10-31-2015, 12:21 PM
Spring Valley High Students Exercise Their Freedom of Speech and Protest (good on them)
About 100 students at Spring Valley High walked out of class briefly Friday to show support for a school resource officer fired after video showed him throwing an uncooperative black female student across the floor. There are just over 2,000 students enrolled at the high school.
Some of the students stated that while they found SRO Fields' actions overly-aggressive, they did not think he deserved to be fired over it.
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^ The students walked out of classes at around 10 a.m. and gathered in the atrium to express their views on the firing of Deputy Ben Fields. Some in the crowd — which included both black and white students — wore T-shirts reading "Free Fields" or "#BringBackFields."
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"We've heard your voices," ^ Principal Temoney told the students. "We appreciate you taking time to do this, but again, as you know, we always focus on teaching and learning, so let's head on back to class."
Temoney released a statement from the school several hours later and said the students and staff were safe during the protest."At no time, were any students or staff in any danger. School is carrying on in a safe and productive manner today," Temoney said.
On Wednesday, an attorney for Fields defended the deputy in a statement. "We believe that Mr. Fields' actions were justified and lawful throughout the circumstances of which he was confronted during this incident," he said.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-caroli...ed-deputy/
About 100 students at Spring Valley High walked out of class briefly Friday to show support for a school resource officer fired after video showed him throwing an uncooperative black female student across the floor. There are just over 2,000 students enrolled at the high school.
Some of the students stated that while they found SRO Fields' actions overly-aggressive, they did not think he deserved to be fired over it.
^ The students walked out of classes at around 10 a.m. and gathered in the atrium to express their views on the firing of Deputy Ben Fields. Some in the crowd — which included both black and white students — wore T-shirts reading "Free Fields" or "#BringBackFields."
"We've heard your voices," ^ Principal Temoney told the students. "We appreciate you taking time to do this, but again, as you know, we always focus on teaching and learning, so let's head on back to class."
Temoney released a statement from the school several hours later and said the students and staff were safe during the protest."At no time, were any students or staff in any danger. School is carrying on in a safe and productive manner today," Temoney said.
On Wednesday, an attorney for Fields defended the deputy in a statement. "We believe that Mr. Fields' actions were justified and lawful throughout the circumstances of which he was confronted during this incident," he said.
Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-caroli...ed-deputy/