Deputy Ben Fields, the police officer involved in a confrontation with
an unnamed student at a South Carolina high school on Monday has
been relieved of his duties on Wednesday as a result of the incident.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott during an interview with CNN said it
was unfortunate about the incident but after watching the 3rd video that
emerged, they had to let him go.
He said, the Police officer followed protocol until when he threw the
girl across the room. He said according to their training and what's
acceptable when taking a suspect down, they are required never to let go
of a suspect during a confrontation or an arrest but that he violated
that rule when he had at the desk and threw her thereby losing contact
with her.
Lott also said that the teacher and the Assistant Principal thought what
Deputy Fields did was right, he said they both agreed with him but that
according to the Police training he didn't follow protocol.
The teacher said the student was on her phone during class and was asked
to put her phone away but she refused. The Assistant Principal was
called in the matter and repeated the same thing to the girl but again
she refused. Then they asked her to leave the class, an instruction
which she ignored, so they called in Deputy Fields to take her out of
the class. Deputy Fields asked her to get up and leave the class, she
ignired him, he repeated the request, again she ignored him and that was
when he picked her up and threw her across the room
Lott said:
“When the officer puts his hands on her initially, she reaches up and
she pops the officer with her fist.” He did right when he tried to
remove her from her desk but broke protocol when he threw her across the
room"
He said Deputy Fields was sorry about how he handled the incident and wished he had handled it differently.
Deputy Fields' Lawyer is preparing to fight to have his client reinstated in the force.
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Deputy involved in throwing student across the room during arrest has been fired
Description : Deputy Ben Fields, the police officer involved in a confrontation with an unnamed student at a South Carolina high school on Monday has ...
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