Wednesday, June 01, 2022

They Care More About The People Who Might Kill Your Kids Than They Do About Your Kids

Not shocking here in California:

The California State Senate voted Thursday to end a requirement that students who threaten violence against school officials be reported.

Before the California law was passed, existing law stated that whenever a school official is “attacked, assaulted, or physically threatened by any pupil,” staff was “required to promptly report the incident to specified law enforcement authorities.” The new bill repealed this requirement.

California passed the law just two days after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing two adults and 19 children.

The law was endorsed by ACLU California Action. The organization called it a win for racial equality.

“Once students make contact with law enforcement, they are less likely to graduate high school and more likely to wind up in jail or prison. These harms fall disproportionately on students from marginalized groups: Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students,” the organization said in a statement.

Let that last paragraph sink in as you think about the next school shooting.

2 comments:

Anna A said...

And if a teacher were to report a student of the wrong color/ethnic group, they would be the one written up and punished, not the miscreant

Darren said...

People outside of California might think you're exaggerating, but sadly....