Dude literally trying to keep kids from hurting themselves, and gets let go.
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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Well yeah. The kids were protesting, so keeping them from hurting themselves is impeding law enforcememt.
The USA locks students behind chain link fences? Wild.
My high school was surrounded by one way back in 2002, although it wasn't a chain link one. It was made of metal bars, maybe 2 inches in diameter and 15 feet high. There was a large enough inside area on one side to safely get away from the building if there was a fire, though. It was mainly to prevent kids from leaving the campus during the day. Otherwise a lot of kids would just walk off campus to skip. Although, that really wasn't effective anyway. Kids could also easily skip classes behind the bleachers in the gym. There was also a science teacher that had completely checked out and would let kids smoke weed and do hallucinogens in his classroom while he just sat at his desk doing nothing. Any kids could go to his classroom to skip the ones they were supposed to be in.
No, no. Not usually. A lot of the time theyre muvh sturdier.
It makes it easier for any school shooter to get a 'high score' without ruining the school.
Replacing dead children costs the government nothing, but repairing bullet holes in the schools can cost a lot of money.
"It's for their own safety" 🤢
It's not new either, and also occurs in canada. I'm sure it varies geographically a bit but I remember my sister being in elementary school circa 2010 and the school being locked during the day. I had to be buzzed in to pick her up early or drop something off to her.
School yards were fenced when I was a child in the 90s, but I was able to leave during lunch "with permission".
This infrastructure represents a structural failure in society.
I have agreed with you for about thirty years.
I don't disagree.
As I approach middle age I don't know if I can trust my own perception of the truth anymore. I lived and worked in Toronto until my late 30s, with many years spent living in some of the most "dangerous" neighborhoods but when living there it was clear a lot of the perception was incorrect, rooted in racism and classism. I worked in an office tower that had an emergency winter shelter for the unhoused in the lobby. It was no big deal. But I don't live there anymore so when I think it's ridiculous to hear "how bad it's gotten" I recognize I don't actually know. My opinion doesn't matter, of course. It's just something I reflect on more and more. I think it's likely it's still racism and classism but I hold back on "back in my day..." type comments.
I worked in an office tower that had an emergency winter shelter for the unhoused in the lobby.
Holy shit, that's awesome. If they didn't also have showers, don't tell me; I'll pretend they did and preserve the narrative.
Uh…. Sounds like the school didn’t pass their history lessons