Questions remain after deputy fired over tossing teen

A South Carolina sheriff says he has fired a school officer after video showed him flipping a teen backward out of her desk and tossing her across a classroom.

The footage of the original incident sparked a national debate on the officer’s actions.

Fields then arrived and told the student to get up or he would force her to. But that’s only one part of the story. On Monday, the video of his assault (warning: disturbing content) went viral and on Tuesday, Sheriff Leon Lott stuck up for the deputy, saying that the attack couldn’t have been racially motivated because Fields is “dating a black female”.

He said complaints had been made about Officer Fields during his time at the school – a few had been upheld and a few had not. “They’re just caught up in the moment”, Smalley said.

The sheriff said a teacher and administrator who witnessed the encounter felt the officer had acted appropriately. “We must continue to support this young lady and shift the focus to the policies and practices of this school district which continues to be of issue”. She is responsible for initiating this action. “A few responsibility falls on her”.

Spring Valley High School consists of about 2,000 students, 52 percent of whom are black and 30 percent are white, said the report.

“She now has a cast on her arm, she has neck and back injuries”. The student crashes onto the floor. Fields was then seen dragging the girl for several feet and restraining her on the ground.

“Deputy Fields did wrong”, Lott said. “This wasn’t his intent”.

Still, he said, Fields did not follow protocol. Rutherford said he is representing the 16-year-old girl, who he added was traumatized as well as physically injured from the incident, the New York Daily News reported.

Fields was a deputy for 10 years, and also served as an assistant coach for the Spring Valley High football team.

According to the teacher and school administrator, the student was disrupting class and refused to leave the classroom when asked to do so. This time, it sent one airborne and landed her in the front of the classroom – and all over the Internet.

That’s when Fields was called in, Kenny said. “She had already put her phone away”.

“She wasn’t a danger at that point”.

In an interview Wednesday evening, Shakara’s classmate Niya Kenny said that the incident left her momentarily speechless – until she shouted, “Record!” “I would say that every citizen with a camera, if they see something that’s going on that disturbs them, they should film it. Our citizens should police us”.

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”. Rutherford also said the girl suffered a rug burn on her forehead. “We’re not going to make a scene, ‘” said Quinn.

The school district and Sheriff’s office do not want the community or others to explode over the incident.

“There may be a few who think this is the end of the matter. We are working closely and in full cooperation with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department to conduct a thorough and complete investigation”. She stood up and protested – including using profanity, which she says was justified by the severity of the situation.

The teacher would have snatched me up and dragged me out of my seat. However, why was the police officer called to the classroom in the first place? “This is not a cop’s job”.