A fifth-grader reported being bullied by his principal. Five days later, he was handcuffed and detained.
Why Was This 11-Year-Old Brownsville ISD Honor Student Put in Solitary For Three Days?
Because it’s Texas. The answer is always because it’s Texas… Well, okay. Sometimes it’s Florida too.
Texas is filled with bullies and pussies, both overlap
This is a serious over-generalization. Brownsville and the RGV vote reliably Democratic, and abuse of authority situations, involving school districts, criminal justice systems, and the police, et al, absolutely happen all over the country.
Yeah there’s some good people in Texas. That doesn’t change the fact that, for the most part, the entire state is a disgusting shit hole that is one of the biggest embarrassments in America.
That doesn’t change the fact that, for the most part, the entire state is a disgusting shit hole
There are some shitty parts of Texas for sure, but “for the most part?” You don’t know this state dude. Texas reliably votes like 55% Republican and 45% Democratic, and there are tons of awesome people, beautiful scenery, and multicultural urban centers here. The state is gerrymandered to hell though
Which leads to a republican supermajority and governor and a shithole state.
Sorry, didn’t realize you only think in black and white like a child
You seem to be reading things into comments that aren’t there. Texas is a shithole because of the government running the State, not the people suffering through it.
I’m failing to see where anyone is blaming them for the shit their republican government is doing.
I’ll make this more extreme as a means of illustrating the point everyone else seems to be trying to get across…
Russia is a nation full of parents who love their children, artists and musicians creating interesting and new art, and rebels developing creative and novel approaches for resisting their fascist government. But, when people say that “Russia sucks”, those aren’t the reasons.
You have to go back to Ann Richards and the 90s to find actual bipartisainship in texas man. I miss a lot of the people and the food especially, but fuck that state went bonkers after GWB and only gets more nuts. Fuck they pardoned Ken Paxton.
Democrats are frequently still racist, obedience-loving sacks of shit, they’re just the lesser of two evils in a system where the greater of two evils is a pack of utterly cynical greed-as-a-virtue actual fascists.
They’re the same people.
Was in the RGV right before Trump was elected - and again during the Beto-Cruz fight - the amount of support for conservatives there is MIND BOGGLING. I kept asking ‘how the fuck are so many latinos in the can for Cruz and Trump?’ I do not understand, especially around Harlingen and the other ‘towns’ down there.
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After a look at other articles, I’m happy to say the site is fine.
What about this article do you find to be not credible?
There is nothing wrong with The Texas Observer.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-texas-observer/
Overall, we rate the Texas Observer Left Biased based on story selection and political positions that mostly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.
Failed Fact Checks:
None in the Last 5 years
Real answer? America.
“Gee, I wonder why kids these days don’t trust law enforcement!”
This is horrifying. I know abuse of power is nothing new, especially in education and law enforcement, but people find new lows every day it seems. I’m glad others were there to step up and help.
It sounds like the individual responsible, Palm Grove Elementary School Principal Myrta Garza could still be a threat to additional students though. I know it’s Texas but there has to be some group there that can investigate this individual.
Please read some of the other items on that site.
Whether or not this particular story is true, that site is propaganda.
If you insist on spamming this lie over and over I’m going to keep replying with the actual facts. There is nothing wrong with The Texas Observer.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-texas-observer/
Overall, we rate the Texas Observer Left Biased based on story selection and political positions that mostly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.
Failed Fact Checks:
None in the Last 5 years
What, exactly, makes the site “propaganda”? It leans left, but they make no bones about that and are open that they are a progressive-leaning news site.
I’m sorry but that Principal is an absolute cunt. She was targeting that kid, regardless if he did or didn’t do anything wrong…
Every monster who participated in putting an 11 year old in police solitary confinement should not keep their job and should face lawsuits.
So they tortured a child.
Uh. I could have sworn Delores Umbridge was supposed to be short…
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I already decided to delete my other comments about this when somebody decided to think that I asked that because of some weird reason I won’t repeat after I even predicted it.
