Over the last five years, law enforcement officers have tackled, struck, grabbed, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed Omaha-area students on school property, according to records reviewed by the Flatwater Free Press.
In all, school resource officers from the Omaha Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office have used force on students at least 63 times since the start of 2021. They have used force on and handcuffed students as young as 11 and 12.
Black children were the students who were subjected to force the majority of those times, although Black students make up roughly 15% of the current school population where the agencies provide their officers…