A school district and local prosecutors in Texas are refusing to drop charges against an 11-year-old who was held in solitary confinement.

Timothy Murray lost his father earlier this year and had been asking his principal for counseling when she called in the police

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1261·
    1 year ago

    This article:

    https://www.texasobserver.org/why-was-this-11-year-old-honor-roll-student-put-in-solitary/

    Should shed some light on the subject. Particularly:

    Garza comes from a Brownsville education legacy. Her mother, Rachel Medina Ayala, was one of Brownsville Independent School District’s first female superintendents. Garza’s two sisters are also principals in the district.

    So, in answer to your question:

    What kind of incompetent principal reacts to trouble making elementary schoolers by calling the cops on them?

    A nepotism hire with a vindictive streak.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      Jesus Christ, I didn’t even know dynastic public school administrators was a thing…

      • Mongostein
        2·
        1 year ago

        The DA that’s refusing to drop charges shares the same last name.