A school district and local prosecutors in Texas are refusing to drop charges against an 11-year-old who was held in solitary confinement.

Timothy Murray lost his father earlier this year and had been asking his principal for counseling when she called in the police

  • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
    2711·
    11 months ago

    Data from Brownsville ISD seen by The Observer showed its officers made 3,102 student arrests between May 2021 and Nov. 2023. Nearly 60% of those were on felony charges and 76 of those kids were in elementary school.

    what the fuck is going on over there

    • Shurimal@kbin.social
      1594·
      11 months ago

      High-speed school-to-prison pipeline. Because inmates=free labour and prisons are for-profit. Gotta get 'em kidz institutionalized as early as possible!

      • JoJoGAH@lemmy.world
        32·
        11 months ago

        This was what they found in other schools too. One specific location ( I can’t remember where) the dads formed a group to a) keep kids peaceful and b) because they were being sent to jail for schoolyard bs. It was a largely black school. If you want to look it up with the sad details my brain is providing. Sry

      • Perfide@reddthat.com
        27·
        11 months ago

        Yep. Also noticed that the principal that called the police and the DA refusing to drop the case have the same last name. Garza isn’t that rare of a last name, but it’s not exactly “Smith”, either. I’d bet good money those fuckers are related to each other.

    • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
      791·
      11 months ago

      what the fuck is going on over there

      Brownsville is 94% Hispanic or Latino. This is Texas doing Texas shit.

        • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
          273·
          11 months ago

          I’m just saying… you never had a kid in class that was years older then everyone else, not doing shit, disrupting class all the time, getting violent and ending up in jail for attempt murder just after leaving school? I had. I wish there was a way to get him out of school earlier. I would be a better environment for everyone. But there wasn’t so they had to deal with him till he was 18 yo. Then on the other hand if you let teachers kick kids out they will get lazy and start locking up children for anything like in Texas.

              • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
                17·
                11 months ago

                If you’re trying to be funny, you’ve taken it too far. You should be yeeted into a Texas prison where you claim immature assholes belong, because this situation isn’t a fucking joke.

                • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
                  210·
                  11 months ago

                  Holy shit lighten up. It’s not even the original poster, the sarcasm was very obviously implied with that comment.

                  Edit: nvm, I see now they are tag-teaming. Smells like trolls.

            • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
              239·
              11 months ago

              Weird, in my case it was only in elementary school. High school was not mandatory so the disruptive kids simply didn’t go there.

              Edit: Oh, just realized that you probably also have middle school. I didn’t. It was the same school from age 7 to 15. Education was mandatory till 18 or 16 yo so the school was stuck with all the stupid kids till then.

              • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                23·
                11 months ago

                Ahhhh right, simple mistake to make. Middle school kids definitely deserve solitary confinement. Fucking what??

                I hope that maybe you’re just ignorant to what “solitary confinement” means, but even then, you’re talking about locking children away in fucking prison for misbehaving in 6th grade art class. Get a grip.

                • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
                  132·
                  11 months ago

                  Jesus, who’s talking about solitary confinement? Not even the original comment mentioned it. I definitely didn’t. Relax. It’s a shitty situation but getting angry about things you imagined is not going to save anyone.

                  • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                    11·
                    11 months ago

                    The original article is about putting a child into solitary confinement. You don’t even need to read the article. But keep moving those goalposts…

                    Is it really that much harder to just admit you were wrong (or literally just take the L and not respond at all) than doubling down on something so easily disproven?

                    The mindset is just fascinating to me.

      • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        11 months ago

        Were you never an asshole as a kid? It’s part of growing up. We work to make them better, but arresting them does nothing worthwhile.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
        9·
        11 months ago

        76 arrests of elementary students? Does it really matter? I have a hard time believing any arrest is appropriate for that age