John Sexton:
Parker's defense has argued that she did nothing wrong that day, but as I argued yesterday, I think there is likely a racial issue at play in this case that no one wants to talk about. Why didn't Parker act? I believe it's because the child, who had been in trouble at school before including choking a teacher the previous year, was black. Parker, as a black principal, was probably concerned about the so-called school to prison pipeline. If she had searched the backpack and found a gun she would have been obligated to call the police and this incident would have followed that student for years to come. I think she was hoping to avoid all of that, essentially for equity.
# posted by Ranger @ 4:37 PM
