Ep. 96 - 7-year-old arrested in San Antonio elementary school

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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All over the country, black girls and boys as young as six are being arrested for minor behavior problems. On today's episode, Shaun continues his conversation on this issue by focusing on how schools nationwide are failing to implement systems and structures that better support these children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yesterday we talked about what we now know were two different six-year-old girls who were arrested and charged with crimes at an elementary school in Orlando, Florida. I spent several hours today talking to
0:15.4	administrators in Orlando County Public Schools, to parents across Orlando, and
0:20.8	ultimately to parents across the nation who've made it clear that young
0:25.9	black boys and girls are being arrested for minor behavior problems all over the
0:31.1	country. Let's talk about it. This is Sean King and you are listening to
0:35.8	The Breakdown.
0:37.8	The Breakdown.
0:40.8	The Breakdown.
0:41.8	The Breakdown. The Breakdown. The Breakdown.
0:44.0	The Breakdown.
0:45.0	Well, developing tonight, a mother outraged over this video.
0:55.0	It shows her seven-year-old son handcuffed by police at his elementary school.
1:00.0	The mom says her son is autistic and he had an outburst during class.
1:04.3	And an officer doesn't know he's autistic.
1:07.1	How are they going to handle the situations?
1:09.6	I don't want my son to be the next one to get shot because he's not complying.
1:14.0	High witness news reporter Roxie Bustamante just talked to the mother and she
1:18.6	joins us live tonight. Roxie.
1:21.0	Deborah Maria Herrera wants to see the school policy change after seeing her son in metal
1:28.5	handcuffs and hauled away from his school while his father was here, ready to take him home.
1:34.3	This video hard to hear.
1:42.3	You can actually hear her seven-year-old son crying and
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