One member of the campus police was hospitalized after being attacked by protesters, but the students are suing. Insane.
Campus Reform reports:
Two students sue Portland State University over campus police doing their jobsTwo students have filed lawsuits against Portland State University over the school’s response to a disruptive anti-Israel demonstration that took place at the school.On May 23, Makayla Topaz Arnold and David Mosqueira, the plaintiffs in the case, tried to stop campus police officers from dispersing a protest in which some students chained themselves to the doors inside of an administrative building on campus.The protest led to seven arrests. The two students are alleging that campus police used excessive force against them when dispersing the protest.During the protest, anti-Israel activists physically attacked and hospitalized Campus Public Safety Chief Willie Halliburton.The plaintiffs are aiming to get more than $400,000 as well as a jury trial as a result of the lawsuit, which was filed on July 1.Before the lawsuits, the students had initially filed tort claims. Though the school did not answer the claims directly, it did send Arnold and Mosqueira emails informing them they violated school regulations during their participation in the protest.The day after the protest, PSU President Ann Cudd sent an email that announced: “I want to acknowledge that those involved in the evening’s protest experienced physical force, and CPSO Chief Willie Halliburton was taken to the hospital after suffering a medical emergency. This cannot continue, it is not a campus atmosphere that can sustain any of us at Portland State.”She concluded: “I will continue to support protest events and vigorous debate on our campus. I will continue to support the challenging dialogue that is taking place in the Building Community Task Force and I look forward to sharing some of their work with the wider campus. . . . And while I will take the slurs hurled at me daily, I do not condone hate speech toward others and will do everything I can to make this a safe space for students, faculty and staff of all backgrounds. I also hope, like millions of us around the world, for an end to the killing and pain in Gaza.”
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