon that you need to escape from, you never let go of that subject. you remain control of the person you're trying to arrest. when he threw her across the...

2:30 out west, this is "way too early." good morning, it's wednesday october 28th. i'm louis burgdorf, this morning the fbi and justice department have launched investigations after video from a south carolina classroom provoked tough questions about how african-american students are treated. multiple videos showing deputy ben fields, a school resource officer, at spring valley high in columbia slamming a female student to the ground. fields has been suspended without pay, pending an internal investigation. sheriff leon lott of richland county said in a news conference that the student refus...