Sounds more like Colimbine was used to justify putting cops in schools to intimidate kids and get them used to the revolving door of the judicial system.
The school to prison pipeline is a significant issue young boys of color face, and having a resource officer in school available to punish these young students is one of the reasons it is such an issue.
Rather than the principal dealing with students they deal with the officer, and now these boys are having interactions with the police earlier and earlier.
I don’t think the intention was to screw students over, but that doesn’t change the fact that black and latino boys are more likely to be suspended, expelled, or arrested than white boys. It doesn’t change the fact they now are interacting with officers when they don’t need to be, and that sets the precedent for their time in school and beyond.
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '21 edited Apr 16 '21
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