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107. And your anecdote doesn't end with "I won my lawsuit" because?

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The Rude Pundit - Cops in the Classroom: How Pathetic Are We? [View all] meegbear Oct 2015 OP

Children should be allowed to be children. tecelote Oct 2015 #1

Hell, I brought a pistol to school in '72 malthaussen Oct 2015 #45

The last sentence says it all. RedCappedBandit Oct 2015 #2

they've internalized the oppression retrowire Oct 2015 #6

Except it is not entirely correct. ieoeja Oct 2015 #41

So where is Rude incorrect again? I missed that part. 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #73

Where he said the kids sat there and did nothing. ieoeja Oct 2015 #91

No cops in classrooms. nope 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #92

"Do you think they should be? If so, why?" Reading comprehension? It's quite clear what the previous WinkyDink Oct 2015 #106

True. But for some strange reason he asked me. So I thought I would return the favor. n/t ieoeja Oct 2015 #109

The point is that the officer shouldn't have been there in the first place malaise Oct 2015 #3

reacting to modern teenagers... Thespian2 Oct 2015 #4

Been hitting them out of the park a lot lately, but this is a Grand Slam. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2015 #5

I'm guessing NewJeffCT Oct 2015 #10

Very good point Pacifist Patriot Oct 2015 #12

We had police in my high school in the 80s gollygee Oct 2015 #7

In my school too, also in the 80's. Mariana Oct 2015 #43

Maybe they weren't doing roids. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #54

It seems like people have lost their ability to "deal with it." Thav Oct 2015 #8

The cop says the girl hit him? Bluzmann57 Oct 2015 #9

She threw her hands up after he grabbed her by the neck. Chakab Oct 2015 #11

The point is that kids cannot be kids anymore. Most don't have parents that care about them. rladdi Oct 2015 #13

"Most (kids) don't have parents that care about them." alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #102

We didn't need a cop. We had Miss Spencer. tavernier Oct 2015 #14

My third grade teacher was like that. malthaussen Oct 2015 #46

I remember my first grade teacher could silence a whole class just by looking at them. n/t deafskeptic Oct 2015 #75

We've taken away too much power from teachers Valoz Oct 2015 #76

In 1963, my 300 year old high school was torn down mountain grammy Oct 2015 #15

I had the misfortune to be walking past the trash cans on my way out of the cafeteria Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #16

And your anecdote doesn't end with "I won my lawsuit" because? WinkyDink Oct 2015 #107

Maybe because I didn't file one! Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #108

I'm a "Justice" person. But hey---if you thought that those who 'cuffed you should get away with it, WinkyDink Oct 2015 #110

white kid vs. black kid Generic Other Oct 2015 #17

but the sheriff insists that race had NOTHING to do with this. niyad Oct 2015 #28

WOW! Paka Oct 2015 #58

+ 1,000,000,000 - Thank You !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #62

Police walk the halls because kids have not been properly taught discipline and respect for teachers vlyons Oct 2015 #18

Just hand the school over to the kids, then Bok_Tukalo Oct 2015 #19

So because the young woman didn't want to give up her cell phone, she has no place in that school? justiceischeap Oct 2015 #22

She also recently lost her mother. silverweb Oct 2015 #74

Not just her mother but her grandmother too justiceischeap Oct 2015 #88

I didn't know about her grandmother. silverweb Oct 2015 #95

She shouldn't have her phone in school Valoz Oct 2015 #78

You've obviously forgotten what it's like to be a kid justiceischeap Oct 2015 #87

Actually, phones are allowed for a reason. silverweb Oct 2015 #96

what an utterly despicable, authoritarian-loving comment. niyad Oct 2015 #29

Okay, Lord of the Flies Bok_Tukalo Oct 2015 #33

Right, looking at a text = Lord of the Flies. n/t gollygee Oct 2015 #39

I certainly won't be missing anything by putting you on ignore. Maedhros Oct 2015 #57

I feel sorry for whatever young people are within your sphere of influence. how very sad for them. niyad Oct 2015 #66

