What people in this thread are missing or ignoring:
The University of California is known for being a place for political protests
These protests do not always stay peaceful
These protests are not always primarily student-run or consisting of students
All combinations have happened. Peaceful student-run protests with overreactive police. Violent non-student protests with police doing their job to control things. And everything in between.
Do you really think the UC is the only university in the world having protests? Because you know… I’ve seen protests in so many other countries but none of them had a university buying a fucking grenade launcher to “pacify” them.
Do they have “protests” where they go smash any business in the surrounding area that’s a franchise of a recognizable brand? When it started as a protest about a politician?
Yes, and the police force from the city, which by the way is not as militarized as the American one, deals with people without the university needing to buy weapons.
Ah, so the problem you see is the university having its own police department.
I definitely do think it’s a bit weird that the university has its own police. That’s not uncommon for universities in the United States. I’ll be honest that I don’t fully know the history behind it.
What people in this thread are missing or ignoring:
All combinations have happened. Peaceful student-run protests with overreactive police. Violent non-student protests with police doing their job to control things. And everything in between.
Do you really think the UC is the only university in the world having protests? Because you know… I’ve seen protests in so many other countries but none of them had a university buying a fucking grenade launcher to “pacify” them.
The tear gas is definitely excessive, but the right amount of “weapons” to buy is not 0.
That’s exactly the amount of weapons universities in other countries buy. And apparently, they all work and deal with protests frequently.
Do they have “protests” where they go smash any business in the surrounding area that’s a franchise of a recognizable brand? When it started as a protest about a politician?
You think other countries don’t have protests?
I just don’t think it’s unreasonable to use force to stop things from actively being destroyed.
Yes, and the police force from the city, which by the way is not as militarized as the American one, deals with people without the university needing to buy weapons.
Ah, so the problem you see is the university having its own police department.
I definitely do think it’s a bit weird that the university has its own police. That’s not uncommon for universities in the United States. I’ll be honest that I don’t fully know the history behind it.