New Mural at UC-Santa Cruz Says ‘Stop Calling Police, Keep Cops Off Campus’
“It’s telling a story of something that is possible. Envisioning a future without police —I think that’s radical”
Democrats may be backing off the anti-police rhetoric, but it’s still alive and well on campus.
The College Fix reports:
‘Stop calling police: Keep cops off campus,’ new UC Santa Cruz mural tells students
A recently unveiled, brightly colored mural of people smiling around a broken police car is on display this fall in the Porter Study Center at the University of California Santa Cruz.
A project of students, faculty and alumni, the mural depicts protesters, including one group gathered on a sunny day, with signs that read “Stop calling police: Keep cops off campus,” “Defund the police” and “Abolish prisons.”
Scrolled across the bottom is a phrase that describes artist and UC Santa Cruz alumnus Irene Juarez-O’Connell’s vision: “Safety without police.”
“It’s telling a story of something that is possible. Envisioning a future without police —I think that’s radical,” she told the UC Santa Cruz Newscenter earlier this month.
Juarez-O’Connell worked with students and Professor John Jota Leaños, who teaches film and digital media at UCSC, to create the mural based on the recommendations of the UCSC Campus Safety Community Advisory Board, according to the report.
The board provides advice and recommendations to the university chancellor about campus and community safety. Its members include three university DEI administrators, the Black Student Union, Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance, Student Alliance of North American Indians and about 30 other individuals and groups.
Only two members of the campus safety board appear to have law enforcement-related roles: the associate vice chancellor of risk and safety services and the local chief of police. Both serve as ex-officio members, although a note emphasizes the police chief only participates in meetings “as requested by” the board.
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“Envisioning a future without police —I think that’s radical”
Stupid people reinvent the ghetto.
Smart people study existing examples.
If international is too rarefied, domestic will do.
Hey, it worked in Portland. Crime is down because there is no one on duty to report it to.
I think the police should make this campus police free and announce very publicly. In particular, they will not respond to 911 calls or any calls involving thefts of any kind. For any homicides, please call social services.
They may as well put up signs: “Criminals wanted. All crimes accepted.”
You can only hope that every victim will be one of the idiots backing the anti-cop movement.
No police? Who will enforce their speech codes? Did they forget that speech with which they disagree is violence?
Some normal students should file complaints with the university, saying that the mural makes them feel unsafe. Literally.