The Minneapolis school board unanimously voted to cut ties with the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) as a direct response to George Floyd’s death
, an education-focused civil rights group called the Advancement Project is leading a charge for all school districts to stop working with their local police departments.
“There have been too many examples across the country of police violence against students in our school hallways and criminalization of students of color,” spokeswoman Judith Browne Dianisthat the Minneapolis school district had faced criticism over its use of police officers as school resource officers, and noted that the long-term goal was to shift the resource officer role into a “mentor” position.
“At this point in our history, we all recognize that they [Black students] — and the schools we lead — need much more from us,” the letter said. “Words of sympathy are not enough. This moment in time calls on all of us to reject the complicit message of silence.”
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