SC Disturbing Schools Lawsuit

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Federal authorities have weighed in on a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s “disturbing schools” law, arguing that the vague statute ends up disproportionately landing minority students and those with disabilities in juvenile jails.

The filing in federal court this week is connected to a controversial 2015 cellphone video of a South Carolina high school student being snatched from her desk by a sheriff’s deputy, flipped backward and tossed across a classroom.