From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

I'm Tracy Mumford.

Today's Thursday, May 28th.

Here's what we're covering.

Let's go back to when the officers were called when the deputies came.

I was trying to text my mom just to tell her, like, what was going on.

And so that's when the sheriff was like, okay, I'm going to, you're under arrest for theft.

A new investigation from the Times looks at what has happened as more police officers have been hired at schools to keep students safe.

I just remember that there was a lot of tugging and pushing, and I had somebody, like my head was against the ground.

And at one point, my head had hit the desk too.

My colleagues, in partnership with the San Antonio Express News, looked at Texas specifically.

Back in 2022, the state was rocked by one of the deadliest school shootings in Uvalde when a gunman opened fire at Rob Elementary in Uvalde, killing 21 people.

The next year, lawmakers pass legislation requiring one licensed police officer at every public school, the most ambitious effort of its kind. Now, Texas has more school

district police departments than all other states put together. The law that Texas passed was

largely cast as a way to protect students from school shooters, but we have found that the way

officers use force on students raises questions

about whether something that was meant to help them is actually harming some students instead.

Claire Amari is part of the team who dug through thousands of pages of police records and did

hundreds of interviews with students, parents, teachers, and law enforcement officials in Texas

to see how the influx of officers has played out.

The team found that while many people welcome the police presence on campus, there were also

many incidents where officers grabbed, tackled, or even used tasers on students, leading to

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