Sheriff Says Video Shows Student Assaulting Officer… No Reason to Suspect Racism… FBI Jumps

Breitbart ^ | 10/27/15 | Lee Stranahan

[Enlightened1]

As the FBI and Department of Justice have been called in to investigate, new facts are still emerging in what Black Lives Matter activists have dubbed the #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh after videos of a Columbia, South Carolina, deputy forcibly removing a non-compliant student from a desk went viral after the Monday incident.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Tuesday that the video shows the student hitting the officer who had been called to the class, but that his internal investigation did not concern the student’s behavior. He told reporters that, although the student “was wrong for disturbing the class, I’m looking at what our deputy did.”

Witnesses report that the student had taken out her cell phone in class and then refused to turn it over to a teacher. The teacher then brought in a school administrator, who asked the girl several times to leave the classroom. After the student refused those requests, the administrator requested the assistance of the deputy.

Lott expects the investigation to decide whether deputy Ben Fields will be fired should be concluded within 24 hours.

Lott also said that he doesn’t believe the incident was motivated by racism, pointing out that deputy Ben Fields has been romantically involved with a black woman for “quite some time.”

The Obama DOJ under Loretta Lynch has opened a federal civil rights investigation into what a spokesman called “the circumstances surrounding the arrest.”

Lonnie Randolph, president of the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP, said his group had called the U.S. Attorney’s Office and was very happy to see that the feds are investigating.

Meanwhile, Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 16% chimed in on the video on Twitter, with Clinton saying there was “no excuse” and Sanders using the Black Lives Matter catchphrase “school-to-prison pipeline.”

[Enlightened1]

FBI really???

Ridiculous!

[o-n-money]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) 16%
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Is Idiot now considered a party.

[DainBramage]

1st. Empty the room of all students. Only the teacher is allowed.
2nd. Bring in a female transgender African American that speaks Chinese, Spanish, and Afro English.
3rd. Duct tape gentle Giant to the chair.
4th teacher and police pick up chair and lace in office.

[CGASMIA68]

If these feral negros would learn how to act in a civilized society none of this crap would happen.

It starts in the home where respect for authority is (not) learned.

[Mr. K]

I am not too happy with the way he threw her around, but he was totally justified to start using force.

What were they going to do? leave the girl to continue what she was doing?

She was distruptive, the teacher told her to leave, the principal told her to leave, the police officer told her to leave, and at some point she struck the officer...

If they let her get away with that it will be bedlam in that school.

I am not 100% confiratable with the amount of force he used but he was totaly justified in using force. If they let him off the hook, I bet it makes life a lot easier for the teachers.

[grania]

I'm a few years away from my adventures in urban school substituting, but can give some perspective.

It sounds like the girl was asked to leave the room; she refused. The teacher did the correct thing calling security. Security came and asked the lovely young lady to leave the room. She refused. Some witnesses said she punched the officer. He did what he had to do after being assaulted and having to get a student who was defiant and responsive out of the room. If they didn't get that girl out of the room, the teacher and the security guard would've been legally responsible for any injuries to other students.

That student lost all her rights when she refused to leave the room. The FIRST priority of the grownups in charge is to protect the safety of the other students. If not, they could justifiably be sued if another student is injured.

I'm sick of this "Black Lives Matter" BS. It's killing a lot of blacks and destroying their communities and schools. JMHO

[coon2000]

FBLMI

[CGASMIA68]

In one location not sure which the story talks about the overwhelming interactions with black students but as usual neglects to indicate the percentage of them in the school.

I kinda like the way he took her down,IMO should have happened at home years back.
To bad he will loose his job and thats one of the goals of these POS kids.

[bike800]

My take is this... Why are the police being called to enforce school policy? No law was broken...but the teacher won’t touch her...the security guard won’t touch her...call the cops... It’s called shifting the liability.

[Arm_Bears]

the video shows the student hitting the officer who had been called to the class

Once you assault a police officer, all bets are off.

[bk1000]

“She was distruptive, the teacher told her to leave, the principal told her to leave, the police officer told her to leave, and at some point she struck the officer...
If they let her get away with that it will be bedlam in that school.

I am not 100% confiratable with the amount of force he used but he was totaly justified in using force. If they let him off the hook, I bet it makes life a lot easier for the teachers.”

