Deputy Involved In Throwing Student Across The Room During Arrest Has Been Fired.

Deputy Ben Fields, the police officer involved in a
confrontation with an unnamed student at a South
Carolina high school on Monday has been relieved of
his duties on Wednesday as a result of the incident.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott during an interview
with CNN said it was unfortunate about the incident
but after watching the 3rd video that emerged, they
had to let him go.

He said, the Police officer followed protocol until when
he threw the girl across the room. He said according
to their training and what's acceptable when taking a
suspect down, they are required never to let go of a
suspect during a confrontation or an arrest but that he
violated that rule when he had at the desk and threw
her thereby losing contact with her.

Lott also said that the teacher and the Assistant
Principal thought what Deputy Fields did was right, he
said they both agreed with him but that according to the
Police training he didn't follow protocol.

The teacher said the student was on her phone during
class and was asked to put her phone away but she
refused. The Assistant Principal was called in the matter
and repeated the same thing to the girl but again she
refused. Then they asked her to leave the class, an
instruction which she ignored, so they called in Deputy
Fields to take her out of the class. Deputy Fields asked
her to get up and leave the class, she ignored him, he
repeated the request, again she ignored him and that
was when he picked her up and threw her across the
room.

Lott said:

“When the officer puts his hands on her initially,
she reaches up and she pops the officer with her fist.”
He did right when he tried to remove her from her
desk but broke protocol when he threw her across the
room"

He said Deputy Fields was sorry about how he
handled the incident and wished he had handled it
differently.

Deputy Fields' Lawyer is preparing to fight to have
his client reinstated in the force.

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