ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTime and time again, more cops (or ICE) doesn't solve anythingdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1989arrow-down121
arrow-up1968arrow-down1imageTime and time again, more cops (or ICE) doesn't solve anythingdiscuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareShaggyBlarneylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s definitely a pulled-outta-ass stat. 1 million arrests by 10,000 school cops over 20 years averages out to like 5 arrests each a year…
minus-squareHacksawlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoWhich is way too many school kids sent to jail when they otherwise would be a community problem with community solutions. Now they’re a kid with a record and no prospects.
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoTBF it could be unique students not unique arrests, in which case a lot.
It’s definitely a pulled-outta-ass stat. 1 million arrests by 10,000 school cops over 20 years averages out to like 5 arrests each a year…
Which is way too many school kids sent to jail when they otherwise would be a community problem with community solutions. Now they’re a kid with a record and no prospects.
TBF it could be unique students not unique arrests, in which case a lot.