Ever since the police killing of George Floyd, awareness has been raised about defunding police, including school police.
School districts in Minneapolis, Portland and Seattle declared that they will be removing officers from their schools, and making campuses a safe place again. While that is a wonderful thing, more work needs to be done before every single student across the U.S can confidently call their school a safe place.
Having police officers on campus is an insufficient way of protecting students.
According to the New York Times, many teachers, students and school officials believe that having police on campus is a danger to students and with good reason. There have been instances where on-campus officers have assaulted students, like this instance in the Los Angeles Unified School District at Fremont High School in 2019, where police went to unnecessary means to break up a fight by using pepper spray on students.
Coronavirus: Updates
Which LA Neighborhoods Have the Highest and Lowest Vaccination Rates So Far? We Now Have A Map
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A woman receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. (Chava Sanchez/LAist)
L.A. County health officials released new data today, showing which areas have the highest rates of residents who are vaccinated against COVID-19, and conversely, which have the lowest.
The bottom line: residents of South and East LA, as well as the San Fernando, San Gabriel, and Antelope Valleys have the lowest coverage rate so far.
While some of the county s most expensive places to live including Pacific Palisades, Palos Verdes, Manhattan Beach, Beverly Hills, Brentwood, and La Cañada/Flintridge, have the highest.
One health official called the findings deeply concerning adding they provide further illustration of the deeply-rooted health inequities that exist in our society.
The things you hear when people can t pinpoint your race and insist on asking questions or making assumptions can run the gamut from mildly amusing to downright horrifying.