Student protesters: Armed police 'endangers many'- Students protested at The Evergreen State College and University of Rochester over the hiring of armed security guards.
- The University of Rochester's Minority Students’ Association Board said that adding the officers "endangers many."
- Evergreen student Alice McIntyre stated that "as long as police remain at Evergreen, its status as a ‘sanctuary campus’ should be viewed with a grain of salt."
..."Students are raising concerns, as are faculty, and the University president, Richard Feldman, has responded by appointing a broad study group involving representatives of all stakeholders on behalf of our many students of color, whose fears I understand and find credible, and because I have a responsibility for advising the campus about potential risks to our future enrollment," Burdick said." The aftermath of an unjustifiable shooting (even if it's a lawful shooting, and especially if it could be argued as a racially motivated) is a risk.”
...A rally organizer for the IWW South Sound General Education Union, a local group, conducted the chant, “this is a college not a war, what do we need rifles for!”
Other protesters chimed in with “what’s the course that sets us free? Political economy!” according to the Cooper Point Journal.
...we’re beginning to organize a movement to save Evergreen from the administration.”...
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