Washington June 12 2020 As cries for the abolition of police departments intensify across the country, the ivory towers of higher education are scrambling to outdo one another in political correctness. At UCLA, students demanded the university fire two professors: one who declined to give black students preferential treatment on their final exams, and another […]
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NEW YORK CITY NY June10 2020— As New York City begins Phase 1 of reopening Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced some big changes in public transportation. One such change is the decision to move approximately 800 of the NYPD’s school safety agents to help throughout the MTA public transportation system. De Blasio said the […]
ORLANDO, Fla. June 10 2020— Three family members were arrested Monday evening in connection with the death of a 27-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday morning. Detectives said a Valencia College security guard discovered the body of Gladys Ambert at 8 a.m. on April 7 beneath a pink blanket […]
HYATTSVILLE, Md. June 9 2020 A proposal to remove police from Prince George’s County Public Schools passed the first step on Monday night — but there are questions over whether it would even be legal based on current Maryland law. Several PGCPS board members announced their proposal at a Black Lives Matter protest outside the District […]
Philadelphia PA June 9 2020 In the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, researchers and activists are once again urging that police departments be defunded and rethought. That includes a law enforcement group that’s gotten less attention in recent days: university police departments. According to the most recent survey from […]
Oakland CA June 8 2020 Galvanized by the nationwide call for police reforms in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, Oakland activists are pressuring the Oakland school board to eliminate the district’s internal police force. On Wednesday, Oakland Unified School District board member Roseann Torres will reintroduce […]
Phoenix AZ June 8 2020 Following a Minneapolis school district’s decision to end its contract with the police department for on-campus officers, students are pressuring Phoenix Union High School District’s governing board to do the same. Abia Khan, who graduated from North High School this year, started a petition on change.org earlier this week asking […]
PORTLAND, Ore. June 8 2020 The moment Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler as well as Portland Schools Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero made the announcement that school resource officers (SROs) will not be on school campuses anymore, a lot of people weighed in. The news hit Officer Rick Puente hard. “It’s a little disappointing,” said Puente. “When we talk […]
Minneapolis MN June 8 2020 Student activists across the country are calling for their schools to cut ties with police departments and remove officers from campuses in response to a national uprising against police brutality. And school leaders in Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., have already taken that step. While debates over the role of police […]
Philadelphia PA June 8 2020 As the nation reels from recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless Black individuals — prompting days of protests and law enforcement clashes — thousands of students and faculty are now demanding the University end its deep-rooted ties with militarized police forces. More than 9,600 people have […]