Prosecutors Refuse to Drop Charges Against Texas 11-Year-Old Put in Solitary Confinement

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Prosecutors Refuse to Drop Charges Against Texas 11-Year-Old Put in Solitary Confinement
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Timothy Murray lost his father earlier this year and had been asking his principal for counseling when she called in the police

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Data from Brownsville ISD seen by The Observer showed its officers made 3,102 student arrests between May 2021 and Nov. 2023. Nearly 60% of those were on felony charges and 76 of those kids were in elementary school.

What the everliving fuck is wrong with these people?

It’s Texas. They’ve NEVER been afraid of letting everyone know just how big of pieces of shit they are.

That's just absolutely fucking insane.