Outrage Grows Over Jailing of Children as Tennessee University Cuts Ties With Judge Involved — ProPublica

… The story included a detailed account of Murfreesboro police arresting four Black girls at an elementary school in 2016. The officers handcuffed two of the girls, including the youngest, an 8-year-old. The kids were accused of watching some boys fight and not stepping in. (They were charged with "criminal responsibility for conduct of another," which is not an actual crime. All the charges were later dismissed.) 

"How traumatic must it have been, as someone who is in elementary school, to be handcuffed? Were they going to resist arrest?…

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