Celebrities tweet about #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh

October 26th, 2015, 07:08 pm

Celebrities tweet about #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh

SUMMARY: A video of a white police officer assaulting a black teenaged girl in a South Carolina high school classroom is trending on social media. The cop pulls the girl out of her desk, body slamming and throwing her. A fellow classmate recorded the 15-second video (below) and posted it online. The girl and another classmate were arrested. The school released a statement, saying that student safety is their top priority and that they are investigating what happened. The police officer has been placed on administrative duties.

i can't unsee what i just saw. #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
— octavia spencer (@octaviaspencer) October 26, 2015

Disgusted (but not surprised) by the #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh. Commence victim blaming in 5-4-3-2...
— Orlando Jones (@TheOrlandoJones) October 26, 2015

RT @BroderickGreer: Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC | 2015 pic.twitter.com/MAIbzSffhx
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) October 27, 2015

Spring Valley Deputy Fields, sued in 2007 for violating civil rights. Arrested black ppl for filming his nonsense https://t.co/I9ZsqXymVK
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) October 27, 2015

Teen girl in classrm thrown around like rag doll.Every1 on TV saying“we can’t see what she did b4 video”Who gives a flying Fk‼She’s a CHILD
— Cher (@cher) October 27, 2015

Disgusting and shameful. https://t.co/XlZQU5Fmd9
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 26, 2015

Update: an eyewitness account of the #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh https://t.co/DCaGreiTtS pic.twitter.com/axbJF5z7g2
— Gawker (@Gawker) October 26, 2015

Sources:
https://twitter.com/octaviaspencer/status/658784439187714048
https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/658794467990835200
https://twitter.com/TalibKweli/status/658803299362148356
https://twitter.com/TalibKweli/status/658815071192272896
https://twitter.com/cher/status/658797292812546048
https://twitter.com/oliviawilde/status/658780141355683840
https://twitter.com/Gawker/status/658782122291908608

this is horrifying

Tagged: black celebrities, celebrity social media, cher, octavia spencer, olivia wilde, race / racism

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Oh my fucking GOD.

The girl and another classmate were arrested.

Why? For what??

another student tried to stand up for her

you know you did your job right as a parent if your child get suspended for something like this tho. Good on that kid.

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"Disturbing school"--apparently a criminal offense now.

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"another student tried to stand up for her, which also led to her arrest"

literally for asking the security officer why the fuck he was throwing around their classmate like that SMH

Apparently questioning a cop is a crime now.

there was a kid picked up and thrown on the ground like a sack of potatoes the other day by a bigger kid and it was caught on video by some kids in a restroom on there phones.it was painful to watch :( I HATE BULLIES. oh im in Alabama this was on the news.

fucking awful
the pigs get away with everything

I just don't even know what to say anymore. Like wtf, why? Totally uncalled for and I am not here for Twitter assholes asking what that girl did.

So horrific.

The teacher ain't shit either.

Edited at 2015-10-27 02:15 am (UTC)

good on this kid for talking about it

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fuck that teacher, jfc

It's amazing what kind of assholes end up being teachers.

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wtf! glad students are speaking out!

fuck the teacher.

fuck that teacher. my blood boiled just watching him stand there and do nothing

IA. This teacher ain't shit!

glad this student is speaking out and fuck that teacher

shame on that teacher.

the fuck

It was so outrageous seeing how calmly the teacher reacted. He shouldn't be a teacher if he sees nothing wrong with what happened. I hope he's not a parent either.

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the teacher is obv a piece of shit, especially based on his non reaction to that girl being flung around like that

Goddamn, fuck that teacher

FUCK that teacher.

There was absolutely no reason for the situation to have escalated that far. I just can't.

that's what i'm saying too. ok she wasn't cooperating, but did they need to grab her and throw her down??? so unnecessary and not even remotely ok in any sense.

it begs the question, how often does this type of shit happen at these schools?

Too often lbr

And it affects mostly black and brown populations

All the time. It's still legal to hit kids in many states in the South (prob including SC)

constantly

at my old highschool a resource officer tasered a kid because he was there to pick up his little brother while being on suspension.

mfte

If he doesn't get fired and face any jail time (yeah I know he wont) I will rage.

there just wasn't any other way, huh?

I don't have words. I really don't.

truly disgusting and horrifying. that monster should be in jail

WHAT THE FUCK

What the fuck. I don't even care what led up to that point, what the fuck.

Holy fuck.

this video made me sick to my stomach. that poor girl.

i was reading facebook comments on the vid Shaun King posted and a girl who was a former student of the school said this:

"My junior year he body slammed a PREGNANT woman & her fiancé in the hallway during lunch. Plenty of students can attest to this. He's been doing this & we've been asking SV to do something about it but nothing has been done. Deputy Fields does this not because he has to but simply because he can."

this fucking vile piece of filth needs to be locked up

Fuuucckk this guy getting off on the very, very, very small bit of power he has.

he body slammed a PREGNANT woman

wow

this fucking vile piece of filth needs to be ~~locked up~~ put down

Fixed that for you.

ugh wtf? now im wondering whats gonna happen to this guy

expect nothing

a gofundme page when hes fired and/or loses his previous lawsuit thats going to court.

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literally nothing

absolutely nothing

he needs to die a slow painful death

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what the ever loving fuck

Oh my God.
WHAT THE FUCK

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He must have a very small peen to have to power trip this hard.

omggg
fuck the entire staff of that school. in what world is body slamming students okay?

Jfc. Disgusting

what kind of sociopath...

imporant context:

Currently, #BenFields is facing a lawsuit in federal court accusing him of violating the civil rights of a student at #SpringValleyHigh
— zellie (@zellieimani) October 26, 2015

The lawsuit claim #BenFields, “recklessly targets African-American students with allegations of gang membership and criminal gang activity.”
— zellie (@zellieimani) October 26, 2015

#BenFields was also sued in federal court in 2007 from his time as a patrol deputy. Read the complaint here: https://t.co/pdu9rrQVLz
— zellie (@zellieimani) October 26, 2015

Just to be clear, #Benfields is facing a lawsuit from a student for a previous incident. A trial is scheduled to begin on January 27, 2016.
— zellie (@zellieimani) October 26, 2015

as usual I'm frustrated & have nothing left to give. I hope this poor girl is OK and that her family SUES THE PANTS OFF him & everyone else connected.

okay why didn't the school get rid of this guy sooner?? Like in my area if someone get threatened with a lawsuit the school fires them super quick because they don't want that negative attention.

You would think that but I was just watching a 20/20 episode like two hours ago about a teacher who was assaulting his middle school students and it was finally found out. They found out that the school knew all along about the assaults and it didn't come out until 18 years later that the school administration knew about the whole thing but was protecting their own.

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Schools have a long history of turning a blind eye towards abuse. They really only do something if it gets to the point where they need to save themselves not the victim. I'm willing to bet the school will deny knowledge of his past alleged abuse.

we had cameras all over in my high school (yay weekly bomb threats post-Columbine) but whenever there was any claim against a faculty member, they couldn't find the tape. oh, but they always found the tapes of students.

i'm scared to have kids now :(

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fucking seriously? ugh. fuck that school for not protecting its students.

vile fucking scum...the school ain't shit either for keeping him around.

So dude is being sued for some other hinky shit involving a student and he still works at the school...

What the actual living fuck is going on.

WHY THE FUCK DOES HE STILL HAVE A JOB???????

jfc

Jfc I can't believe the school kept him around with all of this

You can't tell me there wasn't ANOTHER way to get her out of her seat, without throwing her o the ground. So ridiculous.

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