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When Schools Are the Police
First time accepted submitter Is Any Nickname Left writes "The Washington Post has an article on school systems with their own police forces. It focuses on Texas, which has the highest number of 'School Police Departments,' of which there are so many they have their own trade association. Highlights: 1) Houston fourth-grader stood on a stool so he could see the judge. He pleaded guilty. To a scuffle on a school bus. 2) 275,000 juvenile tickets in fiscal 2009, to students as young as 5. 3) Austin middle school student ticketed after she sprayed herself with perfume when classmates said she smelled. 4) a 17-year-old was in court after he and his girlfriend poured milk on each other. 'She was mad at me because I broke up with her,' he said. I waiting for the Alamo Heights Special Airborne Brigade and SEAL TEAM CROCKETT."
And that's what this article boils down to, I think, a Perry hit piece. Why release this article now, Washington Post? Why hasn't this been reported years ago? Why have they let this little pot simmer - the students are already boiling now.
There is a lot against Perry, at least from a Conservative point of view, that he is not likely to get the nomination. But this police state school system is not a political problem or a political party problem, it is a societal problem. This report should have been made public a long time ago.
And, seriously, a single-mother having to spend $400 for a child's court appearance and anger management classes for a school bus disagreement? That's just silly.