“Detroit parents whose children have been playing hooky from school were summoned to the office of state prosecutors and threatened with 90 days in jail. In Brewton, Pennsylvania, ten parents were indicted for their children’s truancy, and one served 60 days in jail. In Brewton, Tennessee, two mothers had to serve two days in jail because their teenage children repeatedly skipped school. What happens if parents refuse to be jailed? You’ve got it — state law-enforcement officers use guns to effect an arrest! Is the violence that goes to core of school compulsory-attendance laws and the violence committed by public-school ‘customers’ simply a coincidence?”
CAPSULE COMMENTARY: “Education Down the Barrel of a Gun”
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