Skittles can be dangerous

The Jefferson Parish School District in Louisiana has a strong police component. 1,629 students were arrested in only one year for such crimes as walking in the hallway without a hall pass, mouthing off, not adhering to the dress code, and having cell phones. A really weird case was the arrest of an eighth grader for throwing Skittles on a school bus. He was detained for six days for this heinous crime.

Could one of the issues be that African-American students make up only 40 percent of the school district, they comprise 80 percent of the students arrested?