“Florida continues to arrest thousands of students each year for minor violations not deemed criminal acts.
Of the 12,000 students taken from school to jail by police in 2012, 67% were accused of misdemeanors, such as disorderly conduct. Oftentimes, disorderly conduct amounts to little more than a student disobeying a teacher’s order to put away a cell phone or stop talking in class.
Wansley Walters, secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, told theOrlando Sentinel that most arrests stemmed from “bad behavior, not criminal behavior.”
“The vast majority of children being arrested in schools are not committing criminal acts,” Walters added. He pointed out that these arrests pull students out of school and inject them into the criminal justice system, which usually results in making their behavior worse and prevents them from getting counseling.
It was also found that African-American and disabled students were arrested disproportionately in number…..”
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