Trigger Warning. Byrd's lynching-by-dragging

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28. An argument against.

John William King took away James Byrds Jr life from him. Dragged him one and a half miles before his head and arm was severed from his body then dragged for another one and a half miles.

He took his life and his right to vote.

I have said many times here that it is not voting rights that need to be looked at it is the criminal just system.

See Ferguson.

https://www.aclu-mo.org/en/news/long-term-costs-missouris-school-prison-pipeline

Students who are targeted for unequal discipline are removed from an educational setting and funneled into the juvenile and criminal justice system. Students who are subject to unfair and frequent discipline are more likely to drop out of high school and come into contact with law enforcement.

Many later find themselves in prison, diminishing their lifetime economic opportunities and robbing their communities of their social contributions. The effects can last for generations and only perpetuate cycles in poverty and inequality.

Missouri is one of the school-to-prison pipeline’s worst contributors.

In our October 2017 report, “From School to Prison: Missouri's Pipeline of Injustice,” we reported that Black students are more likely to receive suspensions than White students. This summer, we took a look at the newest data and learned that things have only become worse. Black students are now five times more likely to be suspended than White students overall. Black preschoolers are more than four times as likely to be suspended compared to White preschoolers -- Missouri gives multiple out-of-school suspensions to Black preschoolers than in 44 other states.

The effects of this pipeline have both a human cost and a financial cost.

We will explore the real consequences of the school-to-prison pipeline by following two Missouri students: one, who finishes his education and builds a successful career, and another, who is expelled from school and finds herself in prison.