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For teen activists, defunding school police has been a decade in the making


UCLA LPPI expert, Kelly Lytle Hernández, found that Black students had disproportionate rates of interactions with officers. “It’s part of a culture we have to break that sees these young kids as more of threats than humans to be invested in.”

UCLA LPPI expert, Kelly Lytle Hernández, found that Black students had disproportionate rates of interactions with officers. “It’s part of a culture we have to break that sees these young kids as more of threats than humans to be invested in.”