COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Justice Department says it has opened a federal civil rights investigation after a South Carolina school resource officer was captured on video pulling a female high school student from her desk and dragging her across a classroom.
Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson said the investigation will look into “the circumstances surrounding the arrest” and determine if a federal law was broken.
Officials said the confrontation at Spring Valley High School in Columbia occurred Monday after the student refused the officer’s order to leave the classroom for being disruptive.
The officer was placed on leave after video surfaced.
The county sheriff’s office had requested a federal investigation.
The federal probe will include the FBI, the Justice Department’s civil rights division and the U.S. attorney’s office inSouth Carolina.
Why can’t officers such as this show up when someone uses a cell phone in a movie theater?
It says a lot that the governor of the state has not uttered a word about this.
Heh. This is how we do it Austin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=159aC5YSio4She’s term limited so need not keep up appearances…