• Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Well not a lot of details in the article but it is quite possible that they did follow policy. Which doesn’t make it better.

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      11 months ago

      ’ “To this day, we have no information from the school or from the Precinct 3, the Constable,” Aaliyah’s father, Mark Zarate, said. "No type of paperwork as to what she was charged with. ’

      If this quote is true I’d expect a citation for the charges pretty soon after if not immediately when picking up my child from Juvenile Detention. Otherwise it would seem like they illegally held my child with no official wrong doing.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      It’s the policy. It happened to me too as a kid. On one hand, it can prevent future criminals, giving kids a dose of reality. It’s obviously a bit excessive, but it’s not terrible either.