The false idea behind PROMISE is that juvenile criminals are less dangerous and evil than adult criminals. Mentoring and education without accountability and consequences doesn’t work any more for kids than adults.
Liberal ideas and policies get liberal (mostly) kids killed. Liberal reaction, blame Conservatives and the NRA. This is much like Flint, Michigan. A Democrat run city changes where the water supply comes from and is contaminated with lead. The liberal answer, blame the GOP Governor that had nothing to do with the decision.
Meanwhile, in an effort to cure the disparity in discipline, while "students of color" get PROMISE, "students of non color" get zero tolerance. How do you "close the gap"? By ignoring criminal activity by one group, while members of the other side get disciplined for even nibbling a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun.