http://news.yahoo.com/baltimore-scho...160040458.html
Dr. Gregory Thornton, Baltimore City Public Schools CEO wrote the letter to warn families that no violence will be tolerated in the wake of the verdict, which could come down this week. But Thornton seems to have an especially broad definition of what actually constitutes violence. "Students need to understand that we support their right to express their emotions, and that we will facilitate opportunities for them to do so appropriately," the CEO wrote. "However, we need to make it clear that student walkouts, vandalism, civil disorder, and any form of violence are not acceptable under any circumstances."
IT'S bad enough the school is condemned by the WeSueU2
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland issued a statement saying the letter "creates a sense that the school leadership does not want students to talk about the issues raised by Gray's death or how the justice system is addressing it. The school system's letter could instead foster constructive conversation about those issues as part of students' civic education."
Here's the "students" opinion
In a pointed response, student activists who are part of City Bloc, a coalition of student groups, responded to Thornton's letter, writing that it "offensively and dangerously conflates the productive and affirming acts of students with criminal acts that not at all contributed to the advancement of our city."
Baltimore's youth were at the center of last spring's uprisings. Those protests were mostly peaceful until the day of Gray's funeral, when students from several schools clashed with police at a transit hub in Northwest Baltimore. City leaders said that students walked out of school and incited the violence in a plan to "purge," a reference to a 2013 dystopian film in which all violence was legal for one night, according to the Baltimore Sun
The school back pedals. what the fukover?
Late Monday, city school officials issued another statement, saying, "There is no intent to quell student voice and we have provided our schools with resources aimed at educating students on constructive ways to express their opinions.
Give em free open space to express their outrage. [dig]
