Facing racism is part of life in St. Louis. Now it’s part of my classroom, too. I’m teaching my second-period class when a colleague pokes his head into my classroom and asks if I’ve heard: Stockley was acquitted. Former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, who fatally shot Anthony Lamar Smith and, according to prosecutors, planted a gun on him to justify the killing, would be going free. My classroom phone starts ringing, summoning students to the principal’s office. Fearing a backlash against the verdict, parents are dismissing their children from school early on this September day. The look on my face signals to the remaining students that something serious is happening. I sit in a ... Continue reading... https://www.washingtonpost.com/outl...a-c0e2e1d41e38_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop
