FDLE to decide if charges are warranted against Osceola deputy in school incident

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will decide if any criminal charges are warranted against an Osceola County deputy after he slammed a female Liberty High School student to the ground on Tuesday.
The amateur video posted on social media sites shows Deputy Ethan Fournier grab the female student with her arms behind her back and slam her down face first. She is then handcuffed as she lays motionless.
Fournier, a school resource officer with 10 years on the force, was trying to stop the female from fighting another student in a hallway, and she didn't comply with lawful commands, according to a Sheriff’s Office's officials.
He is on paid administrated leave.
During a media briefing on Wednesday, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said he has “zero tolerance for any police misconduct.”
But for “complete transparency,” he decided to turn the case over to FDLE.
“We remove this burden off us and pass it on to a higher authority to ensure than no one could say that we are looking out for one of our own,” Lopez said. “That’s what we are going to do, it’s the right step to go, it’s the right decision to make.”
Lopez wouldn’t comment if he thought Fournier was correct in his actions.
He said the student was medically treated at the scene.
Fournier is now receiving death threats, Lopez said. He said anyone who is caught making the death threats would face criminal action.
“Zero tolerance with threatening any of our employees in Osceola County,” Lopez said.
FDLE confirmed it is investigating the case.
“Yes, at the request of the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, FDLE is investigating the use of force at Liberty High School.  FDLE regularly conducts investigations into the actions of law enforcement. Each case is unique including this case. In this case and all others, our role is to determine the facts of what happened and a state attorney or prosecutor determines if there are law violations,” FDLE said in a statement.
FDLE officials could not state how long the investigation would take, “because every investigation is unique and there are many variables including, but not limited to, investigative steps, such as interviews and the reviewing evidence and documents.”