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    Makes Me Wonder Why I Even Bring The ThunderAngela Helm
    3/06/19 4:29pm

    Preach!

    At the risk of being called out for repeating myself (and the ACLU):

    • 1.7 million students are in schools with police but no counselors.
    • 3 million students are in schools with police but no nurses.
    • 6 million students are in schools with police but no school psychologists.
    • 10 million students are in schools with police but no social workers.
    • 14 million students are in schools with police but no counselor, nurse, psychologist, or social worker.

    ...and worse:

    • Students with disabilities were arrested at a rate 2.9 times that of students without disabilities. In some states, they were 10 times as likely to be arrested than their counterparts.
    • Black students were arrested at a rate 3 times that of white students. In some states, they were 8 times as likely to be arrested.
    • Pacific Island/Native Hawaiian and Native American students were arrested at a rate 2 times that of white students.
    • Latinx students were arrested at a rate 1.3 times that of white students.
    • Black girls made up 16 percent of the female student population but were 39 percent of girls arrested in school. Black girls were arrested at a rate 4 times that of white girls. In North Carolina, Iowa, and Michigan, Black girls were more than 8 times as likely to be arrested than white girls.
    • Native American girls had a school arrest rate 3.5 times that of white girls. Native American girls were 12 percent of girls in Montana but were 62 percent of female arrests in that state.
    • Black and Latino boys with disabilities were 3 percent of students but were 12 percent of school arrests.
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      crouching tigerMakes Me Wonder Why I Even Bring The Thunder
      3/06/19 8:41pm

      This needs to be out of the greys. Excellent context and additional information.

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      CommenticusMakes Me Wonder Why I Even Bring The Thunder
      3/06/19 10:38pm

      Jaw dropped. I suspected based on anecdote, but the statistics are just jaw dropping.

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