Officer Assaulting a Peaceful Female High School Student in South Carolina

[Hurter]

his is Officer Ben Fields assaulting a peaceful female high school student at Spring Valley High School in Columbia South Carolina. Students and graduates both told me he has been brutal like this for years.

This was earlier today.

The Sheriff's Office just confirmed for me that this student was not physical, but that she was "verbally disruptive" and that the officer was "forced" to do this since she "resisted arrest".

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=937383839633868

As far as I know, the freedom of speech in the U.S isn't about assaulting peaceful citizen or is it?

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[waz]

Was she disrupting class? Why the use of such force?

 

[Hurter]

Was she disrupting class? Why the use of such force?

Even if she was, this is not the way to treat her, especially by the police officer. U.S policemen are quite famous when it comes to assaulting or shooting an innocent.

 

[VCheng]

As far as I know, the freedom of speech in the U.S isn't about assaulting peaceful citizen or is it?

What is the other side of the story not shown in the video?

 

[Donatello]

What is the other side of the story not shown in the video?

regardless of the other side of the story, as long as she was not carrying any firearm or physically threatening someone's life, i don't see how this brutal assault can be justified.

 

[Hurter]

What is the other side of the story not shown in the video?

You must've seen the video.

 

[Strigon]

Resisting an arrest is also asking for trouble. There is no way an officer is going back just because the person refuses. The person be innocent or guilty is coming along to detention center where she would be given the opportunity to tell her story and come out vindicated if she is innocent.

 

[VCheng]

regardless of the other side of the story, as long as she was not carrying any firearm or physically threatening someone's life, i don't see how this brutal assault can be justified.

The school district must have a policy which this officer must have followed. The teacher would also have an input in the matter. Nothing can be concluded on the basis of this video at all. This is just a one-sided attempt at inflammation that does not mean anything without the full facts being known.

 

[topgun047]

This happens in India too but only to poor people like ricksaw pullers.
I doubt the cop would have treated a white girl like that.

 

[Donatello]

The school district must have a policy which this officer must have followed. The teacher would also have an input in the matter. Nothing can be concluded on the basis of this video at all. This is just a one-sided attempt at inflammation that does not mean anything without the full facts being known.

Are you really telling me that the school has some secret policy that an officer can assault someone like this?

I mean, you can see the video.........the student means no physical harm or carries no obvious weapons.

 

[VCheng]

Are you really telling me that the school has some secret policy that an officer can assault someone like this?

I mean, you can see the video.........the student means no physical harm or carries no obvious weapons.

All I am saying is that events before the video need to be explained before any conclusions can be drawn. This clip by itself does not tell the entire story.

 

[TheNoob]

Whenever theres people promoting "innocence" theres always something bad about it that they need to promote it under a "goodwill" umbrella, im with the officer. Totally.

Also, i wish we had such cops in Pakistan, they're all fat and have zero knowledge about the law they're to enforce <_<

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The question should be why is there a police officer at the school.

It's either
A) The school is so full of dangerous people they actually have to have police in the building during school hours. (Yikes!!!!!!)

B) The school called the police (I'm sure not to invite to a Birthday party) and the officer showed up.

 

[jhungary]

The video only show the moment the student was arrested by the officer, it did not suggest anything outside this scope (The officer trying to arrest an "non-compliant" person)

In the US, an arrest could call for "reasonable altercation" which in layman term, "Forcefully" arrest an individual if the subject is non-compliant. If the altercation is solely to allow the non-compliant individual to be arrested (ie, pinned to the ground with his/her hands behind her back) then said altercation is allowed. Simply, had the situation warrant a arrest, and if the subject is non-compliant, then if no action would be taken, the situation can drag on forever.

It's should be notice that this "reasonable altercation" can only happen after an arrest warrant or a reason to arrest (e.g. probable clause) and the officer must announce the intention to forcibly remove someone.

So if you were to arrest someone, if she did not comply, what you are going to do if not force her to comply? You wait it out?

Now, with that 15 second video, I cannot say for sure if the Officer have a clause to arrest that person (it did not show at the beginning) nor would it be said for sure if the person have been warned what would happen if she resist a LAWFUL arrest. It only show the moment the officer arrest the student by pinning her down and drag her down from the chair, which by it own merit seems reasonable enough (No weapon was produced nor the situation was escalated). And the video did not also show the situation leading to the video, for all I know, it could be an arrest demonstration arranged by the teacher. I mean, how anyone can judge a merit of a video in just 15 seconds?

 

[Indika]

Unless she has a fire arm or physically threatens others officer has no business treating student like that. Can an officer enter the school campus without the permission of principal ? In india without principal or head masters permission police cannot enter the premises or make any provocative move which threatens the sanctity of the institution.