Police called to school on report of sexually explicit book in use
And anonymous complaint about what apparently was going on in a middle school classroom in Massachusetts has prompted police to respond and investigate.
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And anonymous complaint about what apparently was going on in a middle school classroom in Massachusetts has prompted police to respond and investigate.
A plain-clothed officer, equipped with a body camera, was deployed to W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School in Great Barrington on Dec. 8 to search for the highly controversial book: Gender Queer.
Students staged a walkout in protest.
Disagreements about books are not a reason for law enforcement involvement," one critic said of the action.
The ACLU is looking further into why and how police thought it was their place to go looking for a book in a classroom.