Use of sheriff's buses to take children to surf camp draws community concern

[TexasTowelie]

SAN DIEGO — When Ramona Bingwell saw the Sheriff’s Department bus at a recreation center in Encanto on Thursday, she refused to let her granddaughter and niece get on board.

Instead, she drove the 7- and 8-year-old girls to the destination, a day-long surf camp in Del Mar. She also turned to social media to post photos of the bus with barred windows.

“Should I be offended...summer camp is taking the inner city kids to the beach today and THIS is their transportation,” Bingwell wrote.

By the afternoon, her post had gone viral, prompting concerns about the message sent by putting children of color on inmate-transport buses. The backlash comes as racial relations are fraught across the nation.

Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2019-08-08/use-of-sheriffs-buses-to-take-children-to-surf-camp-draws-community-concern

[Sneederbunk]

1. Yet another damned if you do, damned if you don't, situation.

[Grampa Joe Heck]

2. Someone who has to ask "Should I be offended"

Needs to calm the hell down and take a break.

[virgogal]

4. I agree.......the world has gone nuts.

[LiberalFighter]

3. So we should support all law enforcement? Not with that message.

[Merlot]

5. That's horrible, putting kids on inmate transportaion busses.

I'm sure there are many other busses available.

She was right to be offended.

[PatrickforO]

6. Hmm. Did they get to go? Did they have fun?

Why be offended?