Michigan students to Gov. Whitmer: Stop putting police officers in schools
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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.

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      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.

    • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      how this is true after Uvalde is a testament to the amount of copaganda we wade through every day

    • Antoine_St_Hexubeary [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      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.

    • usa_suxxx [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      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.