The mentality behind #corporalpunishment in schools is on display in the following article. There were 21,477 instances of this type of punishment in Arkansas during the 2013-2014 school year.
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@muninn I’ve got a picture in my head of this being threatened against me and me getting a group of students together saying “if you attempt to hit us or any other student we will defend ourselves”. (Though I know reality is always messier and I’d imagine them doing something stupid to escalate things in response)
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@muninn one of many reasons police forces need to be disbanded and replaced with something that actually works for the community rather than against it