Ep. 97 - How mass shootings are getting little kids arrested in schools

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

So many of the stories we hear in the news are horrendous. But too often, we don't investigate the root causes of the stories we're outraged by. So, after reporting instances of young children being arrested on our last two episodes, Shaun digs into the root cause of these stories. He breaks down his theory that events like this only happen in the United States because of the abundance of guns here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.2	two days ago I told you the story of two six-year-old girls who were arrested,
0:39.5	handcuffed and sent to jail from a charter school in Orlando, Florida after some very basic
0:47.8	behavior problems in class. Yesterday we talked about a seven-year-old boy in San Antonio who was arrested and
0:57.5	handcuffed. Today I want to introduce an idea that may surprise you. I believe the abundance of guns in America is the
1:10.6	root problem of children being arrested in school. I believe it is at least
1:17.6	one of the root problems of police brutality and mass incarceration and today I want to unpack it.
1:24.2	This is Sean King and you are listening to
1:27.0	the breakdown.
1:28.0	The breakdown.
1:30.0	The breakdown.
1:32.0	The breakdown. Breakdown.
1:33.0	The Breakdown. In 2020 I have a book that comes out on how to make change and one of the things that I try to unpack and I'm in the process of editing the book now, which by the way is a very difficult
1:56.5	and brutal process.
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