The Walpole Public School System and the Walpole Police Department in Massachusetts are facing public outrage after handcuffing a 9-year-old student to a pole during a mental health crisis, further exemplifying the systemic issues in our schools and the increasing tendency to rely on the American police state. Lawyers for Civil Rights and Anderson Krieger LLC law firm have written a letter to the involved parties demanding wide-ranging reform in response to this disturbing incident.
A Massachusetts school district and a city police department have come under fire for calling multiple officers to a classroom to respond to a 9-year-old
A nine-year-old Black student with special needs in Walpole, Massachusetts was forcibly handcuffed by school resource officers while having a mental health crisis in class, lawyers for his family allege.
A nine-year-old Black student with special needs in Walpole, Massachusetts was forcibly handcuffed by school resource officers while having a mental health crisis in class, lawyers for his family allege.
Attorneys for the family says the school went against their own policy and the boy's individualized education plan when they called the school resource officer instead of trying to help the child, who has special needs.