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School responds after 'police brutality' posters cause outrage on social media
Leaders at a Mt. Morris high school are addressing several posters that were on display and raising eyebrows.

The posters were made by students and had “police brutality” written on them. Pictures of them were posted on social media Tuesday night. Since then, the post has garnered dozens of comments and more than 100 shares with people on both sides expressing their thoughts about the posters.
How dare these students learn about their constitutional rights!
 

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How dare these students learn about their constitutional rights!

They weren't "learning about their constitutional rights," they were being taught (to quote from the first poster) that "police are brutal."

It's no surprise that police officers were a little offended by this.

The police officer who complained was correct to point out that a small number of teachers illegally have sex with kids each year, but we don't hang up "teachers have sex with kids" posters everywhere.
 
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They weren't "learning about their constitutional rights," they were being taught (to quote from the first poster) that "police are brutal."

The poster teaches the class?
 
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They weren't "learning about their constitutional rights," they were being taught (to quote from the first poster) that "police are brutal."

How do you know they were being taught that? The superintendent's response makes the class sound pretty broad and even-handed.

There's a little more on the matter here:
Cops Invited To School Find Hall Lined With Police Brutality Posters - Blue Lives Matter

From the OP article:
A man posted photos of the posters saying he is upset with the anti-police message he thinks the assignment was sending to students. “Mt. Morris schools are perpetuating the narrative, lies and victimhood,” his post read.

That strikes me as more than a bit hypocritical, since, by posting the images and complaining without so much as talking to anybody at the school, the detective is just as guilty of perpetuating a narrative a victimhood.

From the BLM article:
Det. Weber said he believes the curriculum should be altered to reflect that instances of police brutality are a rarity, and that extensive discussion of the issue has skewed the public’s perception and caused many to believe that excessive force is a regularly-occurring problem.

“It simply isn’t a large enough societal problem to merit much discussion,” he explained.

Residents of other jurisdictions might disagree.
 
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Residents of other jurisdictions might disagree.
This police officer clearly has not read any of the DOJ reports on various police departments across the country. I also love the statistical sleight of hand here; considering such police misconduct is mostly directed at areas with racial minorities, it should be no surprise that there isn't a lot of police brutality in areas with the racial majority.
 
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This police officer clearly has not read any of the DOJ reports on various police departments across the country. I also love the statistical sleight of hand here; considering such police misconduct is mostly directed at areas with racial minorities, it should be no surprise that there isn't a lot of police brutality in areas with the racial majority.

This detective works in the Flint Township PD, which covers the area just outside of Flint, MI, so I would imagine he's at least familiar with some of the racial dynamics at play.

That said, the detective also works in a culture where the prosecutor thinks this kind of shooting is justified:
Flint Township to consider $1.39M settlement of fatal police shooting lawsuit

So, it also stands to reason that maybe his perspective is somewhat skewed.
 
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The only person that has written police are brutal is you. Reading comprehension is all I can suggest to you.

First poster in the line (with the big blue policeman). Take a look. I await your apology.

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When the children witness Homeland Security arresting a teacher because DHS felt they could park in a school bus loading zone at the end of the day, and the teacher dared ever say anything about it--as has happened--I think it's safe to say the children learned correctly.
 
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