“The Price Kids Pay” found that thousands of Illinois students had been ticketed in recent years for adolescent behavior once handled by the principal’s office — things like littering, making loud noises, swearing, fighting or vaping in the bathroom. It also found that Black students were twice as likely to be ticketed at school than their white peers.
Illinois continues to lead the way under Pritzker—you love to see it. Police just shouldn’t be hassling people—their job is to serve and protect, not harass and bully.