the south carolina resource, school reresourrere resource was fired. the sheriff who admitted in the press conference ta the video made him want to throwup has fired the deputy from the force. he did not follow proper training or procedure when he threw the student across the room. from the very beginning, that is what is causing me to be upset. when i first saw that video, and continues to up isset me when i see that video is the fact that he picked the student up, and he threw the student the across the room. when you make an arrest from someone who does not have a weapon that you need to escape from, you never let go of the subject, and you maintain control of him, the person that you are trying to arrest, and when he threw her across the room, he had lost control of her. that is richland county sheriff leon lott.
what is your recommendations to the folks there in south carolina? what is the most important thing, congressman that you need to do? well, let me remind you of back in the 60s, i was arrested on that day back in 1961 when we challenged the breach of the peace laws in south carolina. they passed law s s in the 1960o keep us are from exercising our rights to peaceably assemble, and we know that these are reaction reactions to certain things. certainly, there are times when we have problems in the classrooms. there are times when we have problems on the school grounds, but take a look at the laws, and see whether or not there are laws put in place to protect or put in place to mete out some kind of a punishment which could ruin children for the rest of their lives. what happens to the young lady who took the video? she, too, was arrested and handcuffed. that is crazy stuff that ought not be happening to young people, to children on a school
many this world. they are heroes. they run towards danger while we are all running in the opposite direction, and one incident like this can help to erode the incredible amount of trust and loyalty built up over the year, and we have to train the officers, and focus on the catability, and make sure that we have a justice process what about the 16-year-old girl dragged across the floor of that classroom? i understand that i think that you have spoken to her parents, and have you spoken with her? there are conflicting reports about her injuries. what can you tell us? i did speak with her mother yesterday. wolf, you know, just as a sheriff officer communicated, i m the father of two school aged daughters, and seeing that video shocked me. it scared me as a mayor, as a citizen, and most importantly, as a parent. i would not wish that on any child. we have to remember, and this is a call i believe also for us to