Footage of school resource officer Ben Fields assaulting a Black female high school student at Spring Valley high school is sparking outrage from not only the Black community, but anyone with children, common sense or two eyes. Celebs, activists, journalists and more have taken to social media to share their reactions and raise change. See […]
2. Jesse Williams
Jesse Williams speaks at New Yorker Festival 2015 on October 4.
3. Kerry Washington
“Heart breaking. Ridiculous.”
4. Star Jones
“Throwing a non-violent, seated kid around a classroom & he gets admin leave? Let’s get him a burger #DylannRoof #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh”
5. Cher
“Teen girl in classrm thrown around like rag doll.Every1 on TV saying“we can’t see what she did b4 video”Who gives a flying Fk‼️She’s a CHILD”
6. Marc Lamont Hill
“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?”
7. Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders
“Welcome to the school-to-prison pipeline! This unjust criminalization of our youth has to end. #AssaultatSpringValleyHigh”
8. Hillary Clinton
“There is no excuse for violence inside a school. The #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh is unacceptable—schools should be safe places.”
9. Presdiental Candidate Martin O’Malley
“As a parent and as a father, I would be ballistic if somebody did that to my daughter. #assaultatspringvalleyhigh”
