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Pro-Palestine Students, Faculty Sue UC Santa Cruz Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Ban

September 10, 2024 Olivia Rosane, Scheer Post. , , , , ,
Students and staff at the University of California, Santa Cruz launched a lawsuit against the school on Monday for barring them from campus without due process after they were arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest in the spring. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, and civil rights attorney Thomas Seabaugh, is demanding that the University “cease summarily banishing” people who exerciser their First Amendment rights as the new academic year beings. “The bans were incredibly punitive and profoundly unfair,” Rachel Lederman, senior counsel with the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, said in a statement.

UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Unleashes Police Mayhem Against Students

June 13, 2024 Students For Justice In Palestine At UC Santa Cruz, Mondoweiss. , , , , , , ,
Before midnight on May 30, 2024, police officers from across California descended on the Gaza Solidarity encampment at UC Santa Cruz. Numbering in the few hundreds, police from the UC Santa Cruz, UC San Francisco, UC Davis, UC Riverside, as well as San Jose, San Bruno, San Mateo, Daly City, Pacifica, South San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Watsonville police departments, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, and the California Highway Patrol responded to a request, authorized by UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive, for “mutual aid.” What ensued was a brutal multi-agency assault by CHP and other police against unarmed protesters that lasted for nine hours and resulted in significant injuries.