Posted on 07/20/2016 5:47:23 AM PDT by simpson96
Due to a tremendous need for security at the Republican convention this week, policemen from all over the country came to Cleveland to work the event.
An arrangement was made to house many of these police at Case Western University, but students complained that they wouldn’t feel safe with all those cops on campus. So the school cancelled all activity for the week.
Campus Reform reported last week:
Cleveland students protest ‘mere presence’ of cops on campus for RNC (snip)
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) will close down most campus activity next week as administrators fear rioting outside the RNC may spill over onto their campus five miles away, The New York Times reports.
Student have started a Change.org petition asking the administration to guarantee student safety while 1,900 police and National Guardsmen are housed at CWRU, and to limit the officers’ privileges during their stay. The petition had garnered just 360 signatures at press time, out of a goal of 500.
Chris Sheridan, a CWRU vice president, told The Times that many black students are concerned over the police presence, explaining that “in light of the national climate, they had concerns about police officers on campus in close proximity to them with weapons.”
This is the text of the student petition: (snip) Greg Gutfeld covered this on his show Sunday night. He and his panel had a good time with the story, watch below:
(Excerpt) Read more at legalinsurrection.com ...
..students complained that they wouldn’t feel safe with all those cops on campus...
I seriously don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Off topic maybe, but I remember when Cindy Sheehan went to New Orleans right after Katrina, perhaps in an attempt to stay in the news. She said she was afraid of getting shot by all the National Guardsmen in New Orleans.
So maybe it’s a typical leftist view, that they are more afraid of law enforcement with guns, than they are of criminals with guns???
What is that school’s demographics?
College campuses are full of underage drinking and marijuana. If I was there I wouldn’t want a ton of cops hanging around either!
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