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Statements, both fully support the actions of ben fields. they said that he acted appropriately, that he didn't use excessive force and did what was necessary. and that's -- 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 under arrest and verbally told her she was under arrest. he attempted to use force to make the ar...

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 don't 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 are gone, that we continue to build the bridges that we have between the citizens, and the sheriff's ...

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 is to disengage because the suspect is attempting to harm the deputy. when the officer grabbed the ...

Refused. that's 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, it's a violation of our policy. and approximately 20 minutes ago ben fields was determine nighted from the richland county sheriff's department. >> charles hadlock is in south carolina for us...

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 doesn't 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 and we have not had any success. we should also note here, tamron, in addition to him being fired ...