COPS IN SCHOOLS ARE DANGEROUS TO BLACK CHILDREN
Earlier this year, Dr. Tamar Klaiman, member of the Abington Board of School Directors, came under fire for saying the following:
We know that the Black and Brown students are much more likely to be shot by the officer, especially school resource officers, than other students, and I have serious concerns about anybody in the building having firearms, regardless or not of whether they are police.
Some parents called for Klaiman’s removal from the board and while Abington Township Police Chief Patrick Molloy forgave the comments, he said they were hurtful to his officers, their family and the law enforcement community.
Chief Molloy said himself,
“There are instances and the data supports some of this stuff that they were suggesting about African American males being more likely shot by police.”
What I wonder if the focus of any on-going dialogue between Abington Police and the Abington School District is on Klaiman’s comments being hurtful or CONTINUE READING: Cops In Schools Are Dangerous to Black Children - Philly's 7th Ward