Communities Push to Remove Police From Schools

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🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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On Wednesday, the Oakland Unified School District board will consider a resolution that calls for dismantling the district’s dedicated police department. One group, the Black Organizing Project, has advocated for nearly a decade to shift resources from police officers to social workers, therapists or counselors. Studies show that Black and Latino students are disproportionately disciplined more harshly than other students, which advocates say is an extension of racism and criminalization of people of color. Meanwhile, police officials say that even if the district eliminates its department, Oakland schools will still need police to respond when students are victims of crime and abuse. We dive into the debate over school policing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.6	The Oakland Unified School District Board will consider a resolution tomorrow that calls for dismantling the district's dedicated police department.
1:22.6	The move echoes similar efforts in other cities, from Minneapolis to Chicago to Los Angeles, as well as San Francisco
1:28.1	and West Contra Costa County here in the Bay Area. One group, the Oakland-based Black organizing
1:33.7	project, has advocated for nearly a decade to shift resources from police officers to social workers,
1:39.4	therapists, or counselors. And studies show that Black and Latino students are disproportionately
1:43.9	disciplined more
1:44.9	than other students, which advocates say is an extension of racism and criminalization of people
1:49.8	of color. Meanwhile, police officials say that even if Oakland eliminates its department, schools
1:55.0	will still need police to respond when students are victims of crime and abuse. We'll dive into
2:00.1	the debate over school policing and joining us for that.
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