S.C. DEPUTY BEN FIELDS HAS HISTORY OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT AND RACIAL BIAS

Richland South Carolina Sheriff's Deputy Ben Fields is seen in these images arresting Carlos Martin in 2005, who at the time was in the Army stationed at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. After all, he'd been manhandled by the beefy South Carolina cop the same way almost exactly 10 years before.

"I recognized him on the spot. I remembered how big he was," the 36-year-old Army veteran told the Daily News.

Martin had faced off with Fields twice before: once in a Columbia, S.C., parking lot during an arrest and later in the courtroom, where Martin and his wife, Tashiana, filed suit against the hulking officer for civil rights violations.

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He was working at the Moncrief Army Community Hospital at Fort Jackson and ran into Fields when he returned home from a day of work.

Fields was at the apartment complex parking lot, responding to a call for a noise complaint. Martin was playing the music loudly in his car when he pulled in.

An argument ensued in the broad daylight on Oct. 24, 2005.

Martin said the beefy officer "snapped" after he called him "dude," and slammed him on the ground. He began pepper-spraying the helpless veteran, but Martin said he was trained in the military to resist the chemicals. An entire canister of the stuff failed to disable Martin.

"He became even more violent because I didn't react like most people would," Martin told the News.

His wife at the time, Tashiana Rogers, witnessed the fracas, and ran outside to take photos of the violent encounter with her cellphone.

That's when Fields called for his partner to "get her black ass," Martin said. The officer grabbed her phone and deleted the photos.

Fields then called for back-up.

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