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K-9s will be used in random classroom screenings, Florida school district officials announce
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…. What are they screening for?
I mean, you know. If they’re like anxiety dogs, and they give out cuddles….
(Who am i kidding this is Florida.)
I know you're kidding, but you touch on a very real point that I think will pass unnoticed by many. You know that this will be in predominantly poor schools. Schools that are attended mostly by people of color. I'm reluctant to make generalizations, but I have encountered far more children of color afraid of or anxious around dogs of any size relative to white children. I don't know all the reasons why, but my gut says to blame the use of police dogs against people in their neighborhood, in their families, and people on TV that look like them. Maybe my experience is anecdotal and my experience is not the norm, but I no longer assume that all children will be friendly with or calmed by interaction with a dog, even a very calm friendly dog. Having grown up with dogs, it's hard to empathize with that, but I try to be sympathetic. These dogs are only there to instill fear in kids from a young age and to train them to abdicate their dwindling rights to the people in power.
You’re right of course.
Maybe we should used trained rabbits. Can you train rabbits?
Even white, privileged kids can be afraid of dogs. My daughter's friend, who is white and at least middle class, is terrified of our dogs. She won't come over to our house.
Admittedly, one is 60 pounds, but the other is only 15 pounds and is basically a cuddle machine. She's terrified of both of them.
I don't disagree with you in fact, but this comment is what-about-ism and arguing a straw-man since I never claimed privileged kids couldn't be afraid of dogs. As a result, it comes off a little racist, regardless of your hopefully we'll meaning intentions.
I wasn't criticizing you, I was just adding to what you said.
Ammunition and firearms, according to the police.
Uh huh.
If they could train dogs to rat out lgbtq kids they probably would.
This was actually my original thought :/ It should be a joke, but then again, so should drug searches.
Such an idiotic move. If a kid already had a gun in their possession but they weren't yet sure if they should actually do any killing, having a cop come toward them with a weapon-sniffing dog that will get them in huge trouble will almost definitely cause them to panic and actually start shooting.
This is, unfortunately very likely. Worse is that this won't do anything to stop kids from doing what they do. It will just lead to more situations where a kid is probably going to be very harshly punished when no harm was actually done, no drugs were consumed, and no weapons were used.
But now; with this randomized dog screening; there are going to be more incidents than there would normally be. Kids will bring illicit materials, objects and substances to school for many reasons that don't involve using them. Some of the time they just want to look or seem cool, edgy or rebellious and they don't actually realize the gravity of what they're doing.
But isn’t every good kid with a gun a solution against a bad kid with a gun? /s
god if only the dogs would completely misunderstand and maul the police for handling guns
Forbidden books?
DeSantis personally entering the classroom and screaming "UNACCEPTABLE!!!!"
well, he would if he could read.