User talk:Dianedea7

Hello Rev Al Sharpton,

My name is Diane Deal and I live in Manteca California. I have a boy and girl twin that attends a local high school (East Union High). Many people in the area calls Manteca Unified School District “Little Mississippi”. Never really understanding “why”, until my kids started receiving unfair punishments. I can sit here and tell you many races remarks and acts this school has done towards my kids. BUT, the latest incident happened yesterday afternoon. My daughter and several friends were in class my daughter’s classmate had went through another pupil’s back pack. Later in the hour the student made a comment that she was missing $6.00 from her backpack. The school officer came into the class room and immediately accused my daughter of this incident. My daughter did admit she found $6.00 on the floor and it was confirmed by several other students that my daughter did pick up $6.00 off the floor and pocketed it. However, she did not take it from the girl’s backpack. My daughter was then escorted to the office where she was suspending for (5) days put on a behavioral contract and then handcuff and sent to the Manteca Police department. There she was booked, fingerprinted, and had her picture taken as if she was a criminal. I believe the school acted unfair and took this way too far. My daughter stated the officer not only grab her forcefully which was definitely unnecessary, but slammed her against the wall. This is outrageous and something really needs to be done about this. My kids are definitely being treated unfair because of the color of there skin. It is a shame that we are still dealing with ignorant people. Please if you can help or even give me advise as to what I can do about this. This needs to STOP!

If you would like to contact me I can be email me at ddeal@sandc.com.