by TChris

It's amazing that a school district couldn't arrive at this conclusion without the help of a panel appointed by the district superintendent.

Security officers in the Kent School District, the target of complaints over the discipline of black students, should no longer handcuff students or carry firearms, batons, tasers or pepper spray, a panel has recommended.

The recommendation came after the Seattle chapter of the NAACP filed several claims against the district alleging that teachers and security guards used excessive force to discipline black students.

The panel found that when security officers were called because a student hadn't followed directions, there was "little justification for physical confrontation" between the officer and the student.

It doesn't appear that the handcuffing will end soon. The superintendent complains that the recommendations included "no suggestions for alternatives to handcuffs." Here's one: don't use them.