Cops arrested 279 students, about five a day in 55 days of classes. They also issued 532 summons to students for offenses ranging from assault to loitering. nine a day. 94% of the students arrested were black or Hispanic, and 75% were male. “Children are being sent to the precinct instead of the principal’s office for misbehaving.” Black students were almost six times more likely to be arrested than white students. “These policies are putting young men in the pipeline to prison rather than the road to success,” according to the data, said NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman. The New York Civil Liberties Union said the arrests are “unfair” and introduce minority children into the criminal justice system unnecessarily. The kids attended high school or middle school and were age 15 or older. The numbers cover Oct. 1 to Dec. 30, 2011, and were released by the police to comply with a city law enacted last year. School arrest data released by the NYCLU in November showed that about one student was arrested per day on average last summer, when far fewer kids were attending school. Department of Education officials declined to comment on the data. Police officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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