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Somerville school leaders, facing a public backlash over calling the police on a 6-year-old Black and Latino boy, have temporarily suspended two programs that bring police officers into schools. http://bos.gl/WgAoJcP pic.twitter.com/kClqKfmkfY
The moratorium, approved nearly unanimously by the Somerville School Committee last week, affects the school resource officer program and a police mentoring initiative, which aims to connect every sixth-grader with a police officer.http://bos.gl/wPo7TEK
Somerville is among a growing number of Massachusetts districts reexamining the involvement of police in schools amid a national reckoning over racial injustice sparked by the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd last year.http://bos.gl/VPJ9eIR
"There is really an entrenched police culture here in Somerville and it exists without any oversight," said Flavia Peréa, whose son was the subject of a police inquiry following an incident in his first-grade classroom with another student in 2019.http://bos.gl/kwB78NN
Massachusetts districts gained latitude to curtail police presence in schools under a new state law in December that removed a seven-year-old mandate requiring districts to have at least one school resource officer.http://bos.gl/qysL0LQ
Critics of police in schools contend the practice puts too many students on the radar of law enforcement, effectively turning schools into pipelines to prison for many disadvantaged students. Defenders of the practice say police help create safe schools.http://bos.gl/nhuofBR
"The national movement to remove police from schools is building momentum and we are proud that Somerville is leading the way," said Matthew Kennedy, a member of the Defund Somerville Police Department steering committee.http://bos.gl/yj4WaMG
In conclusion, teachers are cops
In conclusion don’t call the police on a SIX YEAR OLD.
What gay agenda are you talking about?
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