Well this is interesting. Remember the story we reported earlier this week about Ben Fields, the school resource officer at Spring Valley H.S. in Columbia, S.C. who was fired after his arrest of a student went viral?
It turns out that the former deputy has lots of supporters at the school, including hundreds of students who walked out of class today to #BringBackFields:
Spring Valley students stage walkout in support of Ben Fields – https://t.co/N0AvZob5Op – Columbia, South Carolina https://t.co/9ZXC3ilBg7
— Joy (@Joy_Resmovits) October 30, 2015
Videos of the support rally were posted online with one of principal Jeff Temoney telling the students supporting Fields that they won’t be suspended if they returned to class:
In this video from @JCass_12, you can see Spring Valley High’s principal responding to #BringBackFields students https://t.co/p1F4yvw1Cb
— reported.ly (@reportedly) October 30, 2015
Well, this is interesting.
MT “Spring Valley Walkout for fields today #bringbackfields #bringfieldsback pic.twitter.com/UamWKU6AXN”
— Oink Trotters (@OinkTrottters) October 30, 2015
However, not everyone is happy with the support. This Tweeter with 127,000 followers posted these disgusting comments:
So a grown man slams a female student and breaks her arm,& students at #springvalleyhigh stage a walk out 4 #BenFields like HE'S the victim?
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) October 30, 2015
Remember…slavery is mostly PSYCHOLOGICAL than physical #smh #bringbackfields #racism #coontrain #butterbiscuits pic.twitter.com/2K7UX0E5vj
— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) October 30, 2015
More hate:
#bringbackfields Poor kids. Their condition has been conditioned. I guess this is what you call Stockholm syndrome.
— Red Eyes Wide? (@RedEyesWide) October 30, 2015
To: The World. From: United States of America. Date: 10/30/2015. Re: Mental Impairment Due to U.S. White Supremacy. See #BringBackFields
— Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) October 30, 2015
https://twitter.com/xtinav1/status/660147929890603009
https://twitter.com/TylerFezer/status/660201197651951616
Peer pressure to shut up people who support peaceful order.https://t.co/FgcerYWnm5
— James Lea (@jimwlea) October 30, 2015
?Shameful. Stuff like this madness makes me just want to take my family and live a life of isolation in a log cabin. https://t.co/psOY4xUf3B
— don't @me (@mdmills79) October 30, 2015
@tariqnasheed Massa been good to us. Feeds us on Monday, cloth us on Tuesday, and beats us on Wednesday or is that Thursday.
— Red Eyes Wide? (@RedEyesWide) October 30, 2015
Or maybe these students know just a bit more about what happened than everyone else?
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Related:
Breaking: MSNBC reports Deputy Ben Fields ‘to be fired’ over arrest at Spring Valley HS; Updated
What we know this morning about the #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh [videos]
CNN report: Third video from #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh shows student striking officer
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