High school security officer suspended for hurling student out of class

A school security officer in South Carolina has been suspended after a video showing a student being hurled across the floor went viral on social media. The footage was apparently taken by other pupils on mobile phones at Spring Valley High School in Columbia. It shows the uniformed officer attempting to remove a student, who according to the school had become disruptive and had refused to leave the class.

I’ve never seen anything so nasty looking, so sick to the point that you know, other students are turning away, don’t know what to do, and are just scared for their lives.

Tony Robinson Jr., who made the recording

After being grabbed around the neck, the student is then tipped backwards out of their chair on to the floor and then thrown several feet towards the front of the classroom. School officials and sheriff’s deputies are investigating the incident. The officer involved, Dep Ben Fields, has been placed on “other duties”.

Spring Valley Americas