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 In a complaint filed last month, Dajerria Becton and her legal guardian, Shashona Becton, allege that former Cpl. Eric Casebolt violated the girl's constitutional rights by using excessive force and holding her without probable cause. The family also claims that the city and the police department are to blame for her injuries for not training officers adequately. 
 
 Dajerria is seeking $5 million in damages, court records show. She was 15 when she was filmed crying face down on the grass while Casebolt pinned her with his hands and knees. The video of the June 2015 incident spread widely and brought national attention to McKinney and Craig Ranch, the upscale neighborhood where it happened. 
 
 In a prepared statement, city officials disputed Dajerria's claims against McKinney and its police force. 
 
 "The City of McKinney denies the claims alleged against it and the McKinney Police Department, and as such, will vigorously defend the recently filed lawsuit," the statement reads. "McKinney prides itself in cultivating the highest standards of training and professionalism for our officers, and it strongly believes that its standards and training will withstand legal challenge." ||||| A school resource officer in North Carolina has been placed on leave after a brief video posted online shows him picking up and slamming a female high school student to the ground. (Photo credit: Twitter, @ahunnaaa_) 
 
 A school resource officer in North Carolina has been placed on leave after a brief video posted online shows him picking up and slamming a female high school student to the ground. The mother of the student, 15-year-old Jasmine Darwin, now says her daughter will not be returning to Rolesville High School. 
 
 Desiree Harrison said she doesn't feel her daughter is safe at Rolesville High School. She said her daughter now has a concussion and she plans to take her out of the school. Harrison said one of daughters was involved in that fight and her other daughter, Jasmine was trying to defend her sister and break it up when administrators can be seen intervening. Harrison said the school called her this morning to notify her about her daughter being involved in the fight, but not about her other daughter and what happened with the officer. She said she didn't know about it until after school. 
 
 
 
 Harrison says she plans to go to the school first thing Wednesday morning to get her daughter's transcripts. She said her daughter is an honor roll student, is a good kid and didn't deserve to be treated like that. 
 
 Authorities are investigating the eight-second video posted Tuesday on Twitter. 
 
 Lisa Luten, a spokesperson for Wake County Public Schools, said they are aware of the incident that happened Tuesday morning. 
 
 "We are in the process of working with Rolesville Police Department to gather all of the details around this incident," Luten said. 
 
 A statement from the town said School Resource Officer Ruben De Los Santos was placed on paid administrative leave. The officer has been assigned to the school since it opened in 2013, he said. About 2,200 students in the ninth through 12th grades attend the school. 
 
 Darwin said, "I was just sitting down on the other side of the cafeteria and I see a big altercation and I run so fast. And then, I see my sister fighting and then I see them both on the ground and I'm trying to get my sister and then people are like pulling me off. And, I'm like 'you guys need to get off of me because I'm trying to help my sister'. And then, that's when Officer Santos came and he picked me up and then slammed me, slammed me on the ground. And I was out for a bit. And then, that's when I got up, he got up and then we went to his office." 
 
 
 
 WRAL-TV in Raleigh reports that the girl's mother, Desiree Harrison, said she was called to the high school about her other daughter and had no idea what had happened to the other girl. 
 
 "When I'm looking at this video, I'm like 'Oh, my god, this cannot be happening to my child' because I was just up at the school and they didn't even tell me what happened to her," Harrison said. "They were so busy trying to get rid of the one who was in a fight but didn't even say something about the one that was not involved in anything." 
 
 There is also a second video, sent in by another eyewitness, showing two girls fighting each other, eventually ending up on the floor. The girls were throwing punches, kicking, and clawing at each other. The second eyewitness who sent the longer video of the fight, Aisha Nasser, said she didn't think De Los Santos meant any harm. 
 
 
 
 "He's one of the kindest officers I've ever come across," said Nasser. "Seeing the whole situation first hand it was out of control and he was just trying to gain control of the situation and I know it wasn't his intention to hurt that girl." 
 
 There may be even more video as well. Mayor Frank Eagles said all Rolesville police officers received body cameras in August, and officials will review any video from the school's security cameras. 
 
 Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union appealed through Twitter for information from witnesses, describing the video as an example of "disturbing use of force ... that should never be used against kids in schools." 
 
