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Letter to Texas Commission on Law Enforcement: Texas Appleseed, Other Groups: It's Time: Ban Tasers, Pepper Spray on Schoolchildren
December 4, 2013
Only weeks after a student suffered traumatic brain injury as a result of being tased at school, Texas Appleseed is urging the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to adopt a statewide policy that bans the use of pepper spray, stun guns, and Tasers on students by school police officers attempting to restore order in school. We are part of a coalition of seven civil rights and social justice groups seeking this change to protect children.
Texas Appleseed, Disability Rights Texas, and the National Center for Youth Law have added additional complainants to its June 12, 2013, filing with the U.S. Department of Justice. The three law centers allege that Dallas County's four school districts and truancy courts are violating the constitutional and civil rights of students prosecuted for Failure to Attend School.
Civil Rights Filing Accuses Dallas County Schools, Truancy Courts of Students' Rights Violations (Appendix E)
June 12, 2013
Dallas Truancy Court Data, Appendix E - Dallas Court Outcomes
Civil Rights Filing Accuses Dallas County Schools, Truancy Courts of Students' Rights Violations (Complaint Summary)
June 12, 2013
From Texas Appleseed, Disability Rights Texas, and the National Center for Youth Law
Civil Rights Filing Accuses Dallas County Schools, Truancy Courts of Students' Rights Violations (Full Complaint)
June 12, 2013
From Texas Appleseed, Disability Rights Texas, and the National Center for Youth Law
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