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This case has nothing to do with absent fathers.

This student has a married father and mother - both white - who adopted and raised him. They homeschooled him when he was young. But, he was born intellectually disabled. Many intellectually disabled kids act out, sometimes violently. When he reached his teen years, he grew very big and difficult to control.

So, his parents placed him in an institution. But, the insurance refused to continue to pay for his institutional care, so the parents were forced to find a group home for him. At the group home, he was required to attend school, even though his parents didn’t think he should.

Here’s the real kicker: He’s not the only special ed student in that school system to attack someone. He’s just the only one who attacked an aide in the hallway where a video caught the attack.

Two other special ed students - both white - both legal adults (18) - attacked people in the same school system, and they got a slap on the wrist. But, this student is facing 30 years?

Bring back the state hospitals. Intellectually disabled students who act out violently shouldn’t be in school, but they shouldn’t be in prison, either. They should be institutionalized.

Here’s the adoptive mother’s article: https://flaglerlive.com/brendan-depa-my-son-story/#gsc.tab=0

Here’s the article about the other two students: https://flaglerlive.com/depa-disparities/#google_vignette