University of California

UC Berkeley Student Gov Pass Resolution Banning Urban Shield Trainings

February 27, 2016 Sydney Johnson, www.eastbayexpress.com Resist! Higher Education, Militarized police, University of California

By Sydney Johnson for East Bay Express - The Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) approved aresolution Wednesday night that recommends banning the University of California Police Department (UCPD) from taking part in highly militarized Urban Shield trainings. The resolution, which was passed unanimously by the ASUC Senate, called for the “cessation of UCPD participation in, and funding for participation in, Urban Shield competitions, vendor expos, and seminars.”

UC Irvine Black Student Union Demands End To Campus Police

January 30, 2016 Matt Coker, www.ocweekly.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), California, Police, Police Abolition, Student Protests, University of California

By Matt Coker for OC Weekly - According to an online petition, the Black Student Union at UC Irvine is demanding the abolition of the campus police department, calling contemporary police forces “modern incarnations of the antebellum plantation and slave patrols." The demand made via Change.org to UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman and the administrations of UCI and the University of California states, “The problem is that policing as an institution is unethical; it accompanies anti-Black violence.” There were 240 signatures as of Wednesday afternoon toward a goal of only 500.

U. Of C. Bans Protesters Who Barricaded Themselves In Building

August 6, 2015 Sam Cholke, www.dnainfo.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Student Activism, University of California

By Sam Cholke in DNA Info - The University of Chicago has permanently banned from campus eight trauma protesters who barricaded themselves in a university building in June. The eight non-student protesters who participated in a protest on June 3 that ended in firefighters breaking down a wall and sawing through a door to remove them said they have all been permanently banned from the university campus. A ninth protester who was a student has not been banned. “It turns out every moment on campus into an act of civil disobedience,” said Alex Goldenberg, one of the eight arrested and an alumni of the university. “I don’t think it will stop any of us though.” Jeremy Manier, a university spokesman, said the protesters risked the safety of people of campus in their efforts to advocate for a trauma center at the university’s hospital, so the university is justified in the ban.

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