A brutal attack by a male officer on a black, female high school student in Columbia, South Carolina on Monday has spurred widespread outrage after a number of cell phone videos of the incident went viral. In the videos, Spring Valley High School resource officer Ben Fields, who is white, is shown briefly reproaching the student, who refuses to
National Outrage As Video Of Brutal Police Assault On Black Student Go Viral
The attack speaks to ongoing issues such as school-to-prison pipeline and police violence on minority communities.