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Violence in liberal state's schools nearly doubled as parents push for more police
Fox News ^ | 5/11/24 | Jamie Joseph

Posted on 05/11/2024 9:45:13 PM PDT by Libloather

Some Los Angeles parents are putting up a fight against the city's most progressive activist groups, with violence in the school district nearly doubling since police were removed from school campuses following the riots over George Floyd's murder in 2020.

Maria Luisa Palma, a member of the Parents Advisory Committee in Los Angeles, organized an independent petition in February calling for the return of police on school campuses as district data revealed that violent incidents rose from 2,315 in the 2018-2019 school year to 4,569 in 2022-2023.

"We've seen a huge increase from our kids," Palma told Fox News Digital in an interview. "We hear constantly how there are fights and open drug use in the bathrooms. We see the proof in the data … so we have more clear information. This is out of control as we hear from our kids."

Palma's petition has gotten more than 2,500 signatures so far from parents from over 300 schools and all seven board districts. She said "the more, the better." There is no cap on signatures.

In 2021, Students Deserve, a progressive grassroots student organization advocating for the abolition of police in schools, pressured the LAUSD and the school board to divest money from the Los Angeles School District Police.

The group argued the presence of police officers on school campuses often led to the criminalization of students, particularly those from Black and brown communities, and contributed to a hostile and intimidating environment that hindered learning.

"We want schools to divest from criminalization and policing," the Students Deserve website states. "We want schools to invest in us as Black, Muslim, undocumented, indigenous, and queer youth in poor and working class communities of color."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: california; education; parents; police; schools; violence
"We follow the lead of Black Lives Matter in demanding that our schools defund the police and defend Black life."

Unicorns.

1 posted on 05/11/2024 9:45:13 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
All parents should pull their kids out of public schools.

It's like Mad Max world out there.

2 posted on 05/11/2024 9:46:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not yet, pretty soon most likely.

According to the toxicology report St.Floyd had stuffed Fentanyl up his ass, or swallowed, whatever. He was a dead man at that point. Not “murdered”, why do people at Faux News write crap like that? Clown world.


3 posted on 05/11/2024 9:53:40 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Libloather
"We follow the lead of Black Lives Matter in demanding that our schools defund the police and defend Black life."

Um, OK.

Let us know how you expect to get both done at the same time.

The other option: Fix your own cultures yourselves.

Or you could just homeschool your kids and keep them out of those cesspools.

4 posted on 05/11/2024 10:00:04 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Libloather

Police in schools make thugs feel unsafe when they swarm weak students and film it for social mefua clout. Is that why they don’t want more cops there?


5 posted on 05/11/2024 10:29:39 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2024)
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To: MinorityRepublican

You gotta remember, a lot of these parents are children of red diaper babies themselves.


6 posted on 05/11/2024 10:35:15 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Libloather

“Palma’s petition has gotten more than 2,500 signatures so far “

And how many students in the school? The teacher’s union is laughing at you.


7 posted on 05/11/2024 11:02:43 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Libloather

My granddaughter’s 12-year-old friend committed suicide three days ago because of being bullied in school. The school was told about the bullying, but they ignored it. The parents should have pulled the kid out.


8 posted on 05/12/2024 12:03:37 AM PDT by roving (Deplorable Listless Vessel Trumpist With Trumpitis and a Rainbow Bully)
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To: Libloather

Melanated peoples.


9 posted on 05/12/2024 12:44:05 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: metmom

>The other option: Fix your own cultures yourselves.<

You may be making a false assumption that the Students Deserve group of racial bellyachers are black. Odds are, from observations of BLM, most are entitled fat white girls.

EC


10 posted on 05/12/2024 2:51:04 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: Libloather
"We want schools to invest in us as Black, Muslim, undocumented, indigenous, and queer youth in poor and working class communities of color."

Sorry, dear. The school systems are in the business of investing in dues-paying union employees. If they had their way, there wouldn't even be an actual school: just a lot of employees earning salaries and paying union dues.

11 posted on 05/12/2024 3:56:10 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Ex-Con777
That applies to any demographic. Hispanics were mentioned also in the article, but the article did say *people of color*.

Here....from the article.

"We want schools to divest from criminalization and policing," the Students Deserve website states. "We want schools to invest in us as Black, Muslim, undocumented, indigenous, and queer youth in poor and working class communities of color."

12 posted on 05/12/2024 4:23:51 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Libloather

but defund the police


13 posted on 05/12/2024 5:05:43 AM PDT by SisterK (it's controlled demolition)
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To: Libloather

Is there an accepted term for that kind of social pathology?


14 posted on 05/12/2024 5:09:28 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: SMARTY

Teaser headline is clickbait. Getting tired of it. I won’t fall for it.


15 posted on 05/12/2024 6:00:13 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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