A group of California parents and students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Compton school district alleging a pattern of abuse and racial profiling of Latinos by school police.
Continue reading...The Kentucky Supreme Court, in 4-3 split, rules that a high school student, who was detained in the school office for questioning by an assistant principal regarding giving prescription drugs to a classmate in the presence of a school resource officer, was entitled to Miranda warnings before the school official began the questioning, and therefore any incriminating statements elicited from the student are subject to suppression in a subsequent juvenile proceeding.
Continue reading...The Los Angeles Times reports that the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has announced that it has reached settlements with the city of Glendale and the Glendale Unified School District on behalf of eight Latino students who alleged that officials engaged in racial profiling and illegal searches during a 2010 incident at Hoover High School.
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