College Students Upset About Police Near Campus, Even After Three Students Wounded
“We’d prefer to see the U trying to go after the root causes of all this crime and violence.”
Maybe we should allow college students to opt out of police protection. Some of them would probably sign up.
The College Fix reports:
Students fret about additional cops near campus, even after three peers wounded
Recently, three students were wounded by a gunman in the Dinkytown district in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The area is near the University of Minnesota campus and numerous students live there and frequent the bars and restaurants.
But some do not want to see more campus cops in the area, despite the recent violence.
“What I would like to see is the [University] work with the city of Minneapolis to try to get them to implement more programs that address the cause of this violence,” Andy Oien, a member of the campus Students for a Democratic Society. “We’d prefer to see the U trying to go after the root causes of all this crime and violence.”
Oien made the comment to the campus paper The Minnesota Daily in response to an announcement from the university police department that it would increase the number of officers in Dinkytown.
“Numbers [of police officers] will vary by shift, but there will be an increased presence of UMPD officers in Dinkytown for the foreseeable future,” police Chief Matt Clark said. “An increased visible presence of law enforcement and ability to respond quickly to emergency calls traditionally helps improve safety.”
Student activists and the campus police department have been at odds.
Student government leaders proposed disarming the department in February 2021, although that effort did not succeed.
The University of Minnesota Student Association has previously called on Chief Clark to resign from his position.
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The left never learns. The root cause of crime is human nature. It never changes.
“We’d prefer to see the U trying to go after the root causes of all this crime and violence.”
We’d prefer to see U students nourished with bark and leaves rather than burgers and fries. But both our lives are full of disappointments.
What a stupid attitude: “What I would like to see is the [University] work with the city of Minneapolis to try to get them to implement more programs that address the cause of this violence.”
The cause of the increased violence is inadequate policing caused by “Defund the Police” and prosecuting attorneys who let everyone go. And these same students would probably protest if the U asked the police to do a better job and the DA to prosecute the violent criminals.