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A Florida sheriff stunned many of his constituents this week by appearing to endorse spanking students, his comments coming during a press conference in which county officials announced plans to tighten discipline in Brevard County schools.
“They know nothing is going to happen to them,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said outside the county jail Monday, not long after the longtime county schools superintendent was fired and two conservative board members backed by the sheriff were sworn in.
“They know they’re not going to be given after-school detention,” he said, referring to unruly students. “They’re not going to be suspended, they’re not going to be expelled or, like in the old days, they’re not going to have the cheeks of their ass torn off for not doing right in class.”