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

S.C. sheriff to reveal findings of probe into black student's arrest

Deputy Ben Fields, 34, was suspended without pay after videos filmed by students showed him slamming a 16-year-old girl to the ground on Monday and dragging her across a classroom after she apparently refused to hand over her mobile phone to a teacher.

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Officer At Center Of S.C. Classroom Arrest Could Lose Job

He later places her under arrest. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says one of ... "Even though she refused to abide by the directions of the teacher, the school administrator, and also the verbal command of our deputy -- I'm looking at what our deputy ...

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Arrest of teen after she was tossed across classroom prompts civil rights case (w/video)

"I think sometimes our officers are put in uncomfortable positions when a teacher can't control a student," the sheriff said, promising to be fair. Email, phone and text messages for Fields were not returned. The deputy also arrested a second student who ...

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Lawyer: Teen suffered several injuries in classroom arrest

The deputy also arrested a second girl who verbally objected to his actions ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments, said it all began when the teacher asked the girl to hand over her phone during class. She refused, so he called an ...

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http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/28/lawyer-teen-suffered-several-injuries-in-classroom-arrest/

 

Arrest video fallout: Spring Valley High officer Ben Fields will be fired

A classmate, 18-year-old Niya Kenny, was also arrested for the same charge. Kenny told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night the incident started when her math teacher told the other girl to give up her cell phone. The girl refused and defied orders from the ...

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Lawyer: Teen suffered several injuries in classroom arrest

The deputy also arrested a second girl who verbally objected to his actions ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments, said it all began when the teacher asked the girl to hand over her phone during class. She refused, so he called an ...

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S.C. sheriff to reveal findings of probe into black student's arrest

Deputy Ben Fields, 34, was suspended without pay after videos filmed by students showed him slamming a 16-year-old girl to the ground on Monday and dragging her across a classroom after she apparently refused to hand over her mobile phone to a teacher.

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Student Arrested For Filming Classroom Assault By School Officer Speaks Out — And Reveals Her Own Footage Of The Incident!

Niya Kenny, who witnessed her classmate being assaulted, was arrested as well — simply for standing up ... failed to participate in math class and was asked to leave by the teacher. After the girl refused to oblige the administrator's request to leave ...

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S.C. sheriff to reveal findings of probe into black student's arrest

Deputy Ben Fields, 34, was suspended without pay after videos filmed by students showed him slamming a 16-year-old girl to the ground on Monday and dragging her across a classroom after she apparently refused to hand over her mobile phone to a teacher.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/28/us-south-carolina-police-idUSKCN0SM1N120151028

 

Lawyer: Teen suffered several injuries in classroom arrest

The deputy also arrested a second girl who verbally objected to his actions ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments, said it all began when the teacher asked the girl to hand over her phone during class. She refused, so he called an ...

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http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/lawyer-teen-suffered-several-injuries-in-classroom-arrest/

 

S.C. sheriff fires school officer after class arrest

She again refused, and Fields told her she was under arrest, Lott said. She continued to refuse ... it all started when the girl pulled out her cellphone and refused her math teacher’s attempt to take it away during class. Lott had said Tuesday that ...

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Sheriff fires school officer after class arrest in South Carolina

She again refused, and Fields told her she was under arrest, Lott said. She continued to refuse ... it all started when the girl pulled out her cellphone and refused her math teacher's attempt to take it away during class. Lott had said Tuesday that ...

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School Cop Fired Over Violent Student Arrest

A classmate, Niya Kenny, 18, was also arrested on the same charge. Kenny told CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday night the incident started when her math teacher told the other girl to give up her cell phone. The girl refused and defied orders from the teacher and ...

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Deputy fired for his conduct during arrest of 16-year-old in a classroom

A classmate, Niya Kenny, 18, was also arrested on the same charge. Kenny told CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night the incident started when her math teacher told the other girl to give up her cell phone. The girl refused and defied orders from the teacher ...

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South Carolina School Officer Fired After Violent Arrest of Female Student Captured on Video

A classmate, Niya Kenny, 18, was also arrested on the same charge. Kenny told CNN's Don Lemon on Tuesday night the incident started when her math teacher told the other girl to give up her cell phone. The girl refused and defied orders from the teacher and ...

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http://ktla.com/2015/10/28/south-carolina-school-officer-fired-after-violent-arrest-of-student/

 

Spring Valley High School officer suspended after violent classroom arrest

Teacher drags 6-year-old student through hallway One of the ... rights investigation to determine whether federal laws were violated during the student's arrest, a Justice Department spokesperson said. Sheriff Lott said the FBI would also be the lead ...

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

 

Violent S. Carolina arrest prompts concerns over school police | Reuters

"Police aren't there to supplant the traditional and appropriate role of teachers," he said. NOT JUST ABOUT ONE OFFICER In South Carolina, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department have opened a civil rights probe into the arrest by ...

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Updated: Lawyer says teen suffered several injuries in S.C. classroom arrest

The deputy also arrested a second girl who verbally objected to his actions ... Tony Robinson Jr., who recorded the final moments, said it all began when the teacher asked the girl to hand over her phone during class. She refused, so he called an ...

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Deputy in S.C. classroom arrest video fired

Sheriff Leon Lott said that an internal investigation found that the force Senior Deputy Ben Fields used to arrest a student who was disrupting ... Lott said both the teacher and the administrator, who is African American, supported Fields' actions.

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S.C. officer fired for violating policy in classroom arrest

The deputy has not been criminally charged. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice ... media and in Columbia after the video footage went viral. The sheriff said a teacher and administrator who witnessed the encounter felt the officer had acted ...

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