 The ACLU has defended students in other confrontations with police officers installed inside their schools, such as the case of a girl who refused to surrender her cellphone at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina in October 2015. School officials called in a sheriff's deputy who flipped her backward in her desk-chair, then tossed her across a classroom. 
 
 Another girl who recorded and protested the treatment was arrested along with the girl for "disturbing schools," but the video sparked national outrage and reviews of whether officers should be involved in school discipline that doesn't involve criminal behavior. The deputy was fired, and in November 2016, the U.S. Justice Department filed what's called a statement of interest in the ACLU's challenge of the "disturbing schools" law. 
 
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 — In video on Twitter posted Tuesday by a student at Rolesville High School, a Rolesville police officer is visible picking up a female student and slamming her to the floor. 
 
 The girl in the video is Jasmine Darwin, who said she was trying to break up a fight between her sister and another student when the officer came from behind and slammed her to the ground. 
 
 Darwin said, in the moment, she hadn't fully grasped what had happened. 
 
 "Every time I look at it, its embarrassing," Darwin said of the video. "I didn't even realize it happened. Like, I was in shock." 
 
 Rolesville police chief Bobby Langston said the fight occurred in the school cafeteria at about 7:10 a.m. 
 
 Darwin's mother, Desiree Harrison, said she was called to the school about her other daughter, but had no clue what had happened to Darwin until after she got home. Harrison said she feels the officer's actions were excessive. 
 
 "When I'm looking at this video, I'm like 'oh my god, this cannot be happening to my child' because I was just up at the school and they didn't even tell me what happened to her," Harrison said. "They were so busy trying to get rid of the one who was in a fight but didn't even say something about the one that was not involved in anything." 
 
 According to Rolesville Mayor Frank Eagles, the officer seen on the video is Rolesville High School resource officer Ruben De Los Santos. De Los Santos, who is a member of the Rolesville Police Department and has been a resource officer at the school for four years, has been placed on paid administrative leave. 
 
 Langston said the State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to review the incident and asked for public patience while the incident is investigated. 
 
 Harrison said she took her daughter to the hospital, where she was told she has a concussion. Harrison said she will keep her daughter home from school Wednesday. 
 
 "That's not how you handle a child. She's only 100 pounds. He could've killed her," Harrison said. 
 
 After the video was posted to Twitter, students were quick to tag the Wake County Public School System and ask for a response. 
 
 Lisa Luten, a spokeswoman for the school system, said, "We are aware of the video. We are working with the Rolesville Police Department to gather all of the details around this incident to ensure that we take the appropriate action." 
 
 @ahunnaaa_ Thank you for sharing this with us. We are working with Rolesville Police Department to investigate. — Wake County Schools (@WCPSS) January 3, 2017 
 
 Rolesville High School principal Dhedra Lassiter released a statement on the school's website saying "I, like many of you, am deeply concerned about what I saw in the video." 
 
 "The safety of our students is always our first priority. Our school district works with many dedicated officers who protect out students," Lassiter said. "It is vital that our children have a positive relationship with these law enforcement officials. Those relationships are built on mutual respect." 
 
 Lassiter said that a unified agreement with local law enforcement agencies that provide training for school resource officers will be reviewed by the district and law enforcement agencies as part of the investigation. 
 
 Eagles said body camera footage of the incident exists. Langston would not go into detail about possible video that shows what happened before Darwin was thrown to the ground. ||||| Tweet with a location 
 
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 The nine-second video posted on Twitter on Tuesday shows Officer Ruben De Los Santos lifting the student into the air and dropping her to the floor before leading her away from a crowd of students at Rolesville High School. 
 
 De Los Santos, the school resource officer assigned to the high school, is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation, Rolesville Police Chief Bobby Langston said Tuesday evening. 
 
 Langston also said that he has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into the incident. 
 
 A second video that was circulated Tuesday on social media shows a fight involving two other girls at the school shortly before the officer slammed the student to the ground. Langston said De Los Santos had responded to a fight around 7:10 a.m. Tuesday in the school’s cafeteria area. 
 
 “We will work diligently to review any and all pertinent information so that we provide an accurate account of the events,” Langston said in a prepared statement. “We ask the community and all members involved to be patient while we investigate this matter.” 
 
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 Some Rolesville High School students and others in the community posted on Twitter demanding to know what happened. 
 
