re: Complaint filed about the amount of arrests (of blacks) in Jefferson Parish schools.

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I have no doubt that there are a lot of legit arrests going on

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In just about any middle school to high school level.

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they're also throwing students in jail for minor misbehaviors under a vague statute that includes "interference with an educational facility".

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I would be curious if this is crime where the state/society is the victim in LA or is it a specific victim crime. IE, does an individual victim petition a magistrate to issue a warrant (in the case of juveniles a pick up order in AL)

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A 15-year-old boy was arrested at school for throwing Skittles candy at another child

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Harassment here in AL, and it is a specific victim crime where that victim or their guardian signs the warrant/pick up order. This is outside of the school system. Purely judicial.

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the boy was arrested after the other child's parent showed up at school the next day to demand the boy's suspension or punishment. Soon, a deputy handcuffed the boy in front of his class and sent him to the juvenile detention center.

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Was this by the deputies own doing or by the warrant/pick up order signed by a magistrate?

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Upon his release six days later,

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No 48 hour hearing? Wow.

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a judge remarked, "Am I to get this right: Are we really here about Skittles?"

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Or harassment or the other cited statute regarding interference with an education facility.

So many questions.

This gets down to schools/parents wanting cops in schools for active shooter incidents. When that hysteria wears off people (read parents, school officials, LE officials) want to justify the cop in the school with STATS STATS STATS. This is what you get. Discipline issues become criminal/juvenile issues. Yeah.