A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.
Sounds like a little overachiever who is pretty mature for his age, up against a Karen principal who is annoyed by the kid instead of encouraging him.
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Wants to be an oncologist because his father died from blood cancer… So tragic.
Even worse than that really. She’s a principal who should’ve been fired, but instead they swapped her and the counselor from her school with the one in this one. Yes, drag the overperforming school down instead of outright replacing the staff of the underperforming one. brilliant move.
He asked her on day one where the old counselor was and she took that as an insult (because she knows she’s shit) instead of a genuine question like an 11yo would have because what fuckin 11yo, no matter how gifted, is tracking the staff moves of their school district?!
“Gee, I wonder why kids these days don’t trust law enforcement!”
Uhhh, this wasn’t just the principal. Thankfully the judge had some common sense.
Cameron County prosecutors pushed for Class C felony charges of “terroristic threat” and argued for two more weeks of detention. Instead, Judge Adela Kowalski-Garza ordered a safety risk evaluation and conditional release home until his hearing November 8.
This is horrifying. I know abuse of power is nothing new, especially in education and law enforcement, but people find new lows every day it seems. I’m glad others were there to step up and help.
It sounds like the individual responsible, Palm Grove Elementary School Principal Myrta Garza could still be a threat to additional students though. I know it’s Texas but there has to be some group there that can investigate this individual.
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What, exactly, makes the site “propaganda”? It leans left, but they make no bones about that and are open that they are a progressive-leaning news site.
I’m sorry but that Principal is an absolute cunt. She was targeting that kid, regardless if he did or didn’t do anything wrong…
Every monster who participated in putting an 11 year old in police solitary confinement should not keep their job and should face lawsuits.
Cameron County prosecutors pushed for Class C felony charges of “terroristic threat” and argued for two more weeks of detention.
Every authoritarian here is a power-tripping coward. Abusing a prepubescent child because they didn’t get the respect they demanded is the weakest and most craven thing someone can do.
Put this principal behind bars for child abuse. And take the police and everyone involved on that side along, too. They would make a nice chain gang.
If you in America ig you can sue her for random shit. She’ll lose money, that a principle doesn’t have, in lawyers.
Do it
11 years old. Lost his father, bullied by his principal, abandoned by the school district therapists, falsely arrested by the police and tortured for three days by the state.
If this kid manages to grow up to be a functional adult, it will be miracle.
It’s kind of amazing that we don’t hear more stories of abused ex-students retaliating against specific teachers and administrators when the kids get older.
When I was in high school, many decades ago, we had an 11th grade teacher who treated students like shit—and took a kind of delight in her cruelty. A year after having her, a group of six seniors broke into her car, late on a Saturday night, and totaled it by destroying every bit of the interior, dash, stick shift column, and windows. It was a testament to how despised she was that it was pretty well known who had done it, but no one ever ratted them out.
More of this story please? I love it
The smart ones tend to realize karma exists and skip town before too long.
Uh. I could have sworn Delores Umbridge was supposed to be short…
There was no evidence he made any kind of threat against the principal other than heresay by other students?
What the hell.
That principal is an insecure power tripping loser.
This happens all the time
Some rich girl with lawyer parents accused me of making a death threat. I was suspended for a day.
Schools don’t give a shit, they are so damn paranoid that any accusation is true and any mention of the word “gun” or “knife” is immediately disciplined.
Sometimes I feel like it’s a self fulfilling prophecy. The stereotypical weird quiet kid gets bullied for being a “school shooter”, the school either disciplines him or treats him like one (checking their bag every morning and snooping through their phone and online activity) and the kid is totally isolated because there’s zero sympathy for him. Everyone bullies him and the school treats him as a threat. You can only pressure a being so much before they lash out.
I would know cause that was pretty much me until I dropped out.
Yeah, it was me too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labeling_theory
So they tortured a child.
Well, it was not a fetus anymore…
The contact info for the district’s internal audit:
The lesson here is not to question authority or you’ll get arrested and locked up.
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I’ve just had a quick look at the front page and it seems pretty normal for a smaller independent paper?
Nothing outrageous or tabloidesque that I saw?
It’s not a tabloid site, so I don’t know what you’re so irritated about?
