By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
One school district in Alabama has taken the unusual step of hiring a former FBI agent to monitor students on social media, the Daily Intelligencer reports.
The idea was to catch students who make statements linking them to drugs, guns, sex and gangs.
The effort led to 14 expulsions last year.
Ex-FBI Agent Chris McRae was hired to look for expulsion-worthy transgressions.
The expulsions drew criticism because 12 of the 14 expelled students were black in a district where only 40% of the students are black.
“That is effectively targeting or profiling black children in terms of behavior and behavioral issues,” said Madison county commissioner Bob Harrison.
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