Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Hey Scott - What Happened to the Parkland School Safety Report? (Answer: Trump blames black people)

Ya'll remember after the Parkland massacre where 17 students and staff were killed by a gunman, there was a safety commission report on school safety, guns and the value of student lives. What ever came of that?  Well they issued their report.

Turns out that Obama was too soft on blacks students and the disabled...

"Wait," you ask, "what?"

Well, after a breif look at gun safety... oh, I'll just quote the saddest news story I have read in years.

The decision culminates a nearly yearlong effort begun by the Trump administration after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The deaths of 17 students and staff members on Feb. 14 prompted lawmakers in both parties to demand tougher gun laws, but after a brief flirtation with gun control, President Trump abandoned that focus and instead empowered a school safety commission, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
Almost immediately, the commission turned away from guns and instead scrutinized the Obama administration’s school discipline policies, though none of the most high-profile school shootings were perpetrated by black students. The commission’s focus was part of a broader effort to reject the previous administration’s race-conscious education efforts, which have included siding with Asian students suing Harvard to end affirmative action and delaying an Obama-era rule to prevent disproportionate numbers of minority children from being funneled into special education classes.

Jesus wept.