Open Missive Of The Alphabet To President Yudof
Friday, August 1, 2008
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Dear President Yudof,
A twelvemonth ago, I told the regents that they needed to investigate recent incidents of constabulary pepper spraying, tasering, and beating students. I said that nosotros cannot get got a existent dialogue if students, faculty as well as workers are afraid that their actions volition lawsuit inwards bodily harm. However, President Yudof, you lot as well as the Regents stood yesteryear the constabulary as well as did nothing.
The same 24-hour interval I addressed the Regents, a police officeholder pulled a gun on several students. Once again, I urged the academy to investigate as well as punish unsafe constabulary actions, as well as all the same zero was done. It has taken a viral video of constabulary violence at UC Davis for the academy to get got this number seriously.
While all of the attending is forthwith on UC Davis, at that spot needs to last an investigation of the broader civilization of constabulary hostility towards students, workers, as well as faculty. I believe this civilization of violence starts at the top, as well as it is the Regents as well as the President who must last responsible for the security on all of our campuses. When vehement actions yesteryear the constabulary buy the farm on to become unpunished, the management sends the message that these acts are tolerated. What nosotros ask to create is to exactly disarm the constabulary on our campuses, which would follow the model of nearly mortal universities inwards America as well as nearly populace universities some the world.
Bob Samuels, President, UC-AFT
A twelvemonth ago, I told the regents that they needed to investigate recent incidents of constabulary pepper spraying, tasering, and beating students. I said that nosotros cannot get got a existent dialogue if students, faculty as well as workers are afraid that their actions volition lawsuit inwards bodily harm. However, President Yudof, you lot as well as the Regents stood yesteryear the constabulary as well as did nothing.
The same 24-hour interval I addressed the Regents, a police officeholder pulled a gun on several students. Once again, I urged the academy to investigate as well as punish unsafe constabulary actions, as well as all the same zero was done. It has taken a viral video of constabulary violence at UC Davis for the academy to get got this number seriously.
While all of the attending is forthwith on UC Davis, at that spot needs to last an investigation of the broader civilization of constabulary hostility towards students, workers, as well as faculty. I believe this civilization of violence starts at the top, as well as it is the Regents as well as the President who must last responsible for the security on all of our campuses. When vehement actions yesteryear the constabulary buy the farm on to become unpunished, the management sends the message that these acts are tolerated. What nosotros ask to create is to exactly disarm the constabulary on our campuses, which would follow the model of nearly mortal universities inwards America as well as nearly populace universities some the world.
Bob Samuels, President, UC-AFT