CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The city’s plan to bring School Resource Officers (SROs) back into the public schools in August faced criticism from a number of speakers during Monday night’s Charlottesville City Council meeting.
“As a former member of the Disproportionate Minority Contact and Juvenile Justice System Task Force, I’m well aware of how police in schools can lead to the school-to-prison pipeline,” said former City Council candidate Lena Seville. “I think you should take a much closer look at how the police is spending the money that they have.”
Her comments followed activist Rosia Parker’s time at the podium, during which she also said there are better places for the Charlottesville Police Department to spend money, including investigating possible human trafficking cases…