ACLU demands reform after Black girl arrested in Hawaii Honolulu police officers and officials with Hawaii’s public school system discriminated against a disabled Black child by handcuffing, arresting and interrogating the 10-year-old girl for a “run-of-the-mill” dispute between children, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii said. The ACLU sent a letter Monday to the Honolulu Police Department, the state Department of Education and the state attorney general’s office demanding the statewide school district make policy changes, including forbidding staff from calling police on a student unless the student presents an imminent threat of significant harm to someone. Honowai Elementary officials called police to the Waipahu school in 2020 ... Continue reading... https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/ne...s-reform-after-black-girl-arrested-in-hawaii/ Find in Internet Archives [google]ACLU demands reform after Black girl arrested in Hawaii[/google]
'Traumatized' Mom Speaks Out After Her Black Daughter, 10, Is Arrested at School Over Drawing The mother of a 10-year-old girl, who was arrested at her Hawaii school last year over a drawing, is speaking out about the "traumatic" ordeal. Tamara Taylor said she feels "disheartened" and singled out after the incident at her daughter's school in Waipahu, Honolulu, according to a letter issued on Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawaii. Her daughter — who was only identified by the ACLU as N.B. — was arrested at Honowai Elementary School in January 2020 after a parent complained about an "offensive" sketch she and other students had drawn in response to another ... Continue reading... https://news.yahoo.com/traumatized-mom-speaks-her-black-232024500.html Find in Internet Archives [google]'Traumatized' Mom Speaks Out After Her Black Daughter, 10, Is Arrested at School Over Drawing[/google]
