Importantly: they were attacked by the police chief, who wasn’t wearing a uniform, and spent the better part of a week in jail already over it.

McElree, the police chief, who was dressed in plain clothes, grabbed a teenage boy and placed a teenage girl in a chokehold, they said, prompting other students to intervene and a larger scuffle to break out.

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      Yeah, that’s probably why he put them in jail for a week. I can’t imagine what those kids went through for no reason.

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      I have so much hope thanks to the youth in this country. Our next generation will make us proud.