spring valley high school
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Former SC School Resource Officer Will Not Face Civil Rights Charges for Throwing Student Out of Her Desk
The former South Carolina school resource officer who violently grabbed a female student and threw her out of her desk in October 2015 will not face civil rights charges, the Justice Department announced Friday. Charleston’s Post and Courier reports that the DOJ said there is insufficient evidence to bring civil rights charges against former Richland…
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It's Great And All That Deputy Ben Fields Got Fired. But Fuck, That's No Consolation
After watching the video of Deputy Ben Fields assaulting a teen girl in her classroom, and following the national coverage of the fallout from this incident, I had no doubt Fields would eventually be publicly reprimanded, suspended, and eventually fired. Which he was, today. His superiors had no choice but to do so; the footage was…
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The Assault At Spring Valley High Would Not Have Happened If The Girl Was White
I do not know what happened in that classroom at Spring Valley High School before Deputy Ben Fields violently assaulted a teen girl who was, apparently, “resisting arrest.” I’m quite sure, however, that information will find its way into the public sphere very soon. We will also know more about Deputy Fields — his work history, his…