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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wrote out a whole long thing as an ESS parent, and then deleted it, because I don't want to share a bunch of info or engage in too much speculation. Bottom line to me is that the cops look terrible here, and the school's involvement is at least more ambiguous, possibly open to interpretation and hard to know the degree of. Could be very bad, could be much less so. I, for one, would like to know.

That said, I want to know what the dynamic is here. Assuming the boy is African American-- regardless of the race of the cops, black boys' behavior is criminalized by *everyone*. This story is deeply disturbing to me. The child was FIVE. I'll also say that those of you assuming money grubbing and lying on the part of the mom are gross to me, and yes, there is a racialized and/or class-based element to that. Cut it out.[/quote]

You are automatically assuming the child's race and saying it was a race issue.

Assuming all this happened there are multiple issues involved.[/quote]

I'm not "automatically" doing anything. I said, "assuming X, then Y." That means, "if X, then Y."

But yes, this is my kid's school and I think I know this parent, the school is also half Black and almost all POC, and yes, race always comes into play. Sure there are multiple issues involved. You sound like the kind of person who only thinks two things were ever "race issues" and one happened in 1861 and the other happened in 1968.[/quote]

Another ESS parent and I completely agree. Also imagine the tone this thread would have if this was a Bethesda elementary school. So much blame on a 5yr old child when the school in question is majority black. I’m disgusted TBH. [/quote]

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