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I guess that Hawaii is the exception that proves the rule.
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Having police officers in schools not only doesn’t work. It’s a negative to students, especially minority ones.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1109&context=njlsp
The fate of school discipline and security in America is at a crucial turning point. While the “school-to-prison pipeline” has recently received an increased amount of attention from policy makers interested in improving public education, the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut led to renewed calls for the heightened security measures that helped give rise to the pipeline. This article provides clear evidence that heightened disciplinary and security measures in schools are faulty policy responses, as they have adverse impacts on the students they intend to protect and siphon resources away from policies that more effectively ensure student safety and success.
A relatively small number of the students arrested in Delaware were charged with felony offenses (approximately 9%), while the overwhelming majority of students were charged with misdemeanors and violations (approximately 91%). Moreover, students rarely faced high-level felony charges.
Although the Delaware student population is evenly split between genders, 65% of the arrested students were male, and 35% were female. Black students comprised 67% of the arrested students while only accounting for 32% of the student body. Meanwhile, white students accounted for 31% of those arrested in school, but half of the student body. Black students, therefore, were approximately three-and-a-half times more likely to be arrested than white students.
Yeah, I know, all cops are bigoted gun crazy a-holes who will shoot black kids because they hate them and shoot others for talking back. What horrible monsters cops are. I know.
I never said anything about race, although that’s a big issue too. My problem is that a sizable enough minority of cops are abusing that you can’t just assume you’re dealing with a decent one. Also, the so-called good cops are extremely quick to side with the bad cops when things go to court. A great example would be the video you shared a while back that was made by a pretty friendly-seeming cop that played the whole “Well, he was unarmed so I guess I’m sad he got shot to death but he shouldn’t have moved his hands so the cop was justified in killing him.” That’s an example of one of the “good cops” we always hear about, except in this case he’s stubbornly unwilling to call out the lethal incompetence of a deranged and violent officer. That’s why people are nervous about cops as a whole. There’s a lot more nuance to the fear than just “That cop is bad so they’re all bad!”
It is pointless to continue with this. No one will listen.
My hearing isn’t very good these days so I don’t listen well. My vision is pretty bad too for that matter, but I have been reading your posts.
So we can protect our kids, we can’t get the guns off the streets and nothing will get done. See you at the next school shooting. Have a nice day.
Oh, the “blood’s on your hands” game.
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