OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump is now representing an Osceola County high school student who was caught on video being slammed to the ground by a school resource officer.
A video posted on social media shows Deputy Ethan Fournier, a school resource officer at Liberty High School, throwing a girl to the ground while trying to restrain her. [TRENDING: Video shows deputy Tasing student | How to get the vaccine in Fla. | NASA tests new moon rocket] The video shows Fournier slamming the student onto a concrete walkway.
Moments later, the deputy can be seen placing the student in handcuffs while a second deputy stands over them. As the handcuffs are being placed on the girl, she does not appear to moving.