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it's not ignored.  People acknowledged that there are some cops who are bad, and that those cops should be removed from the schools, but that doesn't mean all SROs are bad and should be removed.  I'm sure you would not want a certain group to be painted with a broad brush. Why don't you give the same courtesy to other groups?

And the anti-sro folks have never once answered the question of why Principals want SROs in the school, and whether they would call the cops if someone was trying to hurt their kids.

I will take the word of the people who deal with these kids everyday over the words of someone who sits in an office behind a desk most of the day.

I'd like to see these folks in the schools and actually deal with a belligerent student who is disruptive and possibly threatening others.  Please.. show us how it's done.[/quote]
Actually, they have. Principals don't have the resources to handle things in-house and want to hand off the difficult kids to MCPD. Unfortunately, police routinely hide behind qualified immunity or stand together in that "blue line", with no meaningful consequences for any bad behavior.

Give the principals more MCPS resources, especially more mental health support for the students. They're stretched way too thin.[/quote]
who has what?

Principals don't have the resources.. yes, that's why they want SROs.  School staff are already stretched thin.  We shouldn't be asking them to do more.  "Give the Principals more resources".. sure, but that isn't happening.  We had SROs. Bring them back until MCPS does provide the right kind of resources to the schools. [/quote]

Well yes of course White people want that, they are not the ones who face the brunt of police harassment.

Activists have fought to get police out of schools because SROs are, on net, bad for students of color. It may be a solution that serves White people well but thankfully our decision makers aren't just taking White people into account.[/quote]
If a black parent found out that another student, irrespective of skin color, was threatening their child in school, brought a knife to hurt that child, would the black parent want the police called?[/quote]

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