SC Sheriff: There’s a Third Video of Confrontation Showing Student Hitting Officer

Richard County Sheriff Leon Lott spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper today and said that while he’s disturbed by the actions of the officer who grabbed a student in a South Carolina classroom, there is video of her swinging at him.

School resource officer Ben Fields––who has been the subject of complaints before––was suspended after video emerged showing him getting into an intense confrontation with a student and physically grabbing her. Lott said yesterday that the student was under arrest for causing a disturbance in school and refused to leave, which led to the confrontation.

Tapper confronted Lott and asked him what could have possibly justified that kind of treatment.

Lott said there’s a third video that “showed her striking and punching at the officer.” That being said, he did admit “his actions after he put his hands on her disturb me.”

The FBI is getting involved with the investigation.

Watch above, via CNN.

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