tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6923959676279325440..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Protest fallout, remembering George Floyd, abolishing police in schools, coronavirus and the courts, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78576523582749388432020-06-12T10:43:44.091-05:002020-06-12T10:43:44.091-05:00I read it, it implies they can use it as a defense...I read it, it implies they can use it as a defense, it doesn't say they can't be arrested for a crime. Doesn't matter no one is going to test the order.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8997233102754752712020-06-11T20:39:32.906-05:002020-06-11T20:39:32.906-05:00@9:09 - Read the Texas Supreme Court's explana...@9:09 - Read the Texas Supreme Court's explanation why their absolute immunity protects them.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8814975475289282642020-06-10T21:09:05.280-05:002020-06-10T21:09:05.280-05:00Just because no one is arresting the Harris County...Just because no one is arresting the Harris County judges does not mean the order is illegal (or stupid), it just means no one wants the headache. I can jaywalk in front of a cop and not get a ticket, it's still illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71929291159926107672020-06-09T19:47:03.083-05:002020-06-09T19:47:03.083-05:00Haven't heard that one. My recollection is tha...Haven't heard that one. My recollection is that the ISD cops really took off in the '80s in response to the Drug War.<br /><br />In practice, my understanding is having cops in the schools tends to push more kids into the system because they're just there every day and have to do <i>something</i>. <br /><br />Most of the pushback so far has been to raise the specter of school shooters.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50280221263461429902020-06-09T19:04:36.738-05:002020-06-09T19:04:36.738-05:00My understanding was that a big driver behind &quo...My understanding was that a big driver behind "school resource officers" was that an administrator paging a policeman didn't generate a report the same as calling the police department. Which I suppose in some cases keeps kids from being pushed into the system, but anecdotally I was told at least one officer spent an uncomfortable amount of time talking about teacher perpetrated sexual abuse without having to file very much paperwork that could be embarrassing to the district...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com