By Aman Mehrota, age 10 and IndyKids Staff The United States police forces are a pretty modern invention. Early police forces were privately funded systems governed by the rich white elite to protect property. Some say that systemic racism has always been the foundation of policing in the United States and slave patrols of the …
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By Simon Boon-Blankinship, age 11 and IndyKids Staff The number of police officers hired by schools across the country has skyrocketed in recent times. These officers, also known as social resource officers (SROs), are often not trained to work with children, and evidence shows that heightened police presence in schools has led to the criminalization …
By Melina Cantagallo, age 12 While the Black Lives Matter movement was established seven years ago, the death of George Floyd in May, among other Black lives at the hands of police, has raised the question: “Are the police really keeping us safe?” According to a Gallup poll from late July, 94% of Americans believe …
This year, nearly 1,000 people have been killed by police officers in the United States, according to the Guardian’s new website, “The Counted.”
A new report finds that the Mexican government did not properly examine forensic evidence or investigate leads to help find 43 missing students on the night of their disappearance.
The police force in New York City schools is the fifth largest police force in the country. The more police in schools, the more likely kids are to be arrested and suspended.
“School districts should have enough money to hire better teachers and counselors to help the kids in trouble and prevent future problems.”
Police in schools, greenhouse gases and more.
