Cop Block

Increasingly, the news reports incidents of severe abuse of youth by adults. For instance, a 9-year-old was tasered for refusing to take a bath a few years ago. About 2 and a half years ago, several middle school students were forcibly restrained and  locked in cold, dark rooms for throwing food. Another 14-year-old epileptic girl [...]

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This post was originally published at Technically, That’s Illegal. My recent career as a mother has really changed my opinions about a lot of things.  I am determined not to raise my kids in a paranoid manner.  I cringed at my youngest today.  He was crawling around the library carrying pieces of their puzzles in [...]

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The Twin Rivers Police Officers Association, which is a California school police officers union, has sparked public outrage for creating and selling a t-shirt depicting a child behind bars with the slogan “U Raise ‘em, We Cage ‘em”.  The Sacramento Bee reports that: On Monday, community leaders and child advocates said the T-shirts are highly [...]

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Police officer Scott Oglesby choked a 7 year old special needs child having a seizure and is now on the State Central Register of “indicated” child abusers. According to the article Allison said her son, who is a special needs student at Stevenson, suffers from seizures that cause him to scream and act much like a [...]

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