Columbia, SC: Deputy Benjamin "Ben" Fields aka "Officer Slam" fired for tossing Niya Kenny

Benjamin "Ben" Fields aka "Officer Slam"​

Video shows student’s violent arrest at high school, officer reassigned

A South Carolina school district is investigating after video of a school resource officer grabbing and dragging a student at Columbia’s Spring Valley High School circulated on social media Monday afternoon, reports CBS affiliate WLTX. In the video, a female student can be seen sitting in her chair in a classroom with other students when the officer grabs the student, causing the chair to flip over backwards. The officer is seen apparently dragging the student, still in the chair, several feet across the floor. The officer then tells the girl to put her hands behind her back. The Richland County ...

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http://wreg.com/2015/10/26/video-shows-students-violent-arrest-at-high-school/

 

Benjamin "Ben" Fields aka "Officer Slam"​

Video shows student’s violent arrest at high school, officer reassigned

A South Carolina school district is investigating after video of a school resource officer grabbing and dragging a student at Columbia’s Spring Valley High School circulated on social media Monday afternoon, reports CBS affiliate WLTX. In the video, a female student can be seen sitting in her chair in a classroom with other students when the officer grabs the student, causing the chair to flip over backwards. The officer is seen apparently dragging the student, still in the chair, several feet across the floor. The officer then tells the girl to put her hands behind her back. The Richland County ...

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http://wreg.com/2015/10/26/video-shows-students-violent-arrest-at-high-school/

 

South Carolina Probes Video Showing Officer Ben Fields Assaulting Black Student At Spring Valley High School

Sheriff Leon Lott of Richland County, South Carolina, has reportedly asked the FBI and the Department of Justice to investigate an incident where a school law enforcement officer was captured on video assaulting a black schoolgirl at Spring Valley High School in the state capital, Columbia, the USA Today reported. Fields was put on an administrative leave following the incident, which occurred Monday. Original story: A video released Monday, showing a white school police officer grabbing an African-American student by the neck and slamming her to the ground, has led to authorities opening an investigation into the case amid widespread ...

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http://www.ibtimes.com/south-caroli...r-ben-fields-assaulting-black-student-2157714

 

South Carolina Probes Video Showing Officer Ben Fields Assaulting Black Student At Spring Valley High School

Sheriff Leon Lott of Richland County, South Carolina, has reportedly asked the FBI and the Department of Justice to investigate an incident where a school law enforcement officer was captured on video assaulting a black schoolgirl at Spring Valley High School in the state capital, Columbia, the USA Today reported. Fields was put on an administrative leave following the incident, which occurred Monday. Original story: A video released Monday, showing a white school police officer grabbing an African-American student by the neck and slamming her to the ground, has led to authorities opening an investigation into the case amid widespread ...

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http://www.ibtimes.com/south-caroli...r-ben-fields-assaulting-black-student-2157714

 

Witness to rough South Carolina high school arrest: ‘I couldn’t believe this was happening’

Student arrested at #springvalleyhigh says she was standing up for ... Kenny said the other student was asked to leave by the teacher after not participating in class. When she refused, the teacher called an administrator who, in turn, called in a sheriff ...

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/27/witness-to-spring-valley-high-arrest-i-couldnt-believe-this-was-happening/

 

Outrage grows after South Carolina officer tosses student in classroom

A violent confrontation The incidents started when a Spring Valley High School teacher told the student to leave the classroom ... He said another female, who might not be visible in the footage, was also arrested for disturbing schools.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/us/south-carolina-school-arrest-video/index.html

 

Roundup: Student Slammed by Cop, Arrested in Classroom; NBA Season & World Series Begin Tonight

Candice Swanepoel, an angel … teacher guilty of changing girls grades in exchange ... family told her when she said she was going to marry a black man … “Chewbacca arrested at Ukrainian polling station” … depressing story about driving while ...

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http://thebiglead.com/2015/10/27/south-carolina-student-slammed-arrested-cop-classroom/

 

Student arrested says she was standing up for classmate

She says she was standing up for her classmate who was being arrested by Student Resource Officer Ben Fields ... Kenny says her classmate was not participating and was asked to leave the room by her teacher. When she refused an administrator was called ...

