Students at American U. Vote Down Proposal to Arm Campus Police but Support Divestment From Israel
“complicity in the genocide taking place in occupied Palestine”
In other words, most of these students support the agenda of the radical left. Who could have guessed?
Campus Reform reports:
American University students vote down arming police, support divestment from Israel
American University (AU) students recently voted to support resolutions that called for the divestment from companies with financial ties to Israel and rejected the proposal to arm university police officers.
Around 2,000 students voted in the election, which was held on Oct. 11, according to The Eagle.
As part of the election, students voted on Referendum 19-003, which asked them whether AU Police Department officers should be allowed to carry firearms.
Most students opposed the referendum. Only 44% of students stated that they “trust” the police department to protect campus safety, yet the vast majority of students voted against arming the law enforcement officers.
Around 80% of students voted against sidearms and around 70% of students voted against the use of firearms in police squad cars.
A majority of American University students also voted in support of Resolution 19-018, which accused the university administration of “complicity in the genocide taking place in occupied Palestine” due to its financial ties to the state of Israel.
“[T]he threats posed by funding from certain industries… can only be adequately addressed through the outright rejection of funding,” the resolution asserted.
A majority of American University students additionally voted in support of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. Around 66% of students voted to remove institutional opposition to BDS, 65% of students voted to boycott companies with connections to Israel, and 55% voted to boycott academic programs in Israel.
“Should the American University Board of Trustees adopt a policy to disclose, boycott, divest, and sanction all corporations determined by Undergraduate Senate Resolution 19-018 to be complicit in the occupation and destruction of Palestinian life and land?” stated one of the questions in the referendum. 65% of students who participated in the election voted “yes.”
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During my 1972 -73 year living at a Northern Illinois University, a campus police officer was shot in my dorm building.
I cannot imagine a police officer without a gun.
So the students voted on a resolution, big deal.
“Students voted 97% against a proposal to make chipped beef on toast and brussel sprouts the only food served in the cafeteria”.
American University is in Washington, D.C. It should change its name.
does their vote carry any weight .. other than NOISE?