All children have a place in school. Maedhros Oct 2015 #56

No, but they should be in a place where they can't disrupt the education of others Valoz Oct 2015 #79

What a vile point of view. Maedhros Oct 2015 #94

Agreed Elmergantry Oct 2015 #71

The brave girl who protested sammythecat Oct 2015 #20

I guess somebody finally brought enough for everybody... malthaussen Oct 2015 #47

I see "zero tolerance" has been around sammythecat Oct 2015 #103

She was *very* brave. silverweb Oct 2015 #97

I certainly hope so too. sammythecat Oct 2015 #104

That's awful. silverweb Oct 2015 #105

it's an insane fucking world we have made for ourselves. spanone Oct 2015 #21

Slowly boiling the frog gregcrawford Oct 2015 #23

Did you mean Eric Holder? Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #50

I did... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #85

Eric Garner.... Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #101

would you consider making this its own OP so that we can rec it? niyad Oct 2015 #68

I will... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #86

I posted my response as an OP in Good Reads, since that's where I post my cartoons... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #90

you are most welcome. k and r'd. niyad Oct 2015 #93

Agreed! silverweb Oct 2015 #98

I've thought of it as feudalism as well... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #99

Google images. silverweb Oct 2015 #100

slight correction: a School Resource officer is a cop who failed to get hired as a cop librechik Oct 2015 #24

this abusive asshole is a sheriff's deputy. niyad Oct 2015 #31

*Was* a sheriff's deputy, at least. malthaussen Oct 2015 #48

someone needs to keep an eye on this abusive little prick, see if another force takes him on niyad Oct 2015 #69

You hit it exactly where it is, librechic! Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #51

That's not true. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2015 #53

My post was just my humble opinion librechik Oct 2015 #59

Not really Pacifist Patriot Oct 2015 #84

K&R, as usual cyberswede Oct 2015 #25

Can we stop with the doublespeak Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #26

as usual, rude nailed it! I am so glad that I do not have hostages to fortune in the school niyad Oct 2015 #27

a little background on that abusive officer: niyad Oct 2015 #30

schools are slowly turning into a new arm of the prison system.. Javaman Oct 2015 #32

You forget the cameras in the corridors... malthaussen Oct 2015 #49

Thanks. It's really sad. nt Javaman Oct 2015 #67

Slowly? Alkene Oct 2015 #77

I'm sorry this is incredibly ignorant. Kurska Oct 2015 #34

yep - my wife was a HS teacher - now retired DrDan Oct 2015 #81

Exactly, the problem isn't that there is security Kurska Oct 2015 #83

That's it. Brainwashing. Internalizing the oppression. That's the whole shebang. nt valerief Oct 2015 #35

why is rude always correct? dembotoz Oct 2015 #36

When I went to high school in the early 2000's d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #37

"Schools and Prisons... ymetca Oct 2015 #38

What the fuck does Rude mean "didn't get up and try to stop the cop"?!? ieoeja Oct 2015 #40

How many DUer's remember what their parents expected from you packman Oct 2015 #42

If I did today as a student the things I did when I was a student... malthaussen Oct 2015 #44

This has been going on for some time, but I agree it's progressing passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #55

When I went to kindergarten on Halloween I dressed as a cowgirl, with a cap gun in holster Demeter Oct 2015 #52

When I was about six or seven... malthaussen Oct 2015 #60

My high school in Southern California garnered actual police officers and prison bars on campus 4lbs Oct 2015 #61

This: blackspade Oct 2015 #63

The gun nuts have won, just like the terrorists have won. whereisjustice Oct 2015 #64

Like it says in the OP, Mr.Bill Oct 2015 #65

don't forget that the girl who did film it, at least, and demand that the abusive little prick stop, niyad Oct 2015 #70

There is no excuse for the actions of that officer. And firing him was the right thing to do. YOHABLO Oct 2015 #72

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #80

We feared what our parents would do Facility Inspector Oct 2015 #82

Cops in the classroom did not come from columbine. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #89