Post by Logan on Apr 22, 2016 3:05:11 GMT -6
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Thursday responded to a list of demands delivered earlier in the day during a protest sparked by a police officer pulling a black student from class a week ago to question him about anti-racism graffiti sprayed on campus buildings.
Protesters demanded that criminal charges against the student be dropped; for university officials involved in the incident to resign; and for the dean of students to forgo the student conduct process so the young man can graduate in May.
Student protesters also demanded community control or oversight of the campus police department and that the university return any of the arrested student's personal property being held as evidence.
The list of demands — pasted on the statue of Abe Lincoln outside Blank's Bascom Hall office — gave campus administrators 48 hours to comply "or further action will be taken."
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/education/uw-madison-students-stage-walkout-to-protest-graffiti-arrest-b99711316z1-376613801.html
Protesters demanded that criminal charges against the student be dropped; for university officials involved in the incident to resign; and for the dean of students to forgo the student conduct process so the young man can graduate in May.
Student protesters also demanded community control or oversight of the campus police department and that the university return any of the arrested student's personal property being held as evidence.
The list of demands — pasted on the statue of Abe Lincoln outside Blank's Bascom Hall office — gave campus administrators 48 hours to comply "or further action will be taken."
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/education/uw-madison-students-stage-walkout-to-protest-graffiti-arrest-b99711316z1-376613801.html