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It all began during a morning algebra class at springalley high school in columbia, south carolina. This is someone that is physically in pain because of what she endured and the world watched what she endured as she literally flew across the classroom. Reporter Authorities Say a 16yrold female student was being disruptive in class. Either texting or chewing gum and was repeatedly asked to leave. A School Resource officer is lled to the classroom. He walks over to the student, shuts her laptop, moves it away, and tells her to get up. I treat you fair last time. I dont know you. You dont know me . You gonna comewith me or im going to make you. He said get up, get up, get up, three times. Reporter thats when the situation escalates. Classmates witnessing the entire encounter as he slams her on to the ground. Give me your hands. Trying to jack her out of the desk. When she wasnt coming he flipped the desk out and flung her out of the desk and flung her across the class. She went rolling into a table in th front of the classroom. Reporter sophomore Tony Robinson was in the class and shot this video. He says he did it out of panic. Terrified. Terrified. My first instinct was to get my phone out, that way because i didnt really feel like the i were to tell it, you know, people were going to really believe what ias saying. So i just grabbed my phone, you know, got my camera out shot the record. Reporter classmate niya ken my said she stepped in only to be arrested herself. Goter out of the classroom. He came back and said you want some of this, too. Too. He put me in handffs. I walked out. I didnt try to resist or anything. He just put m me i handcuffs. Reporter the School Resource ficer identified as 34yearold ben fields, a Deputy Sheriff and football coach at the high hool. Her arm was in a cast. Shes god a bandaid on her forehead from rug burn. Neck and back are both in pain. This is a child treated by a monster in a way ive never seen before. Reporter Todd Rutherford is the lawyer now representing the young student in the video. They call him officer slam in the school because hes known for slamming kids. Sure enough, thats what he did. Rorter today School Officials are outraged. What we all watched on that shamefully shocking video i reprehensible, unforgivable, and inconsistent with everying that this district stand for. Reporter the sheriffs departrtment saytheyre reviewing allll videosrom the classroom, includi another angle they say showing the student striking the officer with her fist. I think the public demands and expecting and should get a very quiuicknswer on this. And thats what were goingo do. Reporter officer fields has been suspended without pay. And tonight the fbi is being called in to investigate whether or not this is a civil rights violation. That allowing cameras in more peoples hands show the brew brutality that especially africanamericans are havg at the hands of law enforcement. Reporter questions now circling around officer fields past. Last year fields received an honor for being a exceptional role model. But in 2007 he was sued by this man, Carlos Martin and his now exwife for what marti claims was Excessive Force after a routine encounter. He got upset because i called him dude. He am, slams me down to the ground. Starts beating on me, macing me. Or gestures or whatever else. Hes talking about h how hes glad Johnnie Cochran is dead, welcome to the south. Im nothing but another notch on his belt. Reporter martin lost his lawsuit against offer fields but he believes the two incidents show a pattern of behavior. Shes only 16 years old. You know, i almost kind of feel responsible because if that situation never happened to me he would have never been at that school. Reporter since yesterday the assaultatspringvalleyhigh spread like wildfire on twitter. Users tweeting, she didnt deserve that. And how are students supposed to learn in an environment where they can be battered on any given day . President ial hopeful hillary inton getting into the fray, there is no excuse for violence inside a school. The assault at s spring vley high should be unacceptable. Schools should be safe places. Bernie sanders also weighing in, tweeting, welcome to the should have happened. Reporter curtis, a School Resource officer for 25 years, says their job is to deescalate tensions in the classroom. Ive never had it come t to a point wherive had to arrest a student for disciplinary measure such as what wee saw yesterday. Reporter 43 of the nations high schools employed School Resource officers in the 20132014 schoolary. Year. Qualifications as beat cop but school environments. You want to have an officer that understands adolescent behaviors, understands Mental Health issues with young people, understands how to deal with parents and the uniqueness of being on a campus tting. Reporter officer fields could not be reached for comment tonight and sheriff lott says he will likely decide tomorrow if he will be fired. He could also face potential iminal charges or a civil suit from the family. This kind of officer is expected to know how to deal with students. And as a result, it could make it even easier for a student and her family to sue. Reporter as of tonight, fields is also being investigated by the justice division. But legal analysts say, a biased case carries a higher burden of proof. Even if this officer was absolutely wrong to do what he did, its only going to be a civil rights viola if he targeted this student because of her race. Reporter regardless of what happens in court, the girls family says this kind of behavior should never happen in a classroom. There were 10, 12 other things he could have done rather than flipping her chair back and tossing her across the room. Thats one thing that should never have h happened. 