Michael was a seventh-grader in a south Los Angeles middle school when he got his first ticket from the police. His crime? Being late for school. “One day I was walking in and an officer stopped me and said I was late and took me to the principal’s office,” Michael told researchers with the Community Rights Campaign of the Labor/Community Strategy
LA School District At A Crossroads Between Safety And Discipline
L.A. school police issue tickets to students for fighting, daytime curfew violations and tardiness.