Spring Valley High School Resource Officer Fired for Using Excessive Force

Spring Valley High School Resource Officer Fired for Using Excessive Force

At Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina, Resource Officer Ben Fields was fired after a video of him forcing a fifteen-year-old female student to the ground went viral. Deputy Fields had been called to the Algebra classroom after the student ignored her teacher’s demand to quit texting on her cell phone and refused to go to the office. After Fields entered the room, the student tried to persuade him to let her stay in the classroom. When she refused to leave her desk, Fields grabbed her — toppling her desk with her in it — slammed her to the ground, and drug her out of the desk. A third video later surfaced showing the student swinging at Fields.

Deputy Fields has absolutely no reason of why he used so much force. He could have lightly touched her and asked, “Can you please step outside for a minute?” and then had a respectful lecture instead of treating her like a dog.

NBC News