An alliance of black parents and civil rights leaders are calling for a South Carolina prosecutor to drop the charges against a 16-year-old high school student who was violently yanked from her desk and thrown to the floor by a police officer in her classroom.

Video footage of the incident at Spring Valley High School went viral back in October, sparking public outrage and the termination of Richland County Deputy Ben Fields.

Following the incident, the teen victim, identified as Shakara, and Niya Kenny, the 18-year-old student who filmed the disturbing incident, were taken into custody. They now face a misdemeanor count of disturbing schools, which could lead to $1,000 in fines or 90 days in jail.

Parents and activists are demanding state officials drop the charges against the teens. The group argues that it is unjust to charge the black students even though Fields has already been fired for his conduct.

On Thursday, ColorOfChange, the Alliance for Educational Justice and the Justice for the Spring Valley Two Coalition delivered a petition to South Carolina's fifth judicial circuit solicitor Dan Johnson, calling for Fields be prosecuted and the teens to be cleared of any wrongdoing. According to the group, hundreds of thousands of people from around the country signed the petition.

"These two young women have suffered enough without the justice system dragging out the process of eliminating these ridiculous charges," said ColorOfChange executive director Rashad Robinson in a statement.

"Solicitor Dan Johnson has the ability and opportunity to do the right thing. By failing to take action, he has aligned himself with far too many prosecutors around the country who criminalize black youth while failing to hold police accountable," he continued.

However, Johnson refuses to move forward on the charges until the FBI and the Department of Justice complete their investigation into Fields.

"I do not simply decide cases based upon feelings, public opinion or sentiment, nor do I decide them based on political pressure," Johnson said Wednesday in a statement, according to The Associated Press.

The groups also plan to launch a social media campaign using the hashtag #DroptheCharges to raise awareness about the case and issues like school-based arrests, which disproportionately affect students of color.

"Sadly, what is happening to Shakara and Niya is no isolated incident. There is a racially biased system of school discipline across the country," said Efia Nwangaze of the Justice for the Spring Valley Two Coalition. "Black girls are six times more likely to be punished -- and more severely so than their white counterparts -- and three times their black male counterparts in Richland. The Richland School District Two suspends students at a rate eleven percentage points higher than the national average and Black students are far more likely to be suspended or expelled."

In the video, Fields puts the teen girl in a chokehold, flips her over in her seat, and then drags and throws her across the classroom before finally putting her in handcuffs.

Watch video of the incident below.