A group of students wants to stop Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from directing $25 million to place police officers on campuses at 195 public school districts.
Yes let's put more power-tripping, feral hogs around our children.
A group of students wants to stop Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from directing $25 million to place police officers on campuses at 195 public school districts.
the calculus politicians in the US do regarding gun violence and public education is decoupled from public goods. i just want to emphasize the opportunity cost of this move: imagine every district getting a pair of social workers instead of an armed bully with arrest powers.
To add to this: the political risk is asymmetrical, because if Whitmer keeps the SROs, a school shooting happens anyway, and the on-duty SRO fails to prevent it, almost nobody will blame Whitmer.
But that’s probably worth it to any politician bc if a school shooting happens after you get rid of that you’re unelectable for the rest of your life,
It hasn't even been a year since like a hundred cops waited outside doing nothing. Politicians just want it, not some sort of fear about electability. Otherwise, it is about as good a time as it is ever going to be stumping against this.
that's over $130k per school.
Good luck to our DAYUM students
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the calculus politicians in the US do regarding gun violence and public education is decoupled from public goods. i just want to emphasize the opportunity cost of this move: imagine every district getting a pair of social workers instead of an armed bully with arrest powers.
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how this is true after Uvalde is a testament to the amount of copaganda we wade through every day
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I think you underestimate the role copaganda plays in manufacturing that consent
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To add to this: the political risk is asymmetrical, because if Whitmer keeps the SROs, a school shooting happens anyway, and the on-duty SRO fails to prevent it, almost nobody will blame Whitmer.
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It hasn't even been a year since like a hundred cops waited outside doing nothing. Politicians just want it, not some sort of fear about electability. Otherwise, it is about as good a time as it is ever going to be stumping against this.
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374 cops.