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Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

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Re: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

#21
Its just another form of child abuse, there is gratification from having this kind of power to lock up even minors, and for no crimes at all, having adults, officers and parents obey.

What is missing is oversight, and strangely enough "a fear of the law" on the part of those charged with enforcing it. Officers and Judges.

Re: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

#24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are you talking about? How does anything you’re saying relate to the article?

I assume that the parent commenter saw something about systemic racism negatively affecting the black community, and decided to air their grievances about Critical Race Theory which is taught at the graduate studies level.

I suspect they confused 'police going into the classroom of 8 year old children, handcuffing the black one and taking them to jail' with 'teaching critical race theory'.

To be fair to them, I can see how one might see it as a practical demonstration of the supposed topic, and in some way be considered a lesson for the class that day.

Re: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

#25

I don't understand how the police are called for a playground fight? (not even serious!) And then they are allowed to arrest children? Isn't there a law against that?

Laws aren't real unless there's someone willing to enforce them, which is why police don't follow laws. In this case there was no crime to arrest them for in the first place.

Re: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

#26
Even those who support qualified immunity should find it difficult to support continued qualified immunity for those repeatedly breaking laws. I don’t understand how the individuals of the article can repeatedly break the law yet still not be held personally responsible.

Re: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

#27

Sorry but with the limited time children have, I would rather they spend any available time on practical material like STEM, rather than material of limited rigor pushed by activists. I have nothing against a factual historical education, but we already have social studies for that. I have no doubt these new ethnic studies classes will be used to push controversial, poorly evidenced concepts like “white privilege” an…

This isn't related to the topic at hand at all.

It's your typical distraction. Politicians do this all the time.

If you see an article about psychos jailing kids, and your reaction is this drivel, then yeah, it's malice. I don't think this person was just venting.

Re: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

#28

Even those who support qualified immunity should find it difficult to support continued qualified immunity for those repeatedly breaking laws. I don’t understand how the individuals of the article can repeatedly break the law yet still not be held personally responsible.

> Even those who support qualified immunity should find it difficult to support continued qualified immunity for those repeatedly breaking laws.

If the logic of QI (the “qualified" refers to the legal clarity of the violation) applies at all, it applies to every offense that meets the qualification. There is no coherent argument otherwise.

Re: Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist

#30
post #19

From the article: promotional video for the center, which is expanding as a business and contracting with other counties in neighboring states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igoy0sq4noQ The judge (Davenport) and facility manager (Duke) are still being paid well for their work in jailing children on dubious legal basis.

Wtf.. is that a parody video? The US is insane on so many levels, it never ceases to amaze me.
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