 @WCPSS im waiting for you to respond to this matter. Why is a grown adult body slamming a 5'2 girl that weights no more than 130lbs? https://t.co/q7iqCQnOil — ♡Melanie♡ (@arthoemel) January 3, 2017 
 
 Funny how @WCPSS will literally reply to every tweet EXCEPT when it has to do with police brutality in their own schools smh — Nianza Nsiambote (@nianza19) January 3, 2017 
 
 Disturbing use of force at #rolesvillehigh that should never be used against kids in schools. Contact us if you have info about incident. — ACLU-North Carolina (@ACLU_NC) January 3, 2017 
 
 Wake County school officials said they’re investigating and will keep families at the school informed about what they learn. 
 
 “This morning, school staff addressed an altercation in the hallway of our school,” Rolesville High Principal Dhedra Lassiter said in a phone message to the school’s families Tuesday evening. “An SRO assigned to our school responded to the fight. A video of the incident, widely shared on social media, has prompted questions about the response. 
 
 “WCPSS security is currently in the process of working with the Rolesville Police Department to gather all of the details about the incident to ensure that appropriate action is taken.” 
 
 In a second message to parents Tuesday, Lassiter said the incident is leading to the district and law enforcement reviewing an agreement approved two years ago that governs how school resource officers operate in Wake schools. 
 
 “I understand this incident brings up questions and conversations about the manner in which we keep students and staff safe in our schools,” Lassiter said in the message. “We will continue to be in conversation as we learn additional information.” 
 
 The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina said Tuesday it is also investigating. 
 
 “We’re very disturbed by what we saw in the video,” said Irena Como, staff attorney for the group. “This kind of force, especially with kids in schools, is never justified.” 
 
 Ahunna Akpuda, a Rolesville High student whose tweet about the video has gone viral, wrote online that the student was trying to defend her sister who was fighting with another girl. 
 
 “Then the cop came outta nowhere,” Akpuda tweeted. 
 
 @ArmaniCarmellee the girl in the pink was trying to defend her sister who was fighting another girl. Then the cop came outta nowhere — Ahunna (@ahunnaaa_) January 3, 2017 
 
 Akpuda tweeted that the student has a few minor injuries “but nothing extremely serious.” 
 
 Rolesville Mayor Frank Eagles said there is body-camera footage because the Rolesville Police Department announced in August that all officers would be issued a body camera. 
 
 Tanya Pearson, the parent of a sophomore at Rolesville High, said she was “shocked and disgusted” by the incident. Pearson said she first learned about the situation when her daughter texted her about it. 
 
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 twitter email Rolesville police officer on leave after slamming female student to floor Rolesville Police Chief Bobby Langston tells the Rolesville Board of Commissioners that Officer Ruben De Los Santos has been placed on paid administrative leave after video surfaced on Twitter showing him slamming a Rolesville High female student to the floor. Langston is asking the SBI to investigate in the incident. Abbie Bennett abennett@newsobserver.com 
 
 The school system contracts with law enforcement agencies to provide an armed officer at every high school and most middle schools. The officers provide security, speak in classes and mentor students. 
 
 Officers are supposed to receive training in areas such as working with students with disabilities and special needs, cultural competency and nondiscriminatory administration of school discipline. 
 
 De Los Santos has served as a school resource officer with the Rolesville Police Department since February 2012, according to his LinkedIn page. 
 
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 A North Carolina police officer was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday after videos surfaced showing him picking up a high school student and slamming her to the ground. 
 
 The footage, which was shared widely on social media, shows a resource officer at Rolesville High School lifting a student by the torso and throwing her onto the floor as a crowd of other students and school employees watch. The police department in Rolesville, which is about 15 miles northeast of Raleigh, identified the officer as Ruben De Los Santos and said he was responding to a fight that broke out between two female students in the cafeteria shortly after 7 a.m. 
 
 The officer will remain on paid leave while the department investigates the incident. Police said they asked the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to conduct a third-party review, but they did not provide any further details. 
 
 “We will work diligently to review any and all pertinent information so that we provide an accurate account of the events,” Rolesville Police Chief Bobby Langston said in a statement. “We ask the community and all members involved to be patient while we investigate this matter.” 
 
 School officials also said they were looking into the incident. The school’s principal, Dhedra Lassiter, said she was “deeply concerned” by what she saw in the video, saying it raised questions about “the manner in which we keep students and staff safe in our schools.” 
 
