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Omaha Steve

(99,067 posts)
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 11:11 PM Oct 2015

The Latest: Deputy shown in video tossing student reassigned

Source: AP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The latest on the fallout of a video showing an officer working inside a South Carolina high school tossing a student across the classroom floor (all times local):

9 p.m.

The school resource officer at a South Carolina high school is being reassigned after a video surfaced showing him tossing a student across a classroom floor.

The incident apparently captured on a student's cellphone happened at Spring Valley High School in Columbia on Monday.

A little more at link.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1da399db01ab4835b0392f4644a9e7f2/latest-deputy-shown-video-tossing-student-reassigned

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The Latest: Deputy shown in video tossing student reassigned (Original Post) Omaha Steve Oct 2015 OP
He should be reassigned... GReedDiamond Oct 2015 #1
throw his abusive butt in jail trueblue2007 Oct 2015 #16
Reassigned? Where did they send him notadmblnd Oct 2015 #2
No, probably kindergarten. passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #3
Well you know how unruly and defiant 4 and 5 year olds can be. notadmblnd Oct 2015 #4
Yep, no more time outs passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #5
yeh, slamming them on the floor will learn em. notadmblnd Oct 2015 #6
He will find a job Miigwech Oct 2015 #7
Trump doesn't really want to be President notadmblnd Oct 2015 #18
So, Black lives don't matter? n/t jtuck004 Oct 2015 #8
Disgusting. Don't you realize that inflammatory comments like this are putting cops lives in danger? Chakab Oct 2015 #12
Is this the definition of a good guy with a gun protecting our children? nt bonniebgood Oct 2015 #9
I'm sure he felt threatened rpannier Oct 2015 #10
What I still can't get over is how the other kids in the classroom sitting there without emotion and Purveyor Oct 2015 #11
You noticed, eh? malthaussen Oct 2015 #24
I noticed that also. The two boys who are clearly shown in the jwirr Oct 2015 #25
I noticed the teacher at the front of the room, too. hamsterjill Oct 2015 #26
Also this starroute Oct 2015 #13
How about a test for steroids? Downwinder Oct 2015 #14
'roid rage? Yes indeed, let's test him. eom LittleGirl Oct 2015 #15
Jesus, I just saw the video davidpdx Oct 2015 #17
There is nothing that child did that justifies what that cop did. notadmblnd Oct 2015 #19
It could be the network was able to clean the blurriness on the video up davidpdx Oct 2015 #22
Shaun King Said Past Students Have Voiced Their Fear of Him lib87 Oct 2015 #20
He's a violent racist cop Tempest Oct 2015 #21
Reassingned? He should be in jail. malthaussen Oct 2015 #23

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
1. He should be reassigned...
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 11:21 PM
Oct 2015

...to an overcrowded jail cell!

This shkreli-fuck asshole needs to prosecuted, not reassigned.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
5. Yep, no more time outs
Mon Oct 26, 2015, 11:48 PM
Oct 2015

Instead we just let him slam them around a little. I bet the little brats will shape up real fast.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
18. Trump doesn't really want to be President
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:04 AM
Oct 2015

he just want's to feed his ego and show people he can be.

 

Chakab

(1,727 posts)
12. Disgusting. Don't you realize that inflammatory comments like this are putting cops lives in danger?
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:08 AM
Oct 2015

If they can't abuse children without having to worrying about ending up in a viral video and people like you writing mean comments about them online, how can they be expected to do their jobs?

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
11. What I still can't get over is how the other kids in the classroom sitting there without emotion and
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:07 AM
Oct 2015

not even looking to witness the event. What kind of hell is going on in that school that they are so intimidated?

malthaussen

(17,066 posts)
24. You noticed, eh?
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 09:13 AM
Oct 2015

According to one of the apologists I've seen, it's because "they have no sympathy" for the assaulted student.
Well, that's one way of looking at it.

-- Mal

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
25. I noticed that also. The two boys who are clearly shown in the
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 12:30 PM
Oct 2015

video say a great deal by their body language - very carefully avoiding looking but tense and aware of all.

When I saw it was a girl that coward was treating that way I understood the stillness in the room. This is not the first time this resource guy has done this.

It is ironic that these resource officers were placed in schools all across the US to protect our children after all the school shootings. Apparently the violence is now how they protect the students.

They should not be part of what is going on inside the classroom. They should not be the teachers strong arm.

hamsterjill

(15,214 posts)
26. I noticed the teacher at the front of the room, too.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:54 PM
Oct 2015

I thought at the very least, the teacher should have been yelling for help for the student. Instead, he just stands complacently by.


(Edited to add that I am "assuming" that person is a teacher. I don't believe he's been identified. Either way, he stood by while this happened without reaction).

starroute

(12,977 posts)
13. Also this
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:09 AM
Oct 2015
http://www.nydailynews.com/army-vet-recalls-rough-encounter-sc-dep-ben-fields-article-1.2412418

The 15-second video of sheriff's deputy Ben Fields slamming a student to the ground sent shivers down Carlos Martin's spine.

After all, he'd been manhandled by the beefy South Carolina cop the same way almost exactly 10 years before. . . .

Martin said the beefy officer "snapped" after he called him "dude," and slammed him on the ground. He began pepper-spraying the helpless veteran, but Martin said he was trained in the military to resist the chemicals. An entire canister of the stuff failed to disable Martin.

"He became even more violent because I didn't react like most people would," Martin told the News.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
17. Jesus, I just saw the video
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 05:19 AM
Oct 2015

The officer needs to be suspended pending an investigation, even if the department has to bit the bullet and do it with pay. Get him off the street. He should be no where near anyone conducting the investigation to avoid tainting it.

Everything happens so fast it is really hard to see. I've played it again and again and stopped it in places and it's blurry.

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
19. There is nothing that child did that justifies what that cop did.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 07:15 AM
Oct 2015

NOTHING!

Morning Joe had a good clear video of the incident. Maybe you want to look there for it. It is a very clear, close up version.

She was holding on to her desk with both hands, the cop slammed the desk down on the floor, the girl landed on her back on top of the chair then he dragged her to the front of the class.

BTW there was pretty tall, IMO- strong looking black man standing at the head of the class who just looked on. Teacher? Possibly.

I hope she wasn't hurt, because it looked like he could have broken her back or cracked her head open.



davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
22. It could be the network was able to clean the blurriness on the video up
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:41 AM
Oct 2015

because they have the equipment. Either that or there is a second video out there of the same incident. Given most of the students had phones I have to believe more than one student was recording it.

In part two of the video there is a AA cop who has a kid in a headlock and tries to take a swing at him, but the kid (thankfully) was very fast and ducked and the cop missed by a long shot.

lib87

(535 posts)
20. Shaun King Said Past Students Have Voiced Their Fear of Him
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:19 AM
Oct 2015

This resource officer is menace but it took a cellphone video to get him fired. I need charges to be filed against him and the principal who watched it like it was no big deal to resign as well.

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