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Students Protest: Bring Back Deputy Fired After Rough Classroom Arrest
Newser ^ | 10/30/15 | Evann Gastaldo

Posted on 10/30/2015 3:38:05 PM PDT by Libloather

(Newser) - A twist in the story of the South Carolina school resource officer fired after a classroom arrest turned violent - and went viral: About 100 Spring Valley High School students peacefully walked out of class Friday morning and gathered in the school's atrium to show support for former deputy Ben Fields and ask that he be given his job back. The school principal called the protest "an orderly student-led activity" and noted, "I addressed the students to let them know that we understood their need to make their voices heard. Then I reminded them that Spring Valley high is all about the business of teaching and learning, so it's time to go back to class." Within less than 10 minutes, the students peacefully went back to class, he said, per The State.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: arrest; benfields; classroom; columbia; columbiasc; deputy; education; highschool; police; protest; southcarolina; springvalley; students
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How about that.
1 posted on 10/30/2015 3:38:05 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Racist kids.


2 posted on 10/30/2015 3:42:14 PM PDT by REDWOOD99 ("Everyone should pay taxes. Everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: Libloather

At least there are around 100 kids in South Carolina that aren’t politically correct and idiots.


3 posted on 10/30/2015 3:44:59 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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The school principal... noted, "I addressed the students to let them know that we understood their need to make their voices heard.

My God, the condescension is rancid.

4 posted on 10/30/2015 3:47:01 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker
He needs to run for Sheriff in the next election
5 posted on 10/30/2015 3:57:58 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: Talisker

Yep. And he won’t get his job back either.


6 posted on 10/30/2015 3:58:28 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Libloather

When I saw the video I noticed that all of the other kids, all black, were well behaved and sitting at their desks. They want to get an education. They were probably glad to see that little disruptive monster removed.


7 posted on 10/30/2015 3:58:33 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: forgotten man

8 posted on 10/30/2015 4:02:52 PM PDT by Libloather (Embrace the suck)
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"Death to America!"


9 posted on 10/30/2015 4:10:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Libloather

According to a post on FB there is more video that more or less justifies the rest of the story (which we’ve already seen). Couldn’t get it to play, too much advert.


10 posted on 10/30/2015 4:19:22 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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To: forgotten man

“”They were probably glad to see that little disruptive monster removed.””

Good grief - where do you get your news? I wonder what you would have to say if that had been your son or daughter slammed to the floor and being thrown across the classroom!

A girl from that class has been on the news and she said that the student who was roughed up had been in the class for weeks and she was so quiet and shy, hardly anyone knew her. She was hardly a trouble maker. This is an account from that 2nd girl in the classroom:

“”The 16-year-old girl who was taken to the ground was arrested on a charge called “disturbing schools.” A classmate, Niya Kenny, 18, was also arrested on the same charge.

Kenny told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night the incident started when her math teacher told the other girl to give up her cell phone. The girl refused and defied orders from the teacher and an administrator to leave the classroom.

That’s when Fields was called in, Kenny said. The school resource officer asked the girl to leave the classroom with him.

Kenny said the offer moved the girl’s laptop off her desk.

“He grabbed her arm, and he put his arm around her neck at first. So that’s why you actually see her — if you get the right video — then you’ll see her trying to swing at him,” Kenny said.

“And at that point, he just flipped the desk back and grabbed her out of it and threw her. And that’s when you see her rolling across the floor.”

Kenny said she and other classmates had their cell phones recording because of the officer’s reputation.

“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.”

Her attorney, Simone Martin, said she’s been told “by a number of the students that he is referred to as Officer Slam as opposed to Officer Fields. And that’s telling.”

Kenny was arrested and accused of disturbing school after yelling and cursing at the officer, according to an incident report.””

http://fox2now.com/2015/10/28/south-carolina-officer-fired-after-throwing-student-across-classroom/


11 posted on 10/30/2015 4:22:27 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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Quiet and shy? ROFL!!!!


12 posted on 10/30/2015 4:29:07 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: Libloather

Good for these kids. That LEO did nothing wrong.


13 posted on 10/30/2015 4:40:51 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: Thank You Rush

FFS, just shut up.


14 posted on 10/30/2015 4:44:00 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach, said one woman.)
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To: Thank You Rush

She flipped herself backwards, and then fell when she lost her balance trying to get away.


15 posted on 10/30/2015 4:44:07 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Talisker

“I addressed the students to let them know that we understood their need to make their voices heard.”

That’s libspeak for “I feel your pain but he ain’t coming back.”


17 posted on 10/30/2015 4:46:58 PM PDT by LydiaLong
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To: Thank You Rush

If that had been my kid she’d have gotten her ass beat when she got home. She’d also know that, and wouldn’t have gotten herself in that situation to begin with.


18 posted on 10/30/2015 5:05:55 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Jrabbit

“”Quiet and shy? ROFL!!!!””

What do you see on the video that says otherwise? The girl speaking on TV was IN THE CLASSROOM - were you?


19 posted on 10/30/2015 5:25:09 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Grimmy

“”If that had been my kid she’d have gotten her ass beat when she got home.””

Because she did WHAT?


20 posted on 10/30/2015 5:25:46 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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