Video of White police officer beating and assaulting black school girl goes viral

zainab quadri

October 27, 2015 1:50 PM

A video released Monday, shows a white school police officer grabbing an African-American student by the neck and slamming her to the ground.

White police officer beating and assaulting black school girl goes viral

The video of a white police officer throwing, beating and assaulting a black female student has gone viral.

The shocking incident took place on Monday at Spring Valley high school in Columbia.

A mobile phone video thought to be filmed by a fellow student captured the incident. The horrific event is believed to have started when the girl refused to leave class.

The man, identified in reports as a school resource officer, is seen approaching the girl and asking her to get out of her seat.

He stands over the student's desk and tells her "either you're coming with me or I'll make you."

Without warning, he then appears to grab the girl in a headlock and flips her backwards, slamming her into the ground while she is still in her seat.

As the classroom of students look on in horror, the school officer can be heard telling another pupil: "I'll put you in jail next."

The viral video – resulted in the resource officer, named as Deputy Ben Fields, being placed on unpaid leave.

According to the Richland County sheriff's department's website, Fields is a senior deputy assigned to Spring Valley High School.

School officials and sheriff’s deputies said they are investigating what happened.

‘Pending the outcome of the investigation, the district has directed that the school resource officer not return to any school in the district,’ School Superintendent Debbie Hamm said.

Reports carried out in 2013 shows that Fields, who is white "unfairly and recklessly targets African-American students with allegations of gang membership and criminal gang activity."

Watch the horrendous video below.

UPDATE: White police attacked black school girl because she was chewing gum