Good evening. Once again, cell phone video on the internet have made us bystanders to the gritty and ugly side of police work. But many who have seen it wonder if what was captured in a South Carolina classroom went far outside the line of duty and an uncooperative student thrown to the ground by a School Resource officer. A case that has now triggered a federal civil rights investigation. Gabe gutierrez is in columbia with the tape and story behind it. Reporter it is 10 30 monday morning, math class at Spring Valley high school. Ben fields is called in to control a student. Witnesses say she was not participating in class and taken out her phone and refused to leave when the teacher asked. The confrontation escalates while other students watch silently. While she still sitting in her desk fields pulls her to the ground and throws her across the floor. It wasnt right. He was slinging her around like a rag doll. Nya kenny tells craig melvin she stood up for her classmate and was arreste
After nearly 40 years of dedicated service, Woodland High School agriculture teacher Eric Dyer, a well-known and respected figure in agricultural education in Woodland Joint Unified School District, has announced his retirement.