things we might not like, but are not necessarily criminal in nature. so we do guide sro thaz we train in regards to that and be sure they know the difference between something that s uncomfortable compared to something that s criminal. not suggesting that either of these are the case in this situation, and i am anxious to see what the investigation will yield in this. carmen, let me turn to you. trying to see both sides, it s tough when you see this young woman flipped upside down in a desk and yanked out of this classroom. but we know this. the officer has been sued for excess i-force in the past. a couple filed a lawsuit and lost their case before that. this is also a good guy and has gotten an award for the culture of excellence. when you look at this case, how do you weigh all of those factors in his past. as a prosecutor, you would weigh it as how are you going to
with me is the executive director of the national association of school resource officers and criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor carmon st. george. so welcome to both of you. mo, you oversaw school resource officers for 12 years. i just want to begin with you. you have seen the video and the two different perspectives. your reaction? my first reaction comes with a comment. our national association sok south carolina is one of the states we re not allowed to train because the state conducts their own training. . so i can t speak to how the officers are trained in that situation. but one of the questions in my mind would be what brought this about. the part we re not getting to see is everything that happened that led up to this. so there s two lines of thought. was it a criminal act that occurred that brought the sro sbo the environment or was it a school discipline situation? in that case, if it were a