Statist insanity continues: 3.3 million public schoolchildren are suspended from school each year

Hard cases make bad laws. Policymakers' overly punitive and police-centric response to high profile school shootings demonstrate this fact. But if you have doubts, ask the six-year-old child who was handcuffed to a chair as punishment after he got into a scuffle with another boy in the school cafeteria. If he doesn't convince you, perhaps the scores of schoolchildren who police assaulted with pepper spray (while at school) will. Or talk to one of the 3.3 million public schoolchildren who are suspended from school each year, often as a consequence for minor rule breaking, such as talking back to teachers or fistfights.

Statist insanity continues: 3.3 million public schoolchildren are suspended from school each year WideModern_120913_SchoolSecurity620x375

Statist insanity continues: 3.3 million public schoolchildren are suspended from school each year WideModern_120913_SchoolSecurity620x375

Police presence in schools exploded in the post-Columbine era when well-intentioned policy makers wanted to take decisive action to ensure the safety of our schoolchildren and to protect them from school shootings. As an unintended consequence of this policy shift, countless schoolchildren have been targeted by school-based police officers (also known as school resource officers) and subjected to police brutality in their public school.

Some children escaped physical abuse, but may have seen their life chances evaporate when arrested at school for offenses like excessive flatulence or wearing the wrong color uniform.

More: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/12/14/one-year-after-newtown-adding-more-cops-doesnt-prevent-school-shootings?google_editors_picks=true

Statist insanity continues: 3.3 million public schoolchildren are suspended from school each year

Statist insanity continues: 3.3 million public schoolchildren are suspended from school each year

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