Raven-Symone Under Fire For Spring Valley Assault Comments: ‘You Gotta Follow

While commenting on the Spring Valley High School incident, where a police officer aggressively took down a student, Symoné said the cop wasn’t the only person at fault. “It’s ridiculous, but at the same time you’ve got to follow the rules in school”. But at the same time, get off yo’ phone.

It means you get detention.

Watch Raven-Symone and company’s full commentary about the Spring Valley High School assault in the video below. In early October, the co-host said she would choose not to hire a person with a “ghetto” name and prompted criticism for her apparent lack of self-awareness and hypocrisy.

This morning on After The View, the hosts of the talk show discussed the footage, and Raven Symone caused even more controversy with her statements. He has a record, and he’s still hired.

But she seems to believe that the responsibility of avoiding the assault was on the female student, and claims that if the student had followed the rules “this shouldn’t even be a problem to begin with”. “What you doin’ on Instagram?” Although, the troubled student was seen throwing her fist before getting thrown out of her chair and across the room, he says she needs to be held accountable as well.

“There’s so much “oomph” or gusto in younger people”, the former child star explained further. The officer, identified as South Carolina Deputy Ben Fields, used physical force when the student allegedly refused to leave the classroom while using her cellphone – and Symone thinks the student should’ve complied if she didn’t want to be attacked. There are “two wrongs” in this scenario, she says.