Student Protesters Demand New Haven and Yale Defund Police Forces
“Yale should not be putting their money into policing. They should be putting it into building up the community that they live in.”
Who would Yale call if rioters and looters showed up on campus?
WTNH News reports:
Student protesters call on New Haven, Yale to defund police forces
High School and college students and community activists banded together Saturday to call for the defunding of the Yale Police Department.
They started on the New Haven Green, marched through the streets of New Haven, and ended up at the Yale Police headquarters.
When asked why they believe the campus police department should be defunded, protester Chantal Gibson said, “You can clearly see in New Haven where Yale is paying for things and where the city is paying for things is a problem.”
Gibson added, “Yale should not be putting their money into policing. They should be putting it into building up the community that they live in. Yale is part of our community.”
Over a year ago, a Yale police officer was suspended and reassigned to administrative duty after he opened fire on an unarmed African-American couple in their car in New Haven. The officer, Terrance Pollock, was not charged in the shooting.
“The police are being protected because they’re not being held accountable,” one protestor told News8.
We asked Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins about Officer Pollock.
“He was taken off the street,” Chief Higgins said. “He is still employed.”
Chief Higgins would not say what his specific job role is now.
“He no longer wears a uniform or carries a weapon,” he said. “He’s been disciplined.”
“It’s not enough accountability,” said New Haven community organizer Kerry Ellington, who spoke at the protest. “We want officers who have complaints of excessive force fired from the department.”
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Official statement from Dean Vernon Wormer:
“To ensure the safety of the protesters, I have directed that they all immediately be expelled from the university. And they can take those damn Deltas with them.”
When those students call for help, they should be told to call someone who gives a crap like they do. 911 is for those in reality, not commieville.