Appleseed rightly sues to make police use of force policies public

Appleseed rightly sues to make police use of force policies public





Scott Henson who writes, "Grits for breakfast," is highly qualified to blog about the topic of Texas politics. A former journalist he has worked in some aspect of politics all his life with a strong emphasis on political justice. The blog refers to "Appleseed" a non profit that is suing the Attorney General over the right for the public to view police policies that deal with the use of force in public schools. Grits gives us some background about the issue and the commentary and response that followed were interesting as well. Common sense makes you question why such policies would be hidden from the public. The reason's given were reminiscent of the reason given as to why slave masters abused slaves. They rationalized "If you keep the students ignorant of just how far they can go, and keep the police fearful and on edge, you can avoid crime." REALLY!!!(scholarly writing has to take a break so I can freak out for a minute.)THE LUNATICS ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM!!!! At first ,I thought this is Appleseed practicing a form of Lobbying by suing the Attorney general and the schools that won't release their policies. Then I read further and yes, I believe they should sue. The school and state will thank them later. There was a case involving a student that was stripped searched and it made it to the supreme court. Although the court ruled that her rights were violated they also ruled that they weren't violated knowingly by the staff. When there is gray area or in this case complete concealment, the worst is waiting to happen, especially involving minors. This is not the direction we won't to go in involving our schools and our children. Hopefully the lawsuit will be successful, What do they have to hide? The Grits for breakfast blog looks at two pieces of law a government code, and a Texas Plain language law and shows how they conflict and the previous can be manipulated. Wake up America.