Not sure what station reported that but NBC is reporting otherwise.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...na-deputy-ben-fields-be-fired-sources-n452881
Sheriff to Announce South Carolina Deputy Ben Fields to Be Fired: Sources
by Craig Melvin
South Carolina authorities will announce Wednesday that Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields, the school resource officer who was caught on camera violently flipping a high school student in her classroom, will be relieved of duty, sources told NBC News.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is set to hold a news conference at noon to talk about the internal investigation over the Monday incident at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.
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Fields, 34, was suspended without pay as a result of the incident, and the FBI, the Justice Department and state law enforcement are conducting separate investigations.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...na-deputy-ben-fields-be-fired-sources-n452881
Sheriff to Announce South Carolina Deputy Ben Fields to Be Fired: Sources
by Craig Melvin
South Carolina authorities will announce Wednesday that Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields, the school resource officer who was caught on camera violently flipping a high school student in her classroom, will be relieved of duty, sources told NBC News.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is set to hold a news conference at noon to talk about the internal investigation over the Monday incident at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.
Related: Video Shows Cop Slam, Drag High School Girl
Fields, 34, was suspended without pay as a result of the incident, and the FBI, the Justice Department and state law enforcement are conducting separate investigations.