We Need to Ban Assault Rifles, Not Have More Officers, More Cops in Schools Hurts Non-White Kids

On Thursday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Prime,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) argued that “when there are more police in schools, because of the explicit and implicit racism that still exists within law enforcement that we don’t deal with consistently, black and brown kids are going to continue to suffer and we’re going to continue to support the school-to-prison pipeline.” And that solutions like banning assault rifles should be pursued.