SOUTH CAROLINA: Sheriff’s Deputy Fired After Rough Arrest Of High School Student [VIDEO]

A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy was terminated today after his body-slamming arrest of a high school student went viral due to videos taken by other students. NBC News reports:

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said an internal investigation over the Monday incident at Spring Valley High School in Columbia focused on whether Senior Deputy Ben Fields had violated the department’s policies. He said at a news conference that the department looked at cellphone videos taken from the classroom and interviews with witnesses, and concluded that the maneuvers he used in the confrontation were “not acceptable.” “From the very beginning that’s what’s caused me to be upset, and (which) continued to upset me is that he picked the student up and threw the student across the room,” Lott said. “Deputy Ben Fields did wrong this past Monday,” he added. Fields, 34, was initially suspended without pay, and the FBI, the Justice Department and state law enforcement have opened separate investigations into the brutal take down.

The incident is being hotly followed on right wing sites.