Democrats Introduce Bill To Get Police Out Of Schools

The deaths of Black people at the hands of police this year ignited an important conversation about police reform in this country.

A number of proposals have been introduced to address various facets of policing at the federal, state, and local levels.

Senators Chris Murphy and Elizabeth Warren, along with Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar, introduced the Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act that would prohibit federal money to be used to fund police in schools.

PROMOTED "Police shouldn't be in schools," said Senator Murphy in a statement.

"There are plenty of better ways to ensure that our schools are safe places to learn, and Congress needs to understand how police in schools ends up with the wrong kids getting arrested for minor disciplinary actions and resources being drained from more effective programs." Systemic racism is a major problem in policing and Murphy pointed that out in regard to police in schools.

Over the last few months, school districts have made this call themselves.

Minneapolis Public Schools was one of the first to do so in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/wesleywhistle/2020/07/31/democrats-introduce-bill-to-get-police-out-of-schools/?sh=3538ef4fcc97