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Kaia Rolle was 6 years old when she was arrested at school in 2019 after throwing a temper tantrum.
The traumatizing incident shows how Black girls are criminalized in schools, experts told Insider.
A bill passed in Florida aims to prohibit children under the age of 7 from being arrested.
Meralyn Kirkland was in the delivery room when her granddaughter, Kaia Rolle, was born unresponsive. As the doctors worked to get Kaia to take her first breath, it was Kirkland who prayed over her, promising that she would be there for the baby if she pulled through.
According to experts and contracts between Central Florida school boards and the law enforcement agencies with which they partner, the roles of local SROs vary and are often ill-defined. While Florida law mandates some form of armed security be present on campus with options from police to armed faculty it mostly leaves the details of that relationship to local school districts.
The Bachelor contestant Rachael Kirkconnell and the hypocrisy of girls will be girls
A white woman s racism? The forgivable acts of a girl. Black girls don t get that leeway.
Rachael Kirkconnell has become one of the early lead contenders to win this season of The Bachelor. Craig Sjodin / ABC; MSNBC
Feb. 16, 2021, 6:45 PM UTC
Earlier this summer amid the global re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement and a nationwide reckoning of anti-Black systemic racism, ABC named Matt James the first Black male lead of the network’s hit dating franchise “The Bachelor.”
Only a few days into the new season, a slew of allegations of racism against contestant Rachael Kirkconnell, a graphic designer from Cumming, Georgia, began snowballing on social media. The resulting mess that’s distracted from James’ historic season has sparked an overdue reckoning within the 19-year-old franchise itself. At the same time, it’s reinforced a “girls will be girls” mentality that e
Citizen advisory group drafting new policy for school resource officers
Right now, there isn’t a policy on SROs, there are only expectations created by the local law enforcement agencies. Share Updated: 6:48 PM EST Feb 12, 2021
Citizen advisory group drafting new policy for school resource officers
Right now, there isn’t a policy on SROs, there are only expectations created by the local law enforcement agencies. Share Updated: 6:48 PM EST Feb 12, 2021
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Show Transcript WHITE SRO OFFICER. WESH 2’S MEGAN MELLADO REPORTS ON WHAT THE GROUP IS HOPING TO CHANGE. MEGAN: THE GROUP MET FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK THE ROLE OF AN SRO SHOULD ENTAIL. WE DON’T WANT TO MAKE A DECISION OR MAKE POLICY IN ISOLATION OF WHAT THEY THINK. MEGAN: NEWLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JULIUS MELENDEZ