The story of the Spring Valley High female student in Columbia, South Carolina, who was brutally pulled out of her chair and dragged across the floor by a cop continues to gain traction. While the cop, Ben Fields, has been fired, this was not his first run-in with a student when it comes to both unnecessary force and racial profiling. Some have defended Fields’ action, despite the force and insisted placing some of the blame on the student:
What the student did does not justify the officer’s actions, the sheriff said, but she must take responsibility for her role. “We must not lose sight that this whole incident started by this student,” he said. “She is responsible for initiating this action. Some responsibility falls on her.”
The FBI and US attorney’s office have rightfully opened up a civil rights investigation of the incident.
Team Blackness took an in-depth look at this horrible incident, how America aggressively tries to rationalize violence against black bodies, and why talking back as a child actually helps you to become a more successful adult.
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