Shocking Viral Video: School Cop Drags Female Student Across Classroom
- by: Alan Duke
- (Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:32:57 Z)
NOTE UPDATE: Read: Cop Fired For Dragging Girl In S.C. High School: Video Sickens Sheriff
A short video clip recorded by another student shows a campus police officer knocking a female student to the floor and dragging her across the classroom at a South Carolina high school.
Witnesses said the student had refused to leave the class, but the was sitting quietly and calmly in her desk when officer reacted violently.
The officer, identified as Richmond County, S.C., Sheriff's Deputy Ben Fields was placed on administrative duty while the incident is investigated. The incident happened at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, S.C.
Wtf... #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh I'm disgusted pic.twitter.com/T1JRdTN4aM
-- Jimmy Paradise (@HIFTBABG) October 27, 2015
Watch former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin debating the incident with CNN host Don Lemon.