[Leaning Right]

Police have the tools to handle most situations. And that includes lethal weapons as a last resort. Also, police usually have qualified immunity if things go south.

A “safety team member” has none of that. Therefore, a safety team member would be crazy to physically intervene in a serious fight. Call 911. Try to talk the combatants down if you can. But that’s about it.

Side note: I was an urban high school teacher for many years. I broke up my share of fights. Got sent to the hospital for my efforts once. That was years ago. Things are much worse now.

[Zhang Fei]

[Side note: I was an urban high school teacher for many years. I broke up my share of fights. Got sent to the hospital for my efforts once. That was years ago. Things are much worse now.]

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Things are worse because Obama decided going after students for committing crimes on school property was racist. Too many black students were getting suspended or ending up in juvie. So he had the DOJ sue school districts. Thanks to consent decrees, school superintendents are not having violent students arrested. Now that budding school age criminals know they can do anything they want on school property, they are acting up way beyond what they previously did.