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Out there who are skeptical of your story, saying, hey, you had your day in court and the jurors heard the evidence and sided with deputy fields? >> first of all, i never had my day in court, jurors never heard my story, understand that. when she went to court, they didn't allow me to be part of the court case. i'm looking to have my day in court. i went to the 4th circuit and the u.s. supreme court. i'm still looking for my day in court. >> do you think what happened yesterday will help you if you appeal this case? >> i think the video pictures, by me going forward with my case and the young ...

From employment. it shocked me when i first heard the story of the two other cases, again, we didn't know that that was a revelation even to us that there were two other cases he was involved in prior to this. and my thought is if he was involved, okay, he won the first case and the second case is pending. my thinking is if there are two cases that are similar in some way, shape or form to what we're seeing today, why was he still on the job. >> that parent represents the richland school district number 2 of that' parents association. i want to bring in amelia macky, a school board member, and...

Investigation at least. i wanted to also share some of the reactions from students and parents. >> maybe after that first, cohave put her in handcuffs, took her out. second one, that was too much. >> i think she should have stood up. i think she should have left the classroom. >> my reaction is that force was a little excessive but if the student had done what she was supposed to do in the first mace it would never have taken place. >> they were wrong both ways. she should never have fought back and he shouldn't have picked her up like that. >> what do we know about the officer, gabe? >> repor...

An incident back in 2007. he and several other officers were sued and were accused of excessive force. again, the deputy won that case. the second lawsuit is still pending. there, a student sued deputy fields and other school officials for that incident in 2013 claiming that in part, fields unfairly and recklessly targets african-american students. now, fields and the other defendants deny any wrongdoing in that case. they presented evidence to dispute those allegations but again, that case is still pending. back to you. >> we are just learning now that from the richland county sheriff's offic...

Compared with 29% of white students. >> miguel, what more are you learning about the officer here? we haven't much about his background. >> reporter: there's been a lot of talk about this being a racist incident. the board meeting behind me right now, somebody got up to talk about this very thing. one thing the sheriff said today that was very interesting. that this is an individual with a long-term relationship with an african-american woman. the sheriff said we've never seen any racist attitude or behavior out of him. it comes as a complete surprise. he's mounting his investigation. we'll ha...