Dear Mr Fields,

From the clip that I have just watched, I believe that you, as a trained policeman in South Carolina, America, had every right to act the way you did in that situation.

From what I have heard about the video, the female teen was asked during lesson to pass over her phone as she was using it, she refused to do so, afterwards I believe you were asked to arrive at the classroom to involve yourself in the situation. After you arrived, I’m assuming that you asked her to step outside since she was sent out for her cruel behaviour that she has just inflicted on the teacher.

Now, if I remember correctly, she ended up hitting you because she was grabbed by you I’m guessing. Now at this point I can imagine what must have been going through both of you twos head at that moment of time and place. Let me start with the teenage girl, now when you grabbed her, whether it was with force or not, she must have been thinking, “Wait a minute, I don’t like the way this man is manhandling me like this, I know for a fact that he is being extremely rude to a student like me and I will not tolerate this, I should react aggressive”. Now I don’t know if she actually hits you or not but if she did and I’m sure it wasn’t more than once, that you would react furiously to the student as you are to act like that in America since it’s your job.

On the other hand, other teachers and students might not have the same impression as us. For example, when people see this tape with you with this female teen, they might get the thought of racism and they becoming stereotypical of having the thought of a black young girl getting practically manhandled by a white man in a police man suit. But there is no need to feel let down by everyone holding grudge on you, it happens to everyone.

In conclusion, I can say that I support you for what you did and that I hold no repercussions on you what so ever, so lets just hope you do not get penalised for what you did and hopefully I get to  speak to you in person one day.

Yours Sincerely,

Nemare Taylor-Duffus