{"id":1245,"date":"2015-10-28T10:09:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T10:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2015-10-29T03:04:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T03:04:02","slug":"us-police-officer-threw-a-black-student-across-classroom-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/us-police-officer-threw-a-black-student-across-classroom-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"US Police Officer Ben Fields Threw A Black Student Across Classroom 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The video below stunned me into silence. Beware, it contains disturbing images of police brutality and violence.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-brave-the-tale-of-two-americas\/\" target=\"_blank\">This is the tale\u00a0of two America&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You should email or telephone the Sheriff to express your outrage at an officer, who is a power weight lifter, slamming a female student to the floor. Then throwing her across the room. Officer Ben Fields has been dismissed,\u00a0but that is not enough. He must face charges.<\/p>\n<p>tel: +1\u00a0(803) 576 3000<\/p>\n<p>email: sheriff@rcsd.net<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Violent Content Beware<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HN966KxyoIU\" width=\"466\" height=\"262\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_1245\"  data-site_id=\"632a645f943ec93423ce055c\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/us-police-officer-threw-a-black-student-across-classroom-2015\/\"  data-item_title=\"US Police Officer Ben Fields Threw A Black Student Across Classroom 2015\"  data-item_date=\"2015-10-28T10:09:19+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video below stunned me into silence. Beware, it contains disturbing images of police brutality and violence.\u00a0This is the tale\u00a0of two America&#8217;s. You should email or telephone the Sheriff to express your outrage at an officer, who is a power weight lifter, slamming a female student to the floor. Then throwing her across the room. 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