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Students storm library, shut down College Republicans meeting
Here the College Republicans did exactly the right thing, try to engage the protesters, and if they don't engage, don't run away. Stand your ground.
The Campus police should have responded MUCH faster, but seeing 3 of the fascist wanna-bes arrested somewhat makes up for it.
On the other hand the Student government seems unable to deal with the disruptors.
Heeding Adamian’s call, student activists disrupted the meeting by banging open the door to the meeting space and shouting accusations that the members were “fascists,” “racists,” and “white supremacists.”
According to the UCSC College Republicans, their offers to discuss the concerns of the protesters were met with exclamations that “dialogue is violence,” after which the protesters called the club’s presence a “threat to the library” and demanded that the CR members vacate the space immediately.
The protesters even reportedly berated library staff members when they refused to shut down the pre-approved meeting. One staff member eventually asked the CR members to leave in order to end the disturbance, but meeting attendees chose to respond by sitting quietly and refusing to leave the area.
Here the College Republicans did exactly the right thing, try to engage the protesters, and if they don't engage, don't run away. Stand your ground.
After nearly two hours, school officials eventually called the police, who reportedly arrested three of the protesters.
The Campus police should have responded MUCH faster, but seeing 3 of the fascist wanna-bes arrested somewhat makes up for it.
On the other hand the Student government seems unable to deal with the disruptors.
Despite the group’s patience with the protesters at the time, though, CR members addressed the UCSC Student Union Assembly meeting Tuesday night to propose sanctions against two protesters who also happen to be SUA officers.
While the SUA ultimately decided that it was not consistent with the SUA Constitution to sanction the members, Lang told Campus Reform that many of the student government representatives seemed “minorly disturbed” while being informed of their colleagues’ participation in the disruption.