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Warpy

(113,131 posts)
1. I agree
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 04:41 AM
Feb 2015

Different cultural norms are being seen as discipline problems when they're not.

What it looked like to me on that tape is that the girls got mouthy and the guard lost it, probably because she was terrified of being outnumbered. That speaks to a total lack of training in how to take command of a situation as well as in what is normal for teenagers.

There is no excuse for any of this and the state AG seems to have seen what I did on that tape.

I hope the girls get to go back to their regular school, sadder and wiser and bearing a few scars. I hope that guard finds another line of work away from teenagers of any color or culture. She's not up to the job.

Yes, it's probably a nationwide problem. The only way out is through, meaning everybody out there needs an education in how cultures differ. We were separated for far too long. It will take time to overcome it.

In the meantime, thank goodness for video cams. They don't lie.

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