Justice Department to Investigate Officer’s Flipping of High School Student

New York Times ^ | 10/27/2015 | RICHARD FAUSSET

[Responsibility2nd]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Justice Department will investigate an episode at a high school here in which a white police officer is seen in a video upending the desk of a black female student in a math class and dragging her when she refused to leave the classroom.

The video of a deputy sheriff, Ben Fields, in the classroom quickly went viral, and prompted the Richland County Sheriff, Leon Lott, to ask federal officials to investigate the encounter at Spring Valley High School. On the department’s Facebook page on Tuesday, Sheriff Lott said the federal investigation had begun. Local law enforcement officials believe “that the criminal investigation will be best served with the F.B.I. as the lead agency,” Sheriff Lott said, adding that the state police had also been asked to investigate.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Since she is a charming Negress, she is a member of a grievance group. As a member of a grievance group, it is presumed that she can do no wrong. Whatever happened must by definition be the fault of someone else.

[Bon of Babble]

Yeah, great example set for the other schools - defy your teacher, defy the cops - and get rewarded for it.

The student needed to be removed from the classroom.

What should the cop have done?

[Bon of Babble]

Yeah, great example set for the other schools - defy your teacher, defy the cops - and get rewarded for it.

The student needed to be removed from the classroom.

What should the cop have done?

[Bon of Babble]

Yeah, great example set for the other schools - defy your teacher, defy the cops - and get rewarded for it.

The student needed to be removed from the classroom.

What should the cop have done?

[Bon of Babble]

Should read: Great example set for the other students. I keep getting a malware notice from google for this site. "Google has detected malware on the site ahead" (Free Republic).

[Bon of Babble]

Sorry for the echo, the malware warning kept coming up - and I see my comment was posted three times (?).

Maybe there is malware here??

[Secret Agent Man]

Tased her. Pepper spray in that room would nail too many others plus maybe the cop.

[Timber Rattler]

The video of a deputy sheriff, Ben Fields, in the classroom quickly went viral, and prompted the Richland County Sheriff, Leon Lott, to ask federal officials to investigate the encounter at Spring Valley High School.

So this worthless sheriff actually invited the feds in to do his job???

[mware]

BREAKING

House Cmt resolution to IMPEACH IRS CHIEF

[BigEdLB]

Pluto Awaits.....She is lucky the cop didn't launch her

[fwdude]

I haven’t watched this “viral video” yet, but did the little troll even slightly deserve this treatment?

[GOYAKLA]

Seems like yesterday, 1952 star HS Quarterback calls Teacher/Coach by his Given Name, “Joe”. Then Coach M., “ physically marched” him to the hallway. For 10 minutes explained why a student should never speak to a teacher by given name!
The student, got educated, can be seen on ESPN every Saturday during college football season!
I LOL, to this day!

[SoFloFreeper]

She only brought a clock to school!!

No sympathy for the little punk. She was given several chances to comply with a lawful order. She didn’t.

[Responsibility2nd]

Totally deserved it.

[Timber Rattler]

No, apparently not according to most of the other students interviewed, both white and black. She doesn't seem to be the usual street thug, but is generally described as quiet and not a troublemaker. Seems like the whole thing started over her quiet refusal to give up her phone, which should have been handled by the administrators instead of a LEO.

I think all the folks applauding the head cracking are way off base here.

[Mark17]

What's next? Inviting the little thugette to the White House?

Yes, of course. How else will she be able to accept her cabinet post in the Nobama administration. 😖😩

[Dante3]

Police remove a disruptive student from classroom and Loretta Lynch and DOJ gets involved - incredible, like something from Alice in Wonderland. Lynch must be laying awake nights to search for excuses to go after police. This shouldn’t even be a news story.

[DesertRhino]

He should have just walked away and told the principal he would write a fine report and,,,”good luck”. There comes a time to look after your own wellbeing and not to put yourself through this.

[windsorknot]

The usual presumption of guilt will be applied by the usual suspects.

[SoFloFreeper]

She should have obeyed the lawful order.