I am currently working on a project with my friend Cait about policing in Chicago Public Schools. I look forward to sharing the product of our work in the next few weeks.

My views about having police in our schools are well-documented. I think that the increased militarization of our schools leads to profoundly negative outcomes for youth.

I came across an article today that should make it clear that the police are not confused about their role in our schools:

A Northern California school police officers union has angered a town after it sold T-shirts with a picture of a child behind bars and the slogan: “U raise ’em, we cage ’em.”

I appreciate the police officers’ honesty about their mission. The question is what will we (as citizens) do in response…