Feds probing videotaped arrest of disruptive student

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday it is investigating whether a deputy's arrest of a student who refused to leave her high school math class violated federal civil rights laws. In recorded images posted on social media, the deputy can be seen flipping the girl backward in her desk and tossing her across the classroom floor.

Federal help was sought by Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, who placed Senior Deputy Ben Fields on leave after the confrontation at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina.

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