Posted on 03/10/2016 8:07:05 AM PST by Lazamataz
The FBI have launched a new program forcing high schools across America to report students that display “anti-government” or rebellious behavior to authorities.
The program is an attempt to prevent future terrorists from manifesting, in the governments ongoing “war on terror”.
The FBI are urging school teachers to report any “suspicious behavior” to authorities in their new guidelines entitled “Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools“.
Sputniknews.com reports:
“High school students are ideal targets for recruitment by violent extremists seeking support for their radical ideologies, foreign fighter networks, or conducting acts of violence within our borders,” the FBI guidelines read.
Labeled “Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools,” the guidelines instruct educators to look for loosely-defined indicators that a student could be a threat. “Talking about traveling to places that sound suspicious,” “using code words or unusual language,” “using several different cell phones and private messaging apps,” and “studying or taking pictures of potential targets (like a government building),” are all listed as potential warning signs.
Educators note that many of these so-called indicators are too broad to be effective, as they could be applied to almost any teenager. Other indicators seem specifically geared toward targeting Muslims.
“In practice, schools seeking to implement this document will end up monitoring Muslim students disproportionately,” Arun Kundnani, a professor at New York University, told AlterNet.
A similar program in the United Kingdom, known as “Preventing Violent Extremism,” relies on mass-surveillance of Muslim communities and mosques, and has been expanded into the country’s public schools. This program has been heavily criticized by rights groups.
“Our case studies show that children are being taken away from mandatory school hours to be questioned on matters misconstrued as markers of ‘extremism,” Ibrahim Mohamoud, communications officer with the Islamic advocacy group CAGE said in a statement.
“By alienating parents, turning teachers into informants, and antagonizing students, [UK program] PREVENT is a divisive policy that does an injustice to the education system.”
The expansion of these programs is especially troubling given that there is little scientific evidence to suggest that they are effective.
“Drawing on the junk science of radicalization models, the document dangerously blurs the distinction between legitimate ideological expression and violent criminal actions,” Kundani stated.
Such programs rely on antiquated social theory that has not been proven.
“The whole concept…is based on the conveyor belt theory – the idea that ‘extreme ideas’ lead to violence,” Michael German, a fellow with the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program, told AlterNet.
“These programs fall back on the older ‘stages of radicalization’ models, where the identified indicators are the expression of political grievances and religious practices.”
We asked for it, we got it.
Other indicators seem specifically geared toward targeting Muslims.
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Sounds like they got part of it right.
Freep. That’s just nuts.
Another offshoot of the Patriot act. I opposed it when W’s administration proposed it for the very reason we see here. Aside for being unconstitutional when an unfriendly administration has power it can be further used to against our natural rights.
I guess we’ve all been reported. Indictments next? Keep it up FBI, you’ll cause people to believe what we’ve been telling them for years. Go for it.
guarantee ya the feds have been lurking here on FreeRepublic forever looking for radicals like me.
Christian, Father, Husband, N.R.A. member, Business owner,gun owner, White guy.
Like I say anti big federal gubmint radical.
What about anti government teachers?
Oh, yeah, that would pretty much involve a substantial portion of our pubic...er...public skoooooool “teachers”.
Of course, this does distract the FBI from indicting the Hillawitch-felon.
Screw the government.
Unfreaking believeable. When is it time? No election will fix this.
Brings to mind the treatment of the school officials/teachers who raised a flag about Clock Boy in Irving, TX.
Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t.
No escape pods! We need to make them start searching for new homes.
We form a new country north /south. All the western conservative states and productive states with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and parts of British Columbia as well as Yukon. We could be a new super power overnight.
No escape pods! We need to make them start searching for new homes.
We form a new country north /south. All the western conservative states and productive states with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and parts of British Columbia as well as Yukon. We could be a new super power overnight.
The time is now. Speak well of me.
And many of those teachers won’t hesitate. It’s all about the students though, isn’t it?
Gee, coming from a socialist administration....how surprising....not.
All part of slow, methodically planned mission to turn the USA into a police state.
How quickly they forget their own youth and protests against the man.
That’s what the people in the Soviet Union are saying too be careful comrade.
So the teachers are going to report 90 percent of the students???
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