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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Cops in California schools

    When a kid acts out in school in California, police are often called in to handle discipline. That sets the child up for a potentially long and traumatizing experience with the criminal justice system: the so-called school to prison pipeline. The ACLU has looked into the issue of police and school discipline in a new report out today.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 19, 2016 • 1 min read

    When a kid acts out in school in California, police are often called in to handle discipline. That sets the child up for a potentially long and traumatizing experience with the criminal justice system: the so-called school to prison pipeline. The ACLU has looked into the issue of police and school discipline in a new report out today. And the authors say there are better ways to deal with kids who misbehave.

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    3 of 5
    The rise of hate and the right wing
    1. 0:30Jorge Ramos on ‘Hate Rising’
    2. 10:20Frauke Petry: Germany's Trump?
    3. 18:29Cops in California schoolsYou’re reading this
    4. 27:32Documentary looks back at America’s first mass school shooting
    5. 42:22Trump's failed foray into Los Angeles development
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