There were articles criticizing Abbott and the draconian abortion laws, as well as promoting climate change acknowledgement from my quick view of their front page.
That’s probably what’s infuriating the OP.
Ahh, that would explain it.
That’s such a weird and Lemmy thing to say.
Where is the evidence? Just because it’s liberal doesn’t mean you should believe it.
The rest of that site is complete propaganda.
Please point out the propaganda. Be specific.
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First you claimed it was a “tabloid,” then you said it was “propaganda.” You’ve ignored people pointing out it’s a reputable site and asking you to explain why you think it’s propaganda. Please explain, exactly, why you think this site is not reputable and is “propaganda.”
Texas Observer isn’t reputable? 🤔
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/texas-observer-media-bias
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-texas-observer/
“We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.”
Please. Any other source.
Any one that doesn’t cite this.
It’s so sad to me that that the fact that this is not corroborated anywhere else is getting me down voted.
That’s not what’s getting you downvoted.
Please sealion elsewhere.
Please. Just another source.
Why are you ok with this being the only source.
I get the sea lioning accusation, but this is so far fetched and is only reported here and by places and people that cite this.
Local news typically only ever has one source, but again, there is no problem with this one. They are a known, reputable, accurate, sourced, fact checked, news organization.
You have yet to articulate your problem with them and as near as anyone else can tell, THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THEM.
Then please forward this to everyone you can.
You and I both agree that this is horrific.
If it’s true, it should be national news shortly.
I’m sure it will be, but you need to brace yourself for other orgs referencing the Texas Observer. That part is already happening, and again, nothing wrong with TO as a source.
I think you got called out for all your attempts to discredit a very reputable source, and now you’re focusing on “only one source” as a way to save face and look like you had a legitimate point from the start, when you didn’t. Just take the L.
As others have pointed out to you repeatedly, the Texas Observer is a perfectly fine news source that has passed fact checking flawlessly for at least the last 5 years.
So stop spamming.
Please. Another source.
No more arguments about why you think this is a good source.
Another source.
Please. That’s the answer.
It should be easy. This is a horrific story. It should be easy to find other sources.
As many others have pointed out, you’re arguing in bad faith.
Everyone knows damn well that a local story in a local newspaper will not have another source until maybe a national source picks it up, and guess what, those national sources will look at the fact that the Texas Observer is a fully trustworthy source who did the legwork on this story, and they will link back to it.
It’s a 100% true, horrific story.
Or do you not believe that cops would do this sort of thing repeatedly in several states. Here’s a selection of past stories on teens, and young teens at that, put in solitary for way longer than should ever be allowed. Watch out for the 13-year-old who committed suicide because of it, that one is a rough read.
https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/too-young-shave-old-enough-solitary
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/06/22/louisiana-limits-solitary-confinement-for-youth
Cops are fucking bastards. They love to power trip, and they love to put people in solitary.
None of those are this story.
Didn’t read a single word I wrote, did you?
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The Texas Observer is a reputable site. It’s one of the last surviving papers in Texas with actual investigative journalists.
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What is wrong with you?
Let’s see if any major outlets pick it up over the next day or two.
Really that’s all I’m asking.
The fact that it’s been several hours since the original post and nothing but the post comes up for “child solitary confinement” should be reasonably telling.
Really that’s all I’m asking.
It’s not, and we all know it. You’re trying to find another way to discredit a source you’ve got a grudge against. First you called it a tabloid, then you insisted it was “propaganda,” and when no one agreed with you on either one, you settled on it’s not credible because it’s the only source. Just stop.
The author is on Mastodon, and I just sent her a message about this Lemmy post. So, I suppose we’ll see.
I personally think you are wrong since the original source is reputable. BUT I too find it a bit odd no one else seems to have picked up on this sensational piece.
If nothing else, perhaps we can use your doubt to raise awareness of this story.
Well kbin doesn’t federate downvotes, but having a peek at the Lemmy side was pretty satisfying. What a fucking disingenuous tantrum throughout this thread and repeated failure to acknowledge that this source you have impunged is rated quite highly by independent fact checkers.
Will you continue to delete and edit your comments, or stand by your words? I dunno, you’re getting blocked now, which I recommend everyone else also do.
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