Earlier today, a terrifying video emerged. In Randall County South Carolina, Deputy Ben Fields was caught on camera slamming a young black girl in a classroom.
TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE AGAINST YOUNG BLACK WOMAN
Apparently, sitting in a desk while black is illegal too… #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh #ArrestAtSpringValleyHigh pic.twitter.com/gxWlMBg84n
— whisperwatch (@whisperwatch) October 27, 2015
Black twitter reacted
https://twitter.com/IWriteAllDay_/status/658770846866128896
Dylan Roof murdered 9 ppl in a church.The police not only didn't hurt him, they bought him Burger King.But a little Black girl gets dragged?
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) October 26, 2015
How long will it take for Officer Fields to say that he "feared for his life," which caused him to assault her? #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
— deray (@deray) October 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/Russian_Starr/status/658804385397391360
Black children aren't children, Black girls aren't girls. #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) October 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/BroderickGreer/status/658756650552135680
https://twitter.com/sagetastik/status/658752547042295808
During slavery Black folks were lynched for reading. Today a Black girl was brutalized for sitting at her desk. #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh
— Abbas (@Abbas_Muntaqim) October 26, 2015
Not here for the "maybe if she cooperated" brigade. We know what happens even when we cooperate. #assaultatspringvalleyhigh
— Janan (@jananamirah) October 26, 2015
Don't kid yourself that #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh is only in South Carolina. We've seen police brutalize black girls across the country.
— Septima P. Snark (@DrSubini) October 26, 2015
The #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh is all too common: white cops assaulting black girls. If you're surprised, that's also part of the problem.
— Aura Bogado (@aurabogado) October 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/IWriteAllDay_/status/658772165555302400
