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Whereas you just heard, we have been monitoring this deputy fields that is out of a job. the man at the center of this video that has transfix ed what occurred over the last few days. the sheriff said that officer fields was let go. what stood out to you, craig melvin? >> reporter: he talked about how the student was disrupting class. and it seemed as if there for a while there the sheriff was explaining why it was he was going to let ben fields stay on the force. but in the end, he said that it was not a hard decision to fire the deputy. i spent about 30 minutes with sheriff lott yesterday. h...

Located, but he was aware of the situation. so the details are still very fluid, don. obviously, all of us are seeing what has transpired with the video and we're just waiting for the -- more of the facts to come out. >> exactly. and, you know, i said earlier on cnn that a thorough investigation is needed in this and it is very -- it's horrible if you look at the video. but if this officer is to be prosecuted or found to do anything wrong, then a thorough investigation needs to be done again, it looks awful. i have to tell you this, we're get something new information in. this is what cnn has ...