Calls to eliminate school police in two San Francisco Bay districts intensify amid protests [edsource.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 6/10/2011:13 AM

By Theresa Harrington and Ali Tadayon, EdSource, June 10, 2020

Amid calls to defund municipal police in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police, two Oakland Unified school board members are pushing to eliminate the district’s police force.

This is an acceleration of a demand that dates back nine years, when activists began calling on the district to dissolve its police department after a black student was shot and killed by a district police sergeant.

The proposal by board members Roseann Torres and Shanthi Gonzales says the district would call on Oakland City Police in emergencies. It has the support of the teachers’ union. It’s unclear if the resolution to be introduced Wednesday will get majority support. The board may hold a special meeting next week to vote on it, or could vote on it June 24, Gonzales told EdSource.

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