While it does appear to be excessive force, I believe that was what was called for to get the attention of the feral yutes who now believe they are above any form of authority.

[pepsionice]

Fire security and private cops for the schools. Bring all the parents in and let them know....first sign of disrespect shown....five days of suspension. Second time...fifteen days of suspension. Third, your kid is finished in this county school system. Doesn’t matter what age they are...let the parents deal with their punk kid.

I’m also of the mind that you attach a $300 fee for any kid caught on school grounds with a cellphone. Let the parents know about that fee and tell them that the kid can’t come back until you hustle up the fee.

It’s time to let the schools off the hook....let the parents deal with the problem.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

The teacher told the kid to leave the room - kid said “no”.
Cop told the kid to leave the room - kid said “no”.
Cop had to physically remove the kid from room.

Am I the only one sees the problem here as being with the kid and not the cop? If my kid behaved like that I’d smack him in the head and ask him why he was being such an idiot.

[lacrew]

In high school, one of my friend’s mother was a teacher...and she did tape a student to a chair. I don’t know how it all worked out, but a lawsuit was filed.

I’m sure the teacher called the administrator, who called an officer, precisely because everyone is afraid of getting ‘in trouble’ for handling this student.

[Steven Tyler]

#Blackliesmatter

[cymbeline]

“I am not 100% comfortable with the amount of force he used”

No one was injured, correct? I think part of the problem was that the girl was hanging onto her desk to avoid being taken off of it.

[lacrew]

I am by no means an apologist for police.

But people seem to believe there is an ‘acceptable level’ of force that police should use. That’s not what they’re taught (outside of deadly force scenarios). Its a toggle switch - if somebody is not obeying police commands, and they make the decision to use force, as we have seen repeatedly, that force is swift and decisive.

I can understand the mentality - after years of watching COPS (my only credentials in this field), I’ve noticed that whenever somebody is ignoring police commands, they are hiding something and/or about to run away. And who knows, that thing they are hiding could be a weapon.

Anyway, once a cop makes physical contact with somebody, he wants it to be on his terms. So he goes in fast and hard. An analogy would be a football player making a tackle. They ‘hit’ with as much explosive violence as possible - any hesitation and they miss the tackle.

Maybe a taser would have been better, although I think the outcry may have been worse.

[bert]

Resisting arrest is a crime

she got what she needed, yanked to submission by the scruff of he blouse

attitudinal resistance is foolish

[bert]

well then, you go kiss her ass and see if that pursuades her to leave

[paladinan]

Fire security and private cops for the schools. Bring all the parents in and let them know....first sign of disrespect shown....five days of suspension. Second time...fifteen days of suspension. Third, your kid is finished in this county school system. Doesn’t matter what age they are...let the parents deal with their punk kid.

I taught in an inner city public school for 5 years, and--while the above looks good on paper--there are a few problems:

1) 5 days of suspension: suppose the offense happens during the early part of the day; how would you enforce the suspension, if the student refuses to leave (especially with non-existent security/police)? And if one is willing (and crazy enough) to let the student go his/her way politely until the end of the day (ignoring the offense temporarily), how would you stop the student from strolling in on the next day? (Yes, many such students regard 5-day suspensions as free vacation... but the parents who regard school as free babysitting while they work are the first to fight about it... and some students are quite determined to meet their homies and drug contacts in school.)

2) security vs. non-security: if any teacher so much as lays a hand on a student, they're opening themselves up to two things: (a) assault by the student (and EVERY inner-city student has learned at least one civics lesson: "teacher touches me = I have permission to attack teacher without repercussion, since my parents will sue"), and (b) immediate lawsuits/disciplinary threats against the teacher. That's just reality, in this crazy country; teachers are NOT ALLOWED to touch students, period.

I’m also of the mind that you attach a $300 fee for any kid caught on school grounds with a cellphone. Let the parents know about that fee and tell them that the kid can’t come back until you hustle up the fee.

Impossible to enforce. Lawsuits will stop it in a heartbeat (can't "punish welfare families" like that, you know!), and you have the same problem of trying to stop the little angels at the door, after having fired the security/police.

It’s time to let the schools off the hook....let the parents deal with the problem.

The only problem with your idea is that it's a SANE idea, trying to be implemented in an INSANE country, school system, and legal system. :)