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A video of Ben Fields, a white Spring Valley High School resource officer, violently arresting Shakara, a Black student at the school, in Columbia, S.C., went viral in 2015, and sparked nationwide outrage. People and news outlets were divided on where they stood regarding the issue. Soon, international news outlets like the South China Morning […]
Friday morning, nearly 100 spring valley high school students staged a walkout at 10:00 a.m. to express their support for former officer ben fields. the student resource officer who was fired for dragging a 16-year-old student from her desk following a call for assistance. the participating students, many wearing free fields or #bring back fields t-shirts gathered together for ten minutes to share their thoughts on officer fields. in an e-mail to parents, the principal described the walkout as safe and productive. carla, we found this to be really interesting. this officer fields has also been...
Really -- >> [ bleep ]. >> i don't want to say dangerous man, to get involved with. you know, on that level. so, when he came in the classroom, i immediately told my classmates, get your phones out, get your phones out. i think this is going to go downhill. and it did. >> yeah. you said that he's a very dangerous man. go ahead, simone. >> i was going to say if i may interject i've been tole by a number of students he's referred to as officer slam as opposed to officer fields. that's telling. >> yeah. >> very telling. >> so what did officer fields say to you, nya, when you were filming? >> well...
Professor services. and moe ivory here for the cause as well. thank you both. one of the big questions when this story started is how did this begin, because where the video picks up. we now understand better from the second student who was arrested in this situation, she's made a statement on television. here it is. >> we've heard about his reputation and we've heard he's a really -- i don't want to say -- yeah, i can say, dangerous man to get involved with on that level. >> i've been told by a number of the students that he is referred to as officer slam, as opposed to officer fields. and th...
Unfolding even as we speak. >> reporter: they are, wolf. you know, the sheriff out here said that after he saw that video, he wanted to move very quickly on this case. 48 hours later, he did. giving the announcement just about everybody expected. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: tonight the officer in this video out of a job. >> 20 minutes ago, school resource officer ben fields was terminated from the richland county sheriff's department. >> reporter: the internal affairs division determining ben fields used excessive force while removing the 16-year-old student from her classroom. >> there were te...