The Eighth Circuit held that plaintiffs had adequately alleged that school resource officers lacked probable cause to arrest them; note that nothing in the court's decision casts doubt on the school's ability to investigate or even briefly detain the students short of arrest.
The fines, which can reach over $750, are disproportionately likely to be handed out to black students, a complaint with the Education Department alleges.
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Schools are already bad enough for kids. Let's not make it worse by taking tips from the people who've insisted you take your shoes off at the airport for 20 years.
A new lawsuit alleges that Deputy Benjamin Jacquot, a school resource officer, slammed an 8-year-old's face into a conference room floor, causing bruises and lacerations.
School officials in three states are effectively immune from lawsuits over excessive corporal punishment. A Louisiana mother is asking the Supreme Court to step in.
Kaia Rolle's ordeal led Florida to raise its minimum age of arrest to 7 years old, but her family and activists say that's not nearly high enough.
Adam Martinez was banned from school property after he criticized the district's decision to hire an officer deemed "ineligible for rehire" by the local sheriff's office.
A demand letter states that the Uvalde school district is infringing on Adam Martinez's First Amendment right to criticize the government.
While city policy dictates that 911 calls should only occur when a student poses a genuine safety threat, parents say it's become a run-of-the-mill disciplinary tactic.
The union "has an outsized impact on working families who have no other choice on where to send their children...that power, combined with a mayor who is essentially a wholly owned subsidiary, would make them a dangerous force," says one former Chicago Public Schools executive.
"We are here because one preschooler pulled down another preschooler's pants," says defense attorney Jason Flores-Williams.
Bradley Bass' case in Colorado says a lot about just how powerful prosecutors are.
Richard Ward's family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Pueblo County and five sheriff's office officials over a shooting incident that left him dead.
According to the suit, the officer "acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Jane Doe's federally protected rights."
An appeals court rejected a qualified immunity defense.
In the Bay Area and in Los Angeles County, authorities are quickly learning there's little public will to follow their mandates.
The Spanish text contains inaccurate translations of technical tax language and direct translations of phrases like "school resource officers," which could confuse voters.
New body cam footage shows Ruben Ruiz heading toward the classroom to rescue his wife, but other officers stopped him.
Only you can be relied upon to protect you and your loved ones. Ignore anybody who claims otherwise.
Transparency advocates say police could invoke a notorious loophole that allows them to hide records of deaths in custody and police killings.
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What happened in Uvalde is part of a pattern, not an aberration.
Robb Elementary didn't need additional cops; it needed the cops on hand to actually do their jobs.
"She was holding back from sharing her story until now."
While that impulse is understandable, it can lead to policies that do more harm than good.
No hollow promise can replace our attachments to our children, spouses, friends, and our own lives.
"There were 19 officers in there," said a police spokesperson. "In fact, there were plenty of officers to do whatever needed to be done."
Why did it take an hour for the police to stop alleged killer Salvador Ramos?
Don't conflate mass shootings with school shootings.
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Making schools more like prisons would not appreciably decrease violence.
Police are being asked to handle kids broken by failures of public schooling.
The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators.
The civil liberties group says there's a clear pattern of police misconduct involving schoolchildren.
While police in schools "do effectively reduce some forms of violence," they intensify the use of school discipline and arrests.
Calling a classmate a racist slur on Snapchat is offensive. It’s also protected speech.
"This is why people need to beat their kids," one officer remarked.
In 28 states, there's no minimum age for arresting kids.
The plan will shift $25 million away from school police and into support services for black students.
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