SC - Columbia - Sheriff Slams Female Student to Floor In Class

[Elley Mae]

Maybe they think they are safe and Officer Fields will never assault them.

"Hmmmm" is generally used to imply someone is thinking about something or finds it interesting.

Probably cause they would never perform like that. jmo

 

[JeannaT]

There was nothing legal about what that officer did and he should have been fired and he should be prosecuted IMO.
These kids might think he was an excellent RO but his past actions do not excuse his actions in this instance.
But I respect their right to protest. At least they are willing to stand up for something even if I don't agree with their reasoning.

There hasn't been any mention that he committed a crime, as far as I know, and he hasn't been charged and there has been no talk of charging him with a crime.

What he did was against training and police department policy, not a criminal act. He used a method to get her out of her seat that wasn't taught in training and wasn't sanctioned, probably because it's more dangerous than the other possible choices.

Like if you worked for the electric company and checked meters every 3 months instead of every month as was policy, and averaged them for turning in billing. You'd be fired, but not charged with a crime.

 

[bluesneakers]

She is new to the school. Her mother just died. She was just placed in foster care and she was assaulted because she protested a school handbook policy.
Where was the respect granted to her prior to this incident?
<modsnip>

Why should we respect her or treat her with compassion when she's the cause of ALL her problems? Why should we care that a paid servant felt it was necessary and acceptable to assault a young woman in a classroom?

I don't get it.

This whole thing makes me, in the words of Officer Fields' former boss, want to throw up.

 

[JeannaT]

So. We don't know who this girl is, and I still fervently hope we never do know her name. She's entitled, as a juvenile, to her privacy and anonymity.

I am curious, though, about her arm. The sheriff said she was not injured, save a carpet burn. Her attorney says she's wearing a cast. Um, okay, that wasn't the question. The question is, is she injured, not, is she wearing a cast.

I'm frankly surprised her neck or back weren't broken, but as it seems, she wasn't injured although she's wearing a cast. IMHO.

 

[kimlynn]

Those students standing up for Officer Fields gave me the first glimmer of hope I've had for this nation in a very long time.

You have a point. I admire the other female student who spoke up while her fellow student was being brutalized.We need more like her in this world.
Very brave young lady. IMO

 

[vestigare]

There hasn't been any mention that he committed a crime, as far as I know, and he hasn't been charged and there has been no talk of charging him with a crime.

What he did was against training and police department policy, not a criminal act. He used a method to get her out of her seat that wasn't taught in training and wasn't sanctioned.

Like if you worked for the electric company and checked meters every 3 months instead of every month as was policy, and averaged them for turning in billing. You'd be fired, but not charged with a crime.

He is being investigated by SCLED, the FBI and DOJ.

 

[JeannaT]

You have a point. I admire the other female student who spoke up while her fellow student was being brutalized.We need more like her in this world.
Very brave young lady. IMO

I agree on both counts. I admire the students who peacefully demonstrated for 10 minutes their support for the RO, and I admire the girl in the class who witnessed what must have seemed like a very injurious situation for standing up and disagreeing.

 

[vestigare]

There hasn't been any mention that he committed a crime, as far as I know, and he hasn't been charged and there has been no talk of charging him with a crime.

What he did was against training and police department policy, not a criminal act. He used a method to get her out of her seat that wasn't taught in training and wasn't sanctioned, probably because it's more dangerous than the other possible choices.

Like if you worked for the electric company and checked meters every 3 months instead of every month as was policy, and averaged them for turning in billing. You'd be fired, but not charged with a crime.

LOL @ this >>>What he did was against training and police department policy, not a criminal act.<<<<<

Oh the sweet irony of that statement.

 

[bluesneakers]

You have a point. I admire the other female student who spoke up while her fellow student was being brutalized.We need more like her in this world.
Very brave young lady. IMO

I agree, and I admire her bravery too. If this student outpouring of support for the officer is true I imagine she's getting a lot of attention and criticism too, which makes what she did all the more courageous.

 

[vestigare]

So. We don't know who this girl is, and I still fervently hope we never do know her name. She's entitled, as a juvenile, to her privacy and anonymity.

I am curious, though, about her arm. The sheriff said she was not injured, save a carpet burn. Her attorney says she's wearing a cast. Um, okay, that wasn't the question. The question is, is she injured, not, is she wearing a cast.

I'm frankly surprised her neck or back weren't broken, but as it seems, she wasn't injured although she's wearing a cast. IMHO.

What does it matter what the Sheriff knows regarding her injuries? He said "as far as he knows" he doesn't know anything because he is not investigating this case. He turned this entire case over to the FBI, as he said in the interview. Do you think her lawyers are going to call an unrelated Sheriff and give him her hospital records?

 

[Hope4More]

For some of you this is abstract. It isn't for me. My son is in the top 5% of all students in the large city where we live and attends a special program for the likewise gifted in a public school.

And still. Every single day he has to deal with too many classmates who dont put their phones away, who talk when they're not supposed to, and who don't listen when they are instructed.

He HATES that. He hates that he can't just pay attention and learn because the class is constantly being disrupted. He hates the collective punishments that follow because he didn't do anything, yet is having privileges taken away.

Every single student in that girl's class has EQUAL rights. Her neediness or troubles and inability to deal with them do not trump the rights of all her classmates to be in a safe environment and to be allowed to be taught.

 

[bluesneakers]

LOL @ this >>>What he did was against training and police department policy, not a criminal act.<<<<<

Oh the sweet irony of that statement.

He hasn't been charged with a crime YET. I hope he is. We have to stand up to these bullies or this will never end.

JMO.

 

[Elley Mae]

She is new to the school. Her mother just died. She was just placed in foster care and she was assaulted because she protested a school handbook policy.
Where was the respect granted to her prior to this incident?
<modsnip>

Why do we have so much back story on her? And why does that matter, it's not like she is 9 years old. jmo

 

[Hope4More]

She is new to the school. Her mother just died. She was just placed in foster care and she was assaulted because she protested a school handbook policy.
Where was the respect granted to her prior to this incident?
<modsnip>

No. Rhetoric is one thing, twisting the facts another. She was not assaulted for protesting a rule in the handbook, as you surely know.

She disobeyed a rule in the handbook which is there for a reason whether you understand what happens in real life classrooms or not, and then disobeyed the teacher when asked to put it away, then disobeyed the teacher again AFTER being written up, then disobeyed the vice principal of the school, then disobeyed the instructions given her by Fields- 5 times. Get real.

 

[vestigare]

Why do we have so much back story on her? And why does that matter, it's not like she is 9 years old. jmo

I haven't found that compassion nor police brutality has an age specification.

 

[Elley Mae]

I haven't found that compassion nor police brutality has an age specification.

What if it was the teacher that pulled her from the chair?

 

[bluesneakers]

Why do we have so much back story on her? And why does that matter, it's not like she is 9 years old. jmo

Why wouldn't we have background on her? This is 21st century America and we love to dig up the dirt on people. Just have a look around this website. We're constantly searching and sleuthing and digging.

So nine-year-olds deserve respect and safety, but 16-year-old orphans do not. :facepalm:

 

[Elley Mae]

What if the Principal pulled her from her chair?

 

[Hope4More]

LOL @ this >>>What he did was against training and police department policy, not a criminal act.<<<<<

Oh the sweet irony of that statement.

You really don't understand the distinction?

 

[Elley Mae]

Is it the cop you don't like like or is it the someone telling someone what to do and when to do it? I do wonder at what point is it ok to eject a defiant juvenile from a chair after three attempts?