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http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/27/student-arrested-says-she-was-standing-up-for-classmate/74671666/

 

Student Arrested Says She Was Standing Up for Classmate

She says she was standing up for her classmate who was being arrested by Student Resource Officer Ben Fields ... Kenny says her classmate was not participating and was asked to leave the room by her teacher. When she refused an administrator was called ...

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http://www.wltx.com/story/news/local/2015/10/27/second-student-arrested-spring-valley-hs-speaks-out/74665360/

 

Celebs React To The Shocking Video Of A Police Officer Violently Arresting A Student In A Classroom!

and dragging her across the classroom floor while placing her under arrest! Spring Valley student Aaron Johnson, who was allegedly present in the class at the time of the assault, said that the girl was asked by their teacher to leave the classroom and go ...

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http://perezhilton.com/2015-10-27-police-officer-violently-assaulting-student-arrest

 

SC student arrested for recording school cop’s violent assault on classmate sitting in her desk

The girl refused, so the teacher called an administrator, who called Fields. Kenny’s mom, Doris Kenny, said her daughter was just standing up for the girl and said Field’s actions were excessive. Niya Kenny was charged with “disturbing school ...

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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/sc-student-arrested-for-recording-school-cops-violent-assault-on-classmate-sitting-in-her-desk/

 

South Carolina sheriff's deputy on leave after dragging student from her desk

He arrested both the girl, and a male student. According to a classmate, the student in question had peeked at her cellphone during class. When the teacher tried to take the phone away, the student refused to hand it over, and when a school administrator ...

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/27/south-carolina-sheriffs-deputy-on-leave-after-forceful-classroom-arrest

 

Classmate Who Taped Spring Valley Incident Says Female Student Was Arrested for Using Phone

A classmate of the female student who was violently arrested in Monday's controversial incident at ... Robinson said. He said the teacher asked her for her phone, but she said no. An administrator was then called to the room, and Robinson said he pleaded ...

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/10/27/spring_valley_arrest_video_female_student_used_phone_before_incident_classmate.html

 

Feds asked to probe deputy's arrest of disruptive student

Both girls were charged with disturbing schools and released to their parents ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments of the confrontation, told WLTX that it began when the teacher tried to confiscate a phone the girl took out during class.

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http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_29029240/sheriff-seeks-information-officer-student-confrontation

 

DOJ opens civil rights probe into S.C. classroom arrest

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it had launched an investigation into possible civil rights violations of a violent arrest in a South Carolina ... her cellphone and refused her math teacher's attempt to take it away during ...

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/department-of-justice-civil-rights-probe-violent-south-carolina-classroom-arrest/

 

FBI confirms civil rights probe of videotaped arrest of student dragged from math class

Both girls were charged with disturbing schools and released to their parents ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments of the confrontation, told WLTX that it began when the teacher tried to confiscate a phone the girl took out during class.

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http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2015/10/27/sheriff-seeks-information-on-officer-student-confrontation

 

In video, South Carolina deputy tosses, drags student; feds asked to probe arrest

Both girls were charged with disturbing schools and released to their parents ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments of the confrontation, told WLTX that it began when the teacher tried to confiscate a phone the girl took out during class.

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http://www.nwherald.com/2015/10/27/in-video-south-carolina-deputy-tosses-drags-student-feds-asked-to-probe-arrest/acxde5x/

 

FBI asked to probe deputy's arrest of student caught on video

Both girls were charged with disturbing schools and released to their parents ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments of the confrontation, told WLTX that it began when the teacher tried to confiscate a phone the girl took out during class.

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http://www.komonews.com/news/national/FBI-asked-to-probe-deputys-arrest-of-student-caught-on-video-337572161.html

 

South Carolina deputy on leave after video of slamming student goes viral

Both girls were charged with disturbing schools and released to their parents ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments of the confrontation, told WLTX that it began when the teacher tried to confiscate a phone the girl took out during class.

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http://www.turnto23.com/news/sc-deputy-on-leave-after-video-goes-viral

 

Feds probing videotaped arrest of disruptive student

Both girls were charged with disturbing schools and released to their parents ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments of the confrontation, told WLTX that it began when the teacher tried to confiscate a phone the girl took out during class.

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http://www.newstimes.com/news/crime/article/Sheriff-seeks-information-on-officer-student-6592556.php