Police intervened during a school board meeting on Tuesday evening after a mother showed a picture of pornography allegedly present in her child's school. 

The scene unfolded in Tampa, FL, with a poster board being held up which included a picture of a naked woman. According to the woman speaking, the images are present in a book across the district's libraries.

MOTHER: All seven members also asked to look at this image. This was in the book, and they all unanimously said, and along with that 15-page...(officer approaches to take the picture)...okay, this is in children's libraries here in Hillsborough County, approved by that committee unanimously at (inaudible) and multiple schools. There's 10 images of that woman's naked breasts in that book.

BOARD MEMBER: Thank you, thank you, next speaker.

What specific book is being cited isn't mentioned in the clip. It's also unclear who approved the book (she mentions a seven-member board, perhaps citing the school board) given that Florida law prohibits the presence of pornography in schools. In fact, Gov. Ron DeSantis has been accused of perpetrating "book bans" for removing books like "Gender Queer" from classrooms. School administrators and teachers can face up to a class 3 felony for breaking the law.

Tampa is governed by Democrats, though, and it's possible that this book was approved anyway by local officials. That leaves the door open for the state to step in and deliver consequences. 

Regardless, the big thing here is the fact that the police got involved, censoring a mother who was simply showing something available to her child in school. If it's too graphic for the adult members of a school board to see, then it's too graphic for kids to see. That's the entire point. The fact that the mother wasn't allowed to keep holding her picture up proved it perfectly. 

Parents who send their children to public schools should be able to have the basic expectation that their children won't be exposed to sexual content. No matter the context, that is a subject that parents should have complete control over when it comes to their kids. Even things like sexual education should come with a waiver. The state, and by that I mean the government in general, should not have the right to expose children to sexuality without the consent of their parents. 

Some may think that's sheltering children in an unhealthy way, but that's not for anyone but the parents to decide. Schools should stick to teaching the fundamentals. It is not a teacher's place to shape the sexuality of their students.