State probes deputy body slam of female high school student
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jan 27, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
KISSIMMEEE, Fla. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will investigate the body slam by a school resource officer on a female high school student who appears to lose consciousness after her head hits the concrete in videos taken by other students, a Florida sheriff said Wednesday.
Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said his office was turning over the investigation of what happened between his deputy and a student at Liberty High School in Kissimmee to state investigators “to be sure no one can say that we are looking out for our own.”