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School Resource Officer

‘When You Come To School, You Forfeit Your Rights’

January 21, 2021 Courtney Napier, Scalawag Magazine. , , ,
Yakob Lemma and classmate Victoria Smith were just seven months into their freshman year at Enloe High School, a high-performing magnet known for its racial and socioeconomic diversity in downtown Raleigh, when the Parkland Shooting happened. One of the deadliest mass school shootings, elected officials scrambled to respond nationwide. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper formed a Special Committee on School Shootings, and the next year suggested that there should be an armed officer in every school in the state.  Smith and Lemma shared Honors English and civics classes. As two of only a few Black students, connecting was easy—and necessary.

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