You were spamming comments claiming the source is not reputable and propaganda because you don’t like other articles you saw on the website. Those claims are patently false. Now you’re just straight up lying about your previous comments while still repeating the lie that this is not a reputable source, so allow me to repeat myself: There is nothing wrong with The Texas Observer.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-texas-observer/
Overall, we rate the Texas Observer Left Biased based on story selection and political positions that mostly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.
Failed Fact Checks:
None in the Last 5 years
First you claimed it was a “tabloid,” then you said it was “propaganda.” You’ve ignored people pointing out it’s a reputable site and asking you to explain why you think it’s propaganda. Please explain, exactly, why you think this site is not reputable and is “propaganda.”
Funny how they’ve spent hours replying and arguing with everyone else in this thread but will not answer this extremely simple question.
The Texas Observer is a reputable site. It’s one of the last surviving paper in Texas with actual investigative journalists.
Why is this not being covered by npr, bbc, ap, and Reuters?
This is horrific.
As others have pointed out to you repeatedly, the Texas Observer is a perfectly fine news source that has passed fact checking flawlessly for at least the last 5 years.
So stop spamming.
Please. Another source.
No more arguments about why you think this is a good source.
Another source.
Please. That’s the answer.
It should be easy. This is a horrific story. It should be easy to find other sources.
As many others have pointed out, you’re arguing in bad faith.
Everyone knows damn well that a local story in a local newspaper will not have another source until maybe a national source picks it up, and guess what, those national sources will look at the fact that the Texas Observer is a fully trustworthy source who did the legwork on this story, and they will link back to it.
It’s a 100% true, horrific story.
Or do you not believe that cops would do this sort of thing repeatedly in several states. Here’s a selection of past stories on teens, and young teens at that, put in solitary for way longer than should ever be allowed. Watch out for the 13-year-old who committed suicide because of it, that one is a rough read.
https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/too-young-shave-old-enough-solitary
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/06/22/louisiana-limits-solitary-confinement-for-youth
Cops are fucking bastards. They love to power trip, and they love to put people in solitary.
None of those are this story.
Didn’t read a single word I wrote, did you?
😭pLEasE! anOThER SOuRce!! 😭
What is wrong with you?
The author is on Mastodon, and I just sent her a message about this Lemmy post. So, I suppose we’ll see.
I personally think you are wrong since the original source is reputable. BUT I too find it a bit odd no one else seems to have picked up on this sensational piece.
If nothing else, perhaps we can use your doubt to raise awareness of this story.
Yeah it’s definitely sus. I went looking for some other stories that were regional news where I live and found other regional news papers also picking things up. It is a bit odd nobody else had run this story; it’s possibly an exclusive others are still trying to catch up on.
Well kbin doesn’t federate downvotes, but having a peek at the Lemmy side was pretty satisfying. What a fucking disingenuous tantrum throughout this thread and repeated failure to acknowledge that this source you have impunged is rated quite highly by independent fact checkers.
Will you continue to delete and edit your comments, or stand by your words? I dunno, you’re getting blocked now, which I recommend to everyone else also do.
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Put this principal behind bars for child abuse. And take the police and everyone involved on that side along, too. They would make a nice chain gang.
The contact info for the district’s internal audit:
Can we get a non tabloid source for this?
Look anywhere else on that site.
Lemmy makes me so sad, and I’m probably going to get down voted to oblivion before anyone actually looks at the rest of that site, even for a moment.
It’s not a tabloid site, so I don’t know what you’re so irritated about?
There were articles criticizing Abbott and the draconian abortion laws, as well as promoting climate change acknowledgement from my quick view of their front page.
That’s probably what’s infuriating the OP.
Ahh, that would explain it.
Stop spamming this. There is nothing wrong with The Texas Observer.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-texas-observer/
Overall, we rate the Texas Observer Left Biased based on story selection and political positions that mostly favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.
Failed Fact Checks:
None in the Last 5 years
I’ve just had a quick look at the front page and it seems pretty normal for a smaller independent paper?
Nothing outrageous or tabloidesque that I saw?
So why is that bitch of a principal not dead or in jail yet?
