Lockdown at Blair?

[Anonymous]

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

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Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. There have been 3 stabbings at an MCPS highschool since September, and it's only November. WTF. We are one of the richest counties in the richest state in the richest country. We need to get our sh!t together and get the HS SROs back, bring mental health counselors in, and whatever else the incompetent council promised. You can't deny the fact that ever since the council stuck their nose into the SRO business, that things have gone downhill. Let the principals who wanted the SROs to stay lead these schools. We don't need clueless people like Jawando to make decisions regarding school security.

What other stabbings have taken place at MoCo schools this fall? I know a Whitman student assaulted a female student at Churchill and brandished a knife when people tried to intervene (it’s not clear from the reports whether or not the victim was actually stabbed). What else besides this incident at Blair?

Clarksburg High School just last week after the JV game. What happened to the Community Engagement officers previous PPs have been talking about?

At 9 pm after a game?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for his parent for returning him and having him turn himself in.

Thanks to the parent for bringing the kid back to school to be apprehended. Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

I don’t think we can have a rational conversation when you think yelling at a 5 year old is considered police brutality. I have a higher bar than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for his parent for returning him and having him turn himself in.

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

I don’t think we can have a rational conversation when you think yelling at a 5 year old is considered police brutality. I have a higher bar than that.

JFC you thought that was okay? You're right, we can't have a rational conversation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone should be focusing on the county's inability to keep our students safe - regardless of which school they attend. I put the blame on the County Council and they need to come up with a solution now.

You put the blame on the County Council, why?

Because they removed the SROs (after full disapproval from ALL MCPS high school principals) and promised a whole bunch of mental health advisors and social workers to replace them. Only the first half has happened. Yes, they are to be blamed.

+1 I emailed them to NOT remove the SROs. I can't stand the MoCo progressives. And I'm not a Trumpster.

They removed the SRO because some woke people said kids feel "threatened" by the cops in the school. Gosh,do they feel more safe with a school shooter or knife wielder in the school?

Would the SROs have stopped the knife wielder from entering the parking lot? And is there any correlation between school shootings and police in schools?

What we do know is that the pandemic has been associated with overall increases in violent crime. It's not surprising that some of that crime is occurring in schools. We also know that we do not have any actual evidence showing that police in schools reduces violence, and that violence by police against students happens and is real. So maybe you should talk to some of those students before make blithe comments about what type of violence they prefer.

The police caught the suspect and they are in custody because the police were either on campus or close to it.
Had they not been there the suspect would have been free to stab more people.
You really need to take a few days and reflect on the logic of arguing about whether or not the police help reduce crime, dude.

+1 million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

I don’t think we can have a rational conversation when you think yelling at a 5 year old is considered police brutality. I have a higher bar than that.

JFC you thought that was okay? You're right, we can't have a rational conversation.

Np. This is the problem with using illogical arguments such as "police yelled at a 5 year old therfore SROs do not prevent crime."
You get stuck kn a quagmire of stupidity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

I don’t think we can have a rational conversation when you think yelling at a 5 year old is considered police brutality. I have a higher bar than that.

JFC you thought that was okay? You're right, we can't have a rational conversation.

Np. This is the problem with using illogical arguments such as "police yelled at a 5 year old therfore SROs do not prevent crime."
You get stuck kn a quagmire of stupidity.

By all means distract by completely misrepresenting what that PP said. Super effective. Doesn't make you look like a complete idiot at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

I don’t think we can have a rational conversation when you think yelling at a 5 year old is considered police brutality. I have a higher bar than that.

JFC you thought that was okay? You're right, we can't have a rational conversation.

Never said it was ok. I don’t think it qualifies as police brutality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

I don’t think we can have a rational conversation when you think yelling at a 5 year old is considered police brutality. I have a higher bar than that.

JFC you thought that was okay? You're right, we can't have a rational conversation.

Never said it was ok. I don’t think it qualifies as police brutality.

So it's like, not that bad, let's just all move on and let Officer Friendly go about their business without any consequences, I'm sure if something really bad happened they'd be disciplined but this wasn't police brutality so it's okay.

[Anonymous]

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There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

oh so one bad apple means we should get rid of them all? I knew you were going to bring up this strawman argument. Gosh, I could say the same thing about certain groups because of one bad incident.

Next time your kid needs a cop to help them, make sure you tell them not to call the cop because they are all bad. See how that works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

oh so one bad apple means we should get rid of them all? I knew you were going to bring up this strawman argument. Gosh, I could say the same thing about certain groups because of one bad incident.

Next time your kid needs a cop to help them, make sure you tell them not to call the cop because they are all bad. See how that works?

Um yeah if a company is selling apples and some of them are poisonous and they don't try to get rid of the poisonous apples then hell no I am not eating any of those apples.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

oh so one bad apple means we should get rid of them all? I knew you were going to bring up this strawman argument. Gosh, I could say the same thing about certain groups because of one bad incident.

Next time your kid needs a cop to help them, make sure you tell them not to call the cop because they are all bad. See how that works?

Um yeah if a company is selling apples and some of them are poisonous and they don't try to get rid of the poisonous apples then hell no I am not eating any of those apples.

And I am sure as f^ck not giving any of those apples to my children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There's no data that supports my assertion because there have been zero SROs charged with assaulting a student in MCPS for no cause.

There is no police brutality because no police have been charged with brutality is not the convincing argument you think it is.

What about the MCP who got caught on camera screaming in the face of a 5 year-old last year? Do they not count because they weren't SROs? They also were not charged, because it is basically impossible to charge police, nor were they disciplined.

I don’t think we can have a rational conversation when you think yelling at a 5 year old is considered police brutality. I have a higher bar than that.

JFC you thought that was okay? You're right, we can't have a rational conversation.

Never said it was ok. I don’t think it qualifies as police brutality.

So it's like, not that bad, let's just all move on and let Officer Friendly go about their business without any consequences, I'm sure if something really bad happened they'd be disciplined but this wasn't police brutality so it's okay.

In the grand scheme of things, I'd rather live with one cop who yelled at a 5 yr old than a bunch of students being stabbed, and the nearest cop being miles away.

SROs are deterrents. That's why stores hire security guards; that's why people put up security cameras, ring cameras, have guard dogs; turn on lights in the house when they leave on vacation, not leave trash bin sitting out for a week... all deterents to prevent crime.