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While true, this started with an insane school administrator.

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fuck em both but the admin didn’t put the kid in jail

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20 points

Oh, you know damn well she put the cops up to it.

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“When the police officer had his body cam off, they were yelling and telling me, ‘We’re gonna go to the full extent. We’re gonna put you in a lockbox,’” Timothy said. “Then, when the body cam was finally on, they were so nice.”

No shirt ! Wtf with a god damn kid the cop turned off his body cam!

Grrrrrrrrrr

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I have always wondered since the body cams came out and even the dash cams over why is it even legal for an officer to turn off the cams. Why would they even have the ability to turn them off. The cams were proclaimed to be for the civilians safety and to keep officers in check and professional.

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If I had it my way…

Any cop who turned off their body camera would be fired immediately

This is the only union I’m against, police unions; I’d fire them and have them arrested for obstruction of justice

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This is why I always tell people who say “reporting the _____ incident to the police isn’t going to get anyone hurt, it’s just going to get them help” that they are idiots. You have no way of knowing what the police are going to do in any situation. I don’t care if there’s a 99% chance of it going right (it’s much lower in reality). That isn’t a chance worth taking for something that can absolutely be resolved without police.

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72 points

oh texas, what a shining example of republican values

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Republicans don’t even need to defund the schools. The schools keep doing it themselves.

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1 point

you think this just happened in a bubble? lol

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I didn’t say that at all. Rmfeayadl

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Growing up brown in red Texas

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I thought the same, but after a bit of searching it looks to me like this wasn’t racially motivated. The town the school is located in is 95% Hispanic, as is the principal. My assumption at this point is the principal is a tyrant who considers any question of authority as an attack that must be squashed. The cops too, but that goes without saying.

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Well, I’m going to go ahead and stick to my read of the situation. Systemic racism doesn’t just breed hatred of individual peoples, it breeds thoughts, processes and procedures that become ingrained in people through training (brainwashing). The principal involved the cops, but the cops put a child in solitary confinement for 3 days. A CHILD. This is a punishment we shouldn’t even be using on adults! And a punishment for what? Learning their place?

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Your read being that a bunch of Hispanic people put a Hispanic person in jail because he is Hispanic? Ok.

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At this point, should willingly raising a kid in Texas be considered child endangerment? I’m joking, but it’s starting to get really worrying there

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You may be joking, but it totally is. Not in the legal sense, of course, but in the literal sense. Texas is very much an inherent danger to the safety, well-being and sanity of children.

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I think raising kids in super rural districts should be considered a factor yes. Not the sole reason. You are setting up your children for a world of hurt.

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I grew up in an extremely rural area, but the people that were around were incredibly kind and accepting, especially to others that were different. Now I’m raising my kid in the biggest city in the world, but with the same values they taught me. So I’d say it’s not so much the place, as it is the environment we create there. Which in Texas’ case is utter, total, complete dog shit.

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I also grew up in an extreme rural area and didn’t enjoy a single moment of it. I am raising my kids in a small city next to a massive city.

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But instead of suspension, Garza summoned a police officer to arrest Timothy at school. In a video that Rincon shared with the Observer, Timothy puts his arms up on a wooden shelf and waits to be handcuffed as directed by a police officer.

These are adults who feel threatened by an eleven-year-old child, because he asked some questions. The entire country should be ridiculing them until they’re too embarrassed to leave their homes.

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No no no no she was annoyed and felt disrespected because he asked questions. She’s a cunt and I hope the rest of her life is long and miserable.

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She’s a cunt and I hope the rest of her life is long and miserable.

Careful now, she 'll send SWAT after you! 😂

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8 points

Oh fuck your right!

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questioning authority is the biggest no no for conservative babies

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    All this is a path to a police state.

    In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.

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