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by open0 1862 days ago
Is it known that in many American high schools the police will routinely search the halls, lockers, parking lots, and even force students to stand with their stuff placed on their desks while they walk around the classroom searching?

Or how about that starting in 4th grade we had D.A.R.E., where they regularly bring in actual cops to teach a "class" during which they attempt to coerce students into snitching on their families? This is when they're not busy teaching us about drugs that 95% of the students had never even heard of.

How about that it's very common for the police, if they find someone with a larger amount of drugs, to rob them rather than arrest them? This happens all the time with cops learning the license plates of particular dealers, although most drug dealers that I know have preferred this eventuality even if they lost a larger amount. Another friend lost 2 pounds of weed and a lot of money over a random noise complaint.

These American institutions, the schools and the cops in this case, are a total failure and need to be completely reworked.