A year after Floyd, US campuses avoid major police reform

Misplaced fear of racial and sexual threats, plus the need to provide a ‘feeling’ of security, cited as reasons universities are reluctant to limit armed officers

Published on
June 7, 2021
Last updated
June 7, 2021
Paul Basken
Black Lives Matter activist stands in front of other activists that advocate for abolishing the police during a rally against police brutality in front of the Columbus City Hall in Columbus, Ohio on May 1, 2021
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Print headline: ‘Cops haven’t made campuses safer’

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#1 Submitted by Doug1943 on June 7, 2021 - 2:43pm
Progressive campuses should certainly be allowed to carry on without any police presence. As a dead white male once said, "Experience keeps a dear school, but a fool will learn in no other."

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