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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVirginia tops nation in sending students to cops, courts: Where does your state rank?
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/04/10/17089/virginia-tops-nation-sending-students-cops-courts-where-does-your-state-rankKayleb Moon-Robinson was 11 years old last fall when charges criminal charges began piling up at school.
Diagnosed as autistic, Kayleb was being scolded for misbehavior one day and kicked a trash can at Linkhorne Middle School in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A police officer assigned to the school witnessed the tantrum, and filed a disorderly conduct charge against the sixth grader in juvenile court....
He grabbed me and tried to take me to the office, said Kayleb, a small, bespectacled boy who enjoys science. I started pushing him away. He slammed me down, and then he handcuffed me.
In an incident report, a teacher confirmed that the officer spoke to Kayleb, then grabbed him around the chest, and that Kayleb cursed and struggled. School officials wont comment on this case, but say that police in schools are crucial to providing a safe atmosphere and protecting against outside threats. Stacey Doss, Kaylebs mother and the daughter of a police officer herself, was outraged.
Diagnosed as autistic, Kayleb was being scolded for misbehavior one day and kicked a trash can at Linkhorne Middle School in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A police officer assigned to the school witnessed the tantrum, and filed a disorderly conduct charge against the sixth grader in juvenile court....
He grabbed me and tried to take me to the office, said Kayleb, a small, bespectacled boy who enjoys science. I started pushing him away. He slammed me down, and then he handcuffed me.
In an incident report, a teacher confirmed that the officer spoke to Kayleb, then grabbed him around the chest, and that Kayleb cursed and struggled. School officials wont comment on this case, but say that police in schools are crucial to providing a safe atmosphere and protecting against outside threats. Stacey Doss, Kaylebs mother and the daughter of a police officer herself, was outraged.
And now, Kayleb's photo.
Surprise, surprise! </gomer-pyle>
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Virginia tops nation in sending students to cops, courts: Where does your state rank? (Original Post)
KamaAina
Apr 2015
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cali
(114,904 posts)1. this is such a disturbing trend.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. It's called the "school-to-prison pipeline".
cali
(114,904 posts)3. yeah, I know. What I didn't know until I just read it, is that "school policing" is fastest growing
sector of policing. yikes.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)4. In Virginia we certainly love our
"tough on crime/lock 'em up and throw away the key" politicians...
Even the Democratic candidates sound like Joe Arpaio on the campaign trail...
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)5. Better Call Saul
MiniMe
(21,722 posts)6. Maryland is 46
One thing I'm glad my state is ranked low on.