The officers refused to believe Elijah Pontoon was not hiding any drugs on him and subjected him to a cavity search in broad daylight. A female officer searched Pontoon's girlfriend, Lakey Hicks, exposing her breasts.
The ongoing Confederate flag controversy has made its way to the courts of Mississippi, where Attorney Carlos Moore has filed a federal lawsuit against Governor Phil Bryant to strip the Mississippi flag of the Confederate symbol.
After disagreeing on a $5.3 million commission for the flag and repairs for the museum, a $3.6 million budget was considered.
"The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country," Obama said.
Savion Barrow was at his Rock Hill home with his mother and 10-year-old sister when the incident occurred. His mother, who hasn't been identified, told police she was watching television when she heard the semi-automatic gun go off. She turned around to discover that little Savion had shot himself in the head while playing with the firearm.
Resource officers are commonly trained by police, with each department setting their own standards of force towards students.
Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields has been terminated from his position as a resource officer at Spring Valley High in Columbia, SC after throwing a teenager from her desk for using a cell phone in class.
Many are questioning the actions of a school resource officer in South Carolina after video shows him violently removing a student from the classroom. Sources say the officer was removing a disruptive student who refused to leave the class. Read more and Watch the Video for yourself What do you think?
Seven inmates were given a combined total punishment of 7,150 days, or 19.75 years, of solitary confinement at the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC).
A former South Carolina police chief has dodged prison time in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed Black man.
