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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 daughter. he says if that were my daughter i would not want that done to her. that is why he took the act...

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 deputy's actions disturbed him, the student in this incident did bear some responsibility. >> it actually shows the student hitting the school resource officer with her fist and striking him. now, what she does is not what i'm...

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 sheriff's department since 2004 has, for now, been removed from his duties at spring valley high school. >> i wanted to throw up. i mean, it's literally -- it just makes you sick to your stomach when you see that initial video. >> more of that encounter can be heard on a second video clip. ...

Also bears responsibility. this as the fbi and justice department launch civil rights investigations. we have cnn's 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. it's expected that could come as early as midday, today. in other words, it could be high noon for officer ben fields. the 16-year-old high school student violently thrown to the ground by school resource off...

The school administrator and then also the verbal commands of our deputy, i'm looking at what our deputy did. >> cnn's 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 should happen next with that officer. given the fact that we've got a press conference that is slated...