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New Tennessee bill would allow officers to handcuff special education students | WZTV (GOP supports cruel treatment toward disables students as means to “control/punish” them)

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A new Tennessee bill would allow law enforcement officers to use mechanical restraints, such as belts and handcuffs, on students with disabilities.

SB 141/HB 127 says that school resource officers, school security officers, and any other law enforcement officers who are certified to do so, can apply “mechanical restraint” to special education students.

The bill does not set limits on the extent of which officers can restrain students, or add restrictions to ensure the student is safe. No documentation to parents is outlined in the bill.

Lawmakers write that this use of mechanical restraint is only allowed in emergency situations. What constitutes as an emergency is not defined.

 

Source: New Tennessee bill would allow officers to handcuff special education students | WZTV

3 thoughts on “New Tennessee bill would allow officers to handcuff special education students | WZTV (GOP supports cruel treatment toward disables students as means to “control/punish” them)”

    1. These are people who believe that cruel practices of the past were good at keeping people and events under their control and out of sight. They are afraid of being humane, compassionate or tolerant of differences. In short, they are evi.

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