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Prosecutors Refuse to Drop Charges Against Texas 11-Year-Old Put in Solitary Confinement (themessenger.com)

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A school district and local prosecutors in Texas are refusing to drop charges against an 11-year-old who was held in solitary confinement.

Officers detained the boy and placed him in solitary confinement for three days at the Darrell B. Hester Juvenile Detention Center. Cameron County prosecutors argued for charges of "terroristic threat."

Despite being accused of ignoring Texas laws which require parental involvement before such interventions, Cameron County District Attorney Rene Garza told a hearing Wednesday that his office was gathering further evidence against Murray, rather than deciding to drop the charges.

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[-] Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 78 points 6 months ago

Judge: Adela Kowalski-Garza
Prosecutor: Rene Garza
Principal: Myrta Garza

“[Garza] has a lot of people to back her up. She has people in high places. So I guess she can basically do whatever she wants and she receives no consequences for it.

Hmmm.

[-] Bibliotectress@lemm.ee 28 points 6 months ago

This is what I want the article to actually be about.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Which Garza said that?

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

Yes.

[-] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

It's all Garzas all the way down

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