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Originally Posted by Orruar
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Wait, so if the vice-principal calls him in and requests that he remove a student, he can refuse to do that? What's he there for anyway? If the administrators are calling him in to do things that he shouldn't be doing, it sounds like there is a larger problem at this school involving both the police and the school administration.
Also, there's a difference between a police state and a militarized police state. One has giant weapons and uses military tactics and one is just a bunch of dicks with smaller weapons. Don't get me wrong. We have police forces that are way too militarized. But this incident is not a good case study of that problem.
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He said there are "recess officers" on duty for recess, I guess officers who moderate the safety and security of recess activities.
I am guessing this guy in the video was a recess officer but I don't have all the details.
The Sheriff was having to do a political dance but he moved to distance his department from this situation and future situations, looking to shift some attention to the school administration.
His argument insinuated the school was putting officers into situations they shouldn't be in and its the school admins problem first, officers second.
I'm inclined to agree this is the schools problem first and foremost,
if no real laws are being broken, or if the officer has not witnessed any actual crimes or wrongdoing. Seems very grey area and I think this easily fits under
police state activity as the school admin is abusing the police. Certainly not militarized police state.