The students at Spring Valley High School aren’t stupid and today they demonstrated that by hundreds of them joining forces to protest the firing of school resource officer Ben Fields.
WISTV – Students at Spring Valley High School staged a brief walkout in support of school resource officer Ben Fields, the Richland County sheriff’s deputy caught on camera slamming and dragging a student out of a desk earlier this week.
Hundreds of students walked out of class around 10 a.m. and into the school’s atrium before school administrators returned the students to class.
Principal Jeff Temoney told the students none of them would be suspended if they returned to class.
“We’ve heard your voices, okay,” Temoney said. “We appreciate you taking time to do this, but again, as you know, we always focus on teaching and learning, so let’s head on back to class.”
Video and photos from the incident captured by students show many of them saying “Free Fields” or wearing T-shirts that say “#BringBackFields.”
We’ve reached out to the district, who called the walkout “small” and “orderly.”
Here’s a partial video of the end of the walkout where Principal Temony is addressing the students. Note the racial makeup of the crowd. If this cop is a racist, why are so many black students protesting his firing?