Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilities. It didn’t work.
  • @ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    26•8 days ago

    Abusing, intimidating and even murdering disabled people is right up there on the list of cops’ favourite activities, along with murdering Black people, beating their wives, and shooting dogs.

    ACAB

    • @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2•8 days ago

      Full agree with you

      but also he did say the school would blow up

      Arrest? Probably too much.

      Responding to him saying the school will blow up? Maybe something that should be done.

      • @ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2•8 days ago

        Na, screw that. The police are a danger to marginalised people and should not be called out for (anything, but especially not) something that could be cleared up in a matter of minutes by the school, or at most, social services. By calling them, the person who does actively puts marginalised people’s life at risk.

        • @bane_killgrind@slrpnk.netEnglish
          4•8 days ago

          The principal told Ty’s mom in an email that if Ty said something similar again, the school would follow the same protocol.

          Instead of the principal having a single brain cell capable of empathy, they decided that instead of engaging with the child and treating them with respect, they will catastrophize the child’s colloquialisms into intentional bomb threats.

          They know the child has used the term “blow up” to mean “blow up emotionally”/the child is in trouble. They are intentionally punishing the child for nothing.

          • @ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3•8 days ago

            They are intentionally punishing the child for nothing. being different

            Otherwise you’re spot on, this whole thing was entirely unnecessary and avoidable, if only those in positions of power wanted to avoid it.

            • @bane_killgrind@slrpnk.netEnglish
              2•8 days ago

              Yeah I could have been more explicit, being different is nothing to be punished over. It’s also specifically illegal.

  • The Bard in GreenEnglish
    7•8 days ago

    If I was black, with an autistic son, in a place like Tennessee, I would be moving my family to a deep blue city in a deep blue state ASAP rtfn.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast
      10•8 days ago

      I lived in Tennessee for less than a year with plans to stay permanently. Was discriminated against for having a name that didn’t sound “white”. People would apologize and become friendly once they saw me in person.

      Got the fuck out of there asap.

      Not everyone can be so lucky/privileged as to be able to move.