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Breccan F. Thies<\/a>26 Nov 20211,645 3:41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Round Rock Independent School District (RRISD) in Texas is using its own armed agents to arrest parents who speak<\/a> out against the school board\u2019s policies, according to Christopher Rufo in the City Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rufo, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The battle lines are clear: on one side, the Biden administration, public school bureaucrats, and their armed agents; on the other, parents and families who oppose school closures, mask mandates, critical race theory and corruption. Public school officials have demonstrated a willingness to use police power to silence and intimidate their opponents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Two fathers, Jeremy Story and Dustin Clark, had spoken out against the school board\u2019s \u201calleged corruption and school officials\u2019 hostility toward parents.\u201d In August, while \u201cproduc[ing] evidence that the board had covered up<\/a> an alleged assault<\/a> by the superintendent, Hafedh Azaiez, against a mistress,\u201d Story, a minister, was cut off midsentence as Azaiez ordered<\/a> armed officers to remove him from the premises, according to Chronicles Magazine<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Story forcibly removed from RRISD school board meeting by police. (Jeremy Story \/ Facebook)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At issue in the next meeting was the district\u2019s mask mandate. For this, Clark, a retired Army captain, and other parents sought to speak, but instead, the school board \u201clocked the majority of parents out of the room, preventing them from speaking.\u201d According to Rufo, while the parents were asking the school board to open the room for public comment on a major policy item, \u201cschool board president Amy Weir directed officers to remove Clark from school property.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs he was dragged out by two officers, Clark\u00a0shouted<\/a>\u00a0to the audience: \u2018It\u2019s an open meeting! Shame on you. Communist! Communist! Let the public in!’\u201d Rufo explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RRISD has it\u2019s own police force, Rufo said, explaining: \u201cwith a three-layer chain of command, patrol units, school resource officers, a detective, and a K-9 unit.\u201d And only a few days after Clark\u2019s removal from school board premises, the school district \u201csent police officers to the homes of both men [Story and Clark], arrested them, and put them in jail on charges of \u2018disorderly conduct with intent to disrupt a meeting.’\u201d They were released the next morning.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Story forcibly removed from RRISD school board meeting by police. (Jeremy Story \/ Facebook)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Rufo, many parents believe the school board is trying to send a message: \u201cif you speak out against us, we will turn you into criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But these tactics are not unique to RRISD, explained Rufo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Loudoun County, Virginia, for example, where parents have protested against critical race theory and a sexual assault cover-up, the superintendent asked the county sheriff to deploy<\/a> a SWAT team, riot control unit, and undercover agents to monitor parents at school board meetings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Loudoun sheriff did not comply with the superintendent\u2019s request, saying the board had not given \u201cany justification for such a manpower-intensive request.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The issue of police power intimidation has become federal as well, as Breitbart News reported<\/a> Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI to look into concerned parents. Breitbart News also reported<\/a> on a whistleblower revelation that the FBI went as far as to use \u201ccounterterrorism tools\u201d to go after parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story and Clark believe what they have gone through has implications beyond RRISD, with Story saying, \u201cThis isn\u2019t just about Dustin [Clark] and me. It is about everyone. If they can come for us and get away with it, school boards nationwide will be emboldened to come for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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