Armani Turner's 7-year-old son, DC, was repeatedly violently assaulted and restrained by teachers at his Pittsburgh school for "acting out" in class.
The school would routinely call the police who handcuffed DC and drove him home in squad cars.
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The school would routinely call the police who handcuffed DC and drove him home in squad cars.
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One day, DC's grandfather, Fela Turner, sat in on his first-grade class.
"He noticed that the desks of the 'bad behavior' students were pulled up to and facing the wall. All of these children, like his grandson, were Black boys."
"He noticed that the desks of the 'bad behavior' students were pulled up to and facing the wall. All of these children, like his grandson, were Black boys."
One teacher reported seeing a substitute teacher, Nicholas Sible, choke DC, and on another occasion he restrained him by placing his knee in his back while he was pinned to the ground.
80% of all children arrested in Pittsburgh public schools are Black. publicsource.org/from-school-to…
Even more staggering: in 2016 and 2017 in Pittsburgh, more than 80% of children prosecuted as adults were Black, and 100% of all children sentenced to jail or prison were Black.
Black people make up about 20% of the Pittsburgh population.
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Black people make up about 20% of the Pittsburgh population.
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