More on the Buffalo Public Schools and the Buffalo Media

Again from Tom Knighton at Townhall: Buffalo Public Schools Has Its Own Long History With Scandal

First Mr. Knighton takes on the media.

When Buffalo Police SVU Detective Richard Hy unveiled allegations of the Buffalo Public Schools stonewalling law enforcement and covering up allegations of abuse, the media went on the attack. That's to be expected.

However, they went after Hy, not the Buffalo schools. They talked about his supposedly rocky past, though none of the allegations against him had anything to do with his credibility. They were attacking the messenger.

You don't hate the media enough.

Then Mr. Knighton goes on to cover some incidents in the schools. Disturbing incidents, that in at least one case the school district apparently went out of its way to cover up.

Those who watched the last "Unsubscribe Podcast" may remember that Nic, AKA The Fat Electrician, had a binder full of allegations, including at least a couple of these that he mentioned. That led me down this particular rabbit hole, and I'm glad it did, because what I'm seeing here is absolutely insane.

This is a school system with what looks to me as a long history of doing exactly what Det. Richard Hy claims they're doing now. While a history of an action isn't a slam dunk, it's sure as heck an indication that they're not as clean as they want people to think, especially when you consider that at least some of this isn't even about things that happened on campus.

Read the whole thing, but prepare to be really mad at the school. For example:

In 2024, the Albany Times-Union reported that the Buffalo schools had an issue with corporal punishment, which is illegal under New York law, among other problems

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