teacher watching the whole thing. jason carroll is following the fallout this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning to you, carol. this incident taking place during a math class. a number of parents from the community asking a number of questions. namely, would you want your daughter treated that way if she refused to leave a classroom? did the officer do everything he could in his power to de-escalate the situation? the investigation into what happened now well under way. you come with me or i ll make you. reporter: south carolina sheriff s deputy ben fields, seen here, is on administrative duty here after his violent takedown of a high school student was caught on camera monday afternoon. you can see the sheriff s deputy tossing a female student to the ground after she refused to get up from her desk. then throwing her across the classroom floor. on your back. keep your hands
now there are several investigations that are going on to determine what happened and whether or not this sheriff s deputy should keep his job. are you going to come with me or am i going to make you? reporter: tonight, south carolina s sheriff s deputy benefield suspended without pay after his violent takedown of a 16-year-old high school student was caught on camera monday. you can see the deputy tossing a female student to the ground after she refused to get up from her desk. then throwing her across the classroom floor. hands behind your back. give me your hands. give me your hands. reporter: according to authorities, the spring valley high school student was asked to leave the classroom. when she refused that request from her teacher and a school administrator, fields, who was also a school resource officer, was called to arrest her. the richland county sheriff was troubled by what he saw on the video and says an internal investigation should be
after watching that video, he said it was both reprehensible and unforgivable. south carolina sheriff s deputy ben fields job now in question, as are his actions. this after his violent takedown of a high school student was caught on camera monday. you can see the deputy tossing a female student to the ground, after she refused to get up from her desk, then throwing her across the classroom floor. parents stunned after viewing the video. most school resource officers are great people. they do awesome work in our schools. but this is a shame. to get a phone call that that would have happened to my daughter, i don t know how i would have responded. when you see a video like what we ve seen earlier today, it certainly alarms you and makes you a little bit afraid of what is actually happening
entered the classroom, it escalated to a disturbing point. either you re going to come with me or i m going to make you. reporter: south carolina school police officer ben fields seen here is on administrative leave this morning after his violent takedown of a high school student was caught on camera monday afternoon. you can see the sheriff s deputy tossing a female student to the ground after she refused to get up from her desk and then throwing her across the classroom floor. give me your hands. give me your hands. we don t want everyone to rush to judgment, but also feel that the video was very, very disturbing. according to police, the richland county student was asked to leave the classroom. when she refused, fields was called in to arrest her for disturbing class. school officials say the video is, quote, extremely disturbing and has banned the deputy from all district schools pending an investigation.
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