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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.
Earlier this year a 9-year-old Black child with special needs was handcuffed by police and removed from his classroom while he having a mental health episode. The lawyers of the boy's family say that the incident is rooted in the "adultification" of Black children.
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