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Think of these epic movies, the cinematic events really that transport you inside someones imagination. Well, that magic begins far from the red carpet in, of all places, new zealand. The unlikely pin nickle of Movie Technology and art. Tonight movie insiderss bris sarah hanes inside their spectacular, fantastical world. Oh, my god. Reporter the majestic landscapes in avatar made from far from hollywood as you can imagine. New zealand is wherere much of the epic movie happenings are happening these days. Mountains of middle earth in ld of the rings. We traveled there to meet the people responsible for this hollywood down under, from design and makeup to visual effects, even helicopter pilots. We have these back in the states and theyre kind of a big deal. Weve been very fortunate. Taylor. Reporter back in 2002 Richard Taylor was a relative unknown when he won his first of lord of the rings film, one effects. I he the ears of a fox. My journey is being made wholey the love of my partner tanya roger and the wonderful genius of the small group of young new zealanders. Reporter that small group, a woworkshop, Taylors Company back in new zealand, helped create the makeup, visual effects, and costume design on t lord of the rings films. How would you describe what a workshop, what do you do here . We do design, miniatures, prosthetic, costumes, and vehicles. Reporter despite his success winning three more oscars, tataylor is still energized and ready for a new challenge as we enter the workshop in welllington. Up above us is a one to one scale. This train is from the second zorro movie. The clclient wanted to see an explosion like no exexplosion he had ever seen so the explosion was so big the last piece of debris took 14 minutes after the explosn. Reporter hes just as excited by movie memorabilia. His is the armor that we built for the king ofrohan. Detail t inside of the armor. Reporter as by the tools of his trade. 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When it hit the screen and second lord of the ringsfilm, it was a moment for us. Until that point, we werent sure that we were going to be able tochieve what peter was asking us to do whi was to create a living, breathing performance. But since then weve worked with peter on a number of his shows king kong all of the way through the hobbit trilogy. We jus wrapped up with that. Worked with other filmmakers. James cameron on avatar and planet of the apes. Reporter they have mathematicians to help them brick it to life and developed Artificial Intelligence software for huge battle scene for the bat of the five armies. Crowd scenes for armies. 200,000 soldiers on a battlefield. And have them not just kind of look like theyre just kind of trotting along doing something stupid b to have them behaving like a fully organanized arm so we can do sequences for films like the lord of the rings battle sequences and the bate of the five armies. The average digital soldier is about as smart as a common earth worm. Not that smart but recently were hearing what you do, you clearly do a large chunk of this sitting in some of the movies, you guys are kind of unsung her oes to the general public. Yeah, i suppose, for a lot of us, that suits us. I love the fact that were now integral to modern filmmaking. Reporter the technical wizardry isnt just computers. This camera mount was designed in new zealand. As impressive as it looks, its nothing without the right pilot which is where alfypate comes in. 104, alfy. Oh, my gosh. I could show you a little place up here we did a bit for lord of the rings. I dont think i could miss it but just in case. There wont be any hobbits for you today. Reporter alfy is a man of few words but h his portfolio speaks for itself. That scene here. The cameras down here. Corner in front of us. Oh, my goodness. Youve got the best office with a view. 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Reporter facing your worst fears in realtime. You overcoming your fears, brandon. Yeah, you can say that. Reporter fear, buried alive is a reality tv billed as a psychological experiment. My fear is actually fluffy puppies. Can i get a box of fluffy puppies instead. Reporter all of it broadcast live on the a a e netwo partly owned byy abc. They understand anything can happen, including the possibility of death. When youre in that dark and s just you and your thoughts you go completely crazy. Reporter to ratchet up the fright factor the shows producer turn to eli roth. I think youre going to have people who are going to start clawing until their fipgngers blooed. Reporter of course thats why it was all about science, thats why y have larry, david in a lab coat there, and bright screens, to make this a little git. Fear socialist margi kerr insists conquering your inr demons is not just entertaining, its healthy. 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