 “The safety of our students is always our first priority. Our school district works with many dedicated officers who protect our students,” Lassiter said in a statement. “It is vital that our children have a positive relationship with these law enforcement officials.” 
 
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 The footage stirred outrage on social media and drew comparisons to video that went viral in late 2015 of a South Carolina police officer yanking a high school student out of her chair and throwing her across a classroom. In that incident, federal authorities opened a civil rights investigation and the officer was fired from the department for using excessive force. 
 
 As a nationwide debate has raged over police accountability, the Obama administration has sought to clarify the role officers play in schools and colleges. In September, the administration sent letters to schools across the country urging education officials to make clear what they expect of the police who work on their campuses. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. said at the time that the incident in South Carolina and other violent episodes raised concerns about “unnecessary school discipline practices.” 
 
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 A nine-second video of the incident in Rolesville was posted by a student and retweeted more than 3,400 times as of Tuesday night. The video pans across a crowd of students wearing backpacks and jackets standing in the school’s cafeteria. 
 
 Moments later, the video shows De Los Santos wrapping his arms around a young woman in a pink shirt and blue jeans, lifting her and throwing her onto the concrete floor. She lands on her side with a thud and lies motionless for a few seconds before the officer hoists her up and leads her away, holding her hands behind her back. 
 
 #BreakingNews – UPDATE – Rolesville High student shares video of fight that led to another student getting slammed to the ground by officer pic.twitter.com/qiL0na7IVc — ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) January 3, 2017 
 
 A second video shows the chaotic scene beforehand. In the blurry, minute-long video, a fight breaks out between two young women, who can be seen throwing punches at each other and wrestling on the ground. Some students and school employees appear to try to pull them apart. As the camera moves through the crowd, De Los Santos can be seen from behind throwing the student down. 
 
 The student who posted the first video tweeted that the young woman was trying to protect her sister, who was one of the two who were fighting. “Then the cop came outta nowhere,” she wrote. 
 
 @ArmaniCarmellee the girl in the pink was trying to defend her sister who was fighting another girl. Then the cop came outta nowhere — Ahunna (@ahunnaaa_) January 3, 2017 
 
 The Wake County Public School System thanked her for sharing the video, saying it was working with the police department on the investigation. 
 
 @ahunnaaa_ Thank you for sharing this with us. We are working with Rolesville Police Department to investigate. — Wake County Schools (@WCPSS) January 3, 2017 
 
 Rolesville Mayor Frank Eagles said body-camera footage of the incident may exist, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. The Rolesville Police Department announced in August that all officers would be equipped with body cameras, the paper reported. The mayor told ABC11 that De Los Santos had been assigned to the school since it opened in 2013. 
 
 The North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was investigating the incident and called on anyone with information to contact the group. 
 
 “We’re very disturbed by what we saw in the video,” ACLU staff lawyer Irena Como told the News and Observer. “This kind of force, especially with kids in schools, is never justified.” 
 
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– A North Carolina cop is on paid leave after video surfaced on social media showing him roughly throwing a female student to the floor, reports the News & Observer. Officer Ruben De Los Santos, a school resource officer for Rolesville High School, was responding to an early morning fight between two female students in the cafeteria Tuesday. The nine-second clip shows De Los Santos (identified by the police department, per the Washington Post) lifting up a girl in a pink shirt to about shoulder's height as a crowd of students watches, then slamming her to the ground, where she remains unmoving for a second or two until he drags her up by the arm and makes her walk away with him. The Rolesville PD says it's asked the state Bureau of Investigation to investigate and pledges to "work diligently to review any and all pertinent information so that we provide an accurate account of the events." The school's principal said in a statement that she was "deeply concerned" about what she witnessed. The student who filmed the video posted it on Twitter and said, "THIS. IS. NOT OKAY.," including a hashtag with the school's name. The ACLU of North Carolina also weighed in, tweeting, "Disturbing use of force at #rolesvillehigh that should never be used against kids in schools." The mother of the student, identified by WLOS as 15-year-old Jasmine Darwin, says Jasmine, an honors student, has a concussion and won't be returning to the school. Jasmine, who says she was trying to defend her sister in the original fight, tells WRAL, "I was in shock." Meanwhile, Dajerria Becton, the teen taken to the ground by a Texas cop in 2015 during a pool party, has filed a $5 million suit against now ex-cop Eric Casebolt, the city of McKinney, and the police department, per the Dallas Morning News.