a scene between a female student and the school s resource officer. we will show you the incident in a moment. school officials confirm the incident happened on monday but stopped short of releasing further details. according to sheriff leon lott the school resource officer was acting in response to a student who was refusing to leave class. here is one view of the incident. put your hands behind your back. give me your hands. give me your hands. nbc news has not confirmed what precipitated that violent encounter. the richland county sheriff s department as well as the internal affairs division are now investigating this, we are told. the school has also started investigation and is working in cooperation with the sheriff s office. a spokesman for richland county says the sro, that s spring valley high, is now on administrative duty, that s the school resource officer, until
smartphone video at spring valley high school in columbia, south carolina is getting a great deal of attention, showing a scene between a female student and the school s resource officer. we will show you the incident in a moment. school officials confirm the incident happened on monday but stopped short of releasing further details. according to sheriff leon lott the school resource officer was acting in response to a student who was refusing to leave class. here is one view of the incident. on your back. give me your hands. give me your hands. nbc news has not confirmed what precipitated that violent encounter. the richland county sheriff s department as well as the internal affairs division are now investigating this, we are told. the school has also started investigation and is working in cooperation with the sheriff s office. a spokesman for richland county says the sro, that s spring
once he has those answers, he will publicly let it be known what they are. here is what when he don t know. we don t know a lot because we don t know what came before this iphone video started rolling. it is said that this student was refusing to comply with the teacher and the school administrator to leave the classroom. so they called in the school resource officer. they asked the school resource officer to take over. according to was, the school resource officer placed the student under arrest for disturbing the school, asked the student to comply leaving the classroom and the student refused. asked a second time, refusal. then, that is when the iphone starts rolling right there where the student is resisting the second request for arrest and to leave the room. at this point, the school district has undergone their own
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disturbing, a 16-year-old female high school student being forcefully ripped from her chair, handcuffed and removed from class. give me your hands. reporter: the school resource officer ben fields, a deputy since 2004 has been removed from his duties at spring valley high school. want to throw up. it makes you sick to your stomach when you see that initial video. reporter: more of the disturbing encounter can be heard on a second video clip. a video shows the young woman striking the officer as he begins to remove her from the room. when an officer puts his hands on her initially, she reaches up and pop stops with his fist. does that justify the means?