The 1990s-era ‘tough on crime’ movement that encouraged police inside schools has expanded under Obama,despite the lack of consensus it improves safetyRichland County sheriff Leon Lott announced on Wednesday he would fire senior deputy sheriff Ben Fields for yanking a tall school girl from her desk and dragging her across the floor in a South Carolina classroom, and that video of the incident gave him “heartburn”.“He picked a student up, or he threw a student across the room,” Lott said. “That’s what caused me my heartburn, and my issues with this.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com