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.
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.
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.
Even worse than that really. She's a principal who should've been fired, but instead they swapped her and the counselor from her school with the one in this one. Yes, drag the overperforming school down instead of outright replacing the staff of the underperforming one. brilliant move.
He asked her on day one where the old counselor was and she took that as an insult (because she knows she's shit) instead of a genuine question like an 11yo would have because what fuckin 11yo, no matter how gifted, is tracking the staff moves of their school district?!
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.
Cameron County prosecutors pushed for Class C felony charges of “terroristic threat” and argued for two more weeks of detention.
Every authoritarian here is a power-tripping coward. Abusing a prepubescent child because they didn't get the respect they demanded is the weakest and most craven thing someone can do.
11 years old. Lost his father, bullied by his principal, abandoned by the school district therapists, falsely arrested by the police and tortured for three days by the state.
If this kid manages to grow up to be a functional adult, it will be miracle.
It’s kind of amazing that we don’t hear more stories of abused ex-students retaliating against specific teachers and administrators when the kids get older.
When I was in high school, many decades ago, we had an 11th grade teacher who treated students like shit—and took a kind of delight in her cruelty. A year after having her, a group of six seniors broke into her car, late on a Saturday night, and totaled it by destroying every bit of the interior, dash, stick shift column, and windows. It was a testament to how despised she was that it was pretty well known who had done it, but no one ever ratted them out.
Some rich girl with lawyer parents accused me of making a death threat. I was suspended for a day.
Schools don't give a shit, they are so damn paranoid that any accusation is true and any mention of the word "gun" or "knife" is immediately disciplined.
Sometimes I feel like it's a self fulfilling prophecy. The stereotypical weird quiet kid gets bullied for being a "school shooter", the school either disciplines him or treats him like one (checking their bag every morning and snooping through their phone and online activity) and the kid is totally isolated because there's zero sympathy for him. Everyone bullies him and the school treats him as a threat. You can only pressure a being so much before they lash out.
I would know cause that was pretty much me until I dropped out.