Defunding / abolishing school police (consolidated thread)

Video of 6-year-old girl's arrest shows the perils of putting police in primary schools

In fact, my colleagues and I have found that as many as 12% of teachers experience threats of or actual physical attacks from students each year. Indeed, in the case in Orlando, one of the ...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-02-video-year-old-girl-perils-police.html

 

VIDEO: 6-year-old sobs and pleads with officers as she’s arrested

He told them that he had arrested 6,000 people in 28 years and that Kaia had “broken the record ... The videos released to CNN by the family attorney start off with Kaia Rolle calmly reading a book ...

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https://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/02/video-6-year-old-sobs-and-pleads-with-officers-as-shes-arrested/

 

How to make sure we stop arresting 6-year-old black kids | Commentary

Studies prove that black students are verbally reprimanded, suspended, expelled and arrested at a higher rate that white students ... There was a time when school administrators and teachers were ...

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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-commentary/os-op-stop-arresting-6-year-old-black-kids-20200228-extm7ejhn5bjdn4qj7hktyadt4-story.html

 

Our View: Officer went too far in arresting 6 year old

Children, even very young ones, can be very difficult. On occasion, parents, teachers and others supervising them have to be very strict to protect the youngsters and others around them. But should a ...

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https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/our-view-officer-went-too-far-in-arresting-year-old/article_a976af61-1e5c-5797-812c-dd641d3617c1.html

 

Video of 6-year-old girl’s arrest shows the perils of putting police in primary schools

In fact, my colleagues and I have found that as many as 12% of teachers experience threats of or actual physical attacks from students each year. Indeed, in the case in Orlando, one of the ...

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https://themoderatevoice.com/video-of-6-year-old-girls-arrest-shows-the-perils-of-putting-police-in-primary-schools/

 

Children are Paying for the Policy of Putting Police in Primary Schools

When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids safe. The recent release of body camera footage from the arrest of a 6-year-old in a Florida school, however, shows that sometimes one threat to the students is the officers themselves. The video shows two police officers placing a 6-year-old student in restraints and removing her from the school, all while the student cries and begs to be released. One of the officers goes on to brag about how many people he has arrested and to refer to the student’s arrest ...

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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...-policy-putting-police-primary-schools-128332

 

Children are Paying for the Policy of Putting Police in Primary Schools

When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids safe. The recent release of body camera footage from the arrest of a 6-year-old in a Florida school, however, shows that sometimes one threat to the students is the officers themselves. The video shows two police officers placing a 6-year-old student in restraints and removing her from the school, all while the student cries and begs to be released. One of the officers goes on to brag about how many people he has arrested and to refer to the student’s arrest ...

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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/b...-policy-putting-police-primary-schools-128332

 

Video of 6-year-old girl's arrest shows the perils of putting police in primary schools

In fact, my colleagues and I have found that as many as 12% of teachers experience threats of or actual physical attacks from students each year. Indeed, in the case in Orlando, one of the ...

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https://www.econotimes.com/Video-of-6-year-old-girls-arrest-shows-the-perils-of-putting-police-in-primary-schools-1576050

 

Video Of 6-Year-Old Girl's Arrest Shows The Perils Of Putting Police In Primary Schools

In fact, my colleagues and I have found that as many as 12% of teachers experience threats of or actual physical attacks from students each year. Indeed, in the case in Orlando, one of the ...

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https://crooksandliars.com/2020/02/video-6-year-old-girls-arrest-shows-perils

 

New Calls to Reform the Baker Act Following the Arrest of a Six-Year-Old Girl

So, you have teachers who might get overwhelmed in their classroom ... As we saw, that really controversial incident in Orlando, a six-year-old girl was arrested. She was not Baker Acted, though. But ...

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https://news.wgcu.org/post/new-calls-reform-baker-act-following-arrest-six-year-old-girl

 

How young is too young to be arrested?

Children, even very young ones, can be very difficult. On occasion, parents, teachers and others supervising them have to be very strict to protect the youngsters and others around them. But should a ...

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https://www.minotdailynews.com/opinion/editorials/2020/03/how-young-is-too-young-to-be-arrested/

 

Fellow cops shared concerns during Orlando officer’s arrest of 6-year-old, report says: ‘She looks like a baby’

no, don’t put handcuffs on!” she wailed. After Ramos led her to the police cruiser, Turner went back inside to talk with teachers, who had stood by as Kaia was led out in distress. He joked with them ...

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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-dennis-turner-opd-kaia-rolle-arrest-20200302-clfj4d6jzzgkrddhpd7wtsglse-story.html

 

Lawmaker tweaks proposed minimum age for arrest in Florida to protect kids younger than 10

Kirkland’s granddaughter, Kaia Rolle, was arrested from Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy in September following a tantrum, during which police said she had kicked and punched teachers. By the time she ...

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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-bill-sets-minimum-arrest-age-amended-20200302-7jmpnh6ig5eehe3esb74y3ac3u-story.html

 

Youth arrest bill all but doomed after Florida Senate panel refuses to hear it

“My family went through so much when Kaia was arrested . . . and we’re still going through it,” Kirkland said ... He was responding after Rolle had kicked and punched teachers during a tantrum, but ...

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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-youth-arrests-bill-senate-20200304-rfnptieffjbpndugolitgc6r6i-story.html

 

Judgment lacking in Fla. case

On occasion, parents, teachers and others supervising them have to be very strict to protect the youngsters and others around them. But should a 6-year-old be arrested and carted off to any sort of ...

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https://www.altoonamirror.com/opinion/editorials/2020/03/judgment-lacking-in-fla-case/

 

Kaia Rolle, Handcuffed and Arrested at 6: How Many More, and for How Long Will This Happen in America?

(In addition to their school salary, a wage often higher than teachers’, many of them enjoy a generous pension from their police or military service. What a boon for the profession of law enforcement!

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https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/04/kaia-rolle-handcuffed-and-arrested-at-6-how-many-more-and-for-how-long-will-this-happen-in-america/

 

School safety bill passed by Florida House with requirements for arresting kids

The amendment was added after the body camera footage of a 6-year-old getting arrested in Orlando sparked national outrage ... Florida’s bill on school safety didn’t spark national headlines and ...

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https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/03/04/florida-house-passes-school-safety-bill-after-adding-requirements-for-arresting-kids/

 

School safety bill includes new policy on arresting children 10 and under

For the first legislative session since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018, Florida’s bill on school safety didn’t spark national headlines and emotional ...

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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article240890586.html

 

Rolle, Carr cases show legislators’ priorities | Letters

Regarding Kaia Rolle: What 5- or 6-year-old hasn’t said something outrageous or incredulous? What small child hasn’t had a tantrum? Why did a teacher set anything in motion that got a 6-year-old ...

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https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/letters/os-op-letters-legislature-kaia-rolle-tiffany-carr-20200306-r5zydrrl4ff4nmjuumvi2m7dee-story.html

 

Minimum age of arrest amendment to Senate school safety bill dies

School safety legislation is teed up for a vote in the Senate. But an amendment setting a minimum age of arrest in Florida is dead for this Session. Sen. Randolph Bracy withdrew an amendment that would have prohibited the arrest of children 6 years old or younger. He said Rules Committee Chair Lizabeth Benaquisto would have raised a point of order regarding his amendment because it had not gone through the committee process. She did not respond to a request for comment. Sen. Manny Diaz introduced a strike-all amendment that combines the recommendations from the Majority Stoneman Douglas High School ...

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https://floridapolitics.com/archive...t-amendment-to-senate-school-safety-bill-dies