I realize that headline sounds like a Nancy Grace special, but in the last 24 hours, I’ve heard about two cases – one in Oakland and one in San Jose — in which kids under 15 were handcuffed at school.

Are these isolated incidents, or do they happen more than the public (and certain members of the press) knows about?

Oakland case: At the school board meeting last night, the parents of a former Montera Middle School student spoke out about the time their son was restrained by a security officer.

According to the district’s account, the boy was sent to the office after disrupting the class. When a security guard and an assistant principal tried to take him into a conference room, the boy physically tried to prevent the AP from unlocking the door, and the security officer cuffed him.

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