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Eleven year old honor roll student put in solitary

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Re: Eleven year old honor roll student put in solitary

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Post by alephnerd »

Lacerda69 wrote: post #2

Land of the free

It's Brownsville-RGV. Local government there is some of the worst nationally. The FBI has been running a massive anti-corruption operation there for over a decade now that has found corruption from the Mayor to the Counth DA all the way to one of their Congressmen [0][1][2].

It's sad because the people there are hardworking, but because a large portion of the RGV's population is undocumented or an immigrant and is littered with fiefdoms and multi-generational political families, it has remained very poor despite having a decent port and oil economy

[0] https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/South-Texas-a...

[1] https://www.npr.org/2015/07/06/413463836/corruption-on-the-b...

[2] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/22/henry-cuellar-king-...

Re: Eleven year old honor roll student put in solitary

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Post by alephnerd »

(Copy of my comment posted below)

This article is about Brownsville-RGV.

Local government there is some of the worst nationally.

The FBI has been running a massive anti-corruption operation there for over a decade now that has found corruption from the Mayor to the County DA all the way to their Congressman [0][1][2].

It's sad because the people there are hardworking, but because a large portion of the RGV's population is undocumented or an immigrant and is littered with fiefdoms and multi-generational political families, it has been neglected. The principal mentioned in the article is herself a member of one of these multi-generational public servant families in RGV

[0] https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/South-Texas-a...

[1] https://www.npr.org/2015/07/06/413463836/corruption-on-the-b...

[2] https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/22/henry-cuellar-king-...

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Post by sojournerc »

emmet wrote: post #6

What the hell is wrong with the US

The "U" means united, but doesn't mean every state is the same (this was in a particular part of Texas).

It's always worth remembering the wide diversity in culture and social norms, much like you wouldn't consider Europe to have a single culture even though there is the EU.

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Post by jstanley »

alephnerd wrote: post #13

(Copy of my comment posted below) This article is about Brownsville-RGV. Local government there is some of the worst nationally. The FBI has been running a massive anti-corruption operation there for over a decade now that has found corruption from the Mayor to the County DA all the way to their Congressman [0][1][2]. It's sad because the people there are hardworking, but because a large portion of the RGV's populati…

What's an RGV?

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Post by hobo_mark »

jstanley wrote: post #15
alephnerd wrote: post #13

(Copy of my comment posted below) This article is about Brownsville-RGV. Local government there is some of the worst nationally. The FBI has been running a massive anti-corruption operation there for over a decade now that has found corruption from the Mayor to the County DA all the way to their Congressman [0][1][2]. It's sad because the people there are hardworking, but because a large portion of the RGV's populati…

What's an RGV?

Rio Grande Valley

It's in the links.

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Post by matwood »

virtualritz wrote: post #10

Everything wrong with the US justice system in one headline. That's certainly a gross exaggerating but that went through my head when reading it. I didn't even know if this was about a case in the US. I just assumed it.

Yeah, I don't understand. The recent mass shooter had many signs of being mentally unwell and the police did nothing. And somehow, here is a 5th grader they are trying to brand as a terrorist.

Re: Eleven year old honor roll student put in solitary

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Post by vegetablepotpie »

tsak wrote: post #5

> [...] Garza called law enforcement, who detained him and placed him in solitary confinement for three days at the Darrell B. Hester Juvenile Detention Center in Brownsville. Of all the people involved in that decision and its execution, did anybody even had a fleeting thought of this being wrong?

Apparently the judge hearing the case did, by stopping the confinement and switching to home detainment. But the fact that it got that far, without any of the adults intervening, is upsetting.
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