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i'm sure you've seen this already, but this essay [http://www.nyclu.org/files/criminalizing_the_classroom_report.pdf] (.pdf) posted at the nyclu website describes the police-state atmosphere of nyc's public schools, started by rudy and re-upped by bloomberg without the slightest hint of irony.
america sure loves her affable rich-guy overlords.