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Students as young as 6 arrested and fined for minor disciplinary events

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The Young Turks discusses a recent Guardian article about the school to prison pipeline, and finds that students as young as 6 years old in Texas are being arrested and fined for leaving class, being absent, spraying perfume on themselves, swearing, and other extremely minor things. It also finds that the number of police departments in schools has risen 20 fold over the